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Street Outreach Workers: Best Practices And Lessons Learned: Innovative Practices From The Charles E. Shannon Jr. Community Safety Initiative Series, Scott Decker, Tim Bynum, Jack Mcdevitt, Amy Farrell, Sean Varano
Street Outreach Workers: Best Practices And Lessons Learned: Innovative Practices From The Charles E. Shannon Jr. Community Safety Initiative Series, Scott Decker, Tim Bynum, Jack Mcdevitt, Amy Farrell, Sean Varano
Amy Farrell
Street outreach workers are an important part of the Senator Charles E. Shannon Jr. Community Safety Initiative (CSI) comprehensive gang and youth violence reduction strategy in Massachusetts. Street outreach involves the use of individuals to "work the streets," making contact with youth in neighborhoods with high levels of gang activity. These individuals are generally not employed by the criminal justice system agencies but rather are based in community service organizations or other non- governmental agencies. Street outreach workers provide an important bridge between the community, gang-involved youth, and the agencies (whether social service or law enforcement) that respond to the …
Massachusetts Racial And Gender Profiling Final Report: Executive Summary, Amy Farrell, Jack Mcdevitt, Lisa Bailey, Carsten Andresen, Erica Pierce
Massachusetts Racial And Gender Profiling Final Report: Executive Summary, Amy Farrell, Jack Mcdevitt, Lisa Bailey, Carsten Andresen, Erica Pierce
Amy Farrell
No abstract provided.
Providence Traffic Stop Statistics Compliance: Final Report, Jack Mcdevitt, Amy Farrell, Mary Yee
Providence Traffic Stop Statistics Compliance: Final Report, Jack Mcdevitt, Amy Farrell, Mary Yee
Amy Farrell
No abstract provided.
Research In Brief: Bridging The Information Disconnect In National Reporting Of Bias Crime, Jack Mcdevitt, Shea Cronin, Jennifer Balboni, Amy Farrell, James Nolan, Joan Weiss
Research In Brief: Bridging The Information Disconnect In National Reporting Of Bias Crime, Jack Mcdevitt, Shea Cronin, Jennifer Balboni, Amy Farrell, James Nolan, Joan Weiss
Amy Farrell
No abstract provided.
Quarterly Report On Rhode Island Traffic Stop Data For January, February And March 2005, Amy Farrell, Jack Mcdevitt, Chris Eggiman, Jake Hulseberg, Jason Rydberg
Quarterly Report On Rhode Island Traffic Stop Data For January, February And March 2005, Amy Farrell, Jack Mcdevitt, Chris Eggiman, Jake Hulseberg, Jason Rydberg
Amy Farrell
No abstract provided.
Understanding And Improving Law Enforcement Responses To Human Trafficking: Final Report, Amy Farrell, Jack Mcdevitt, Stephanie Fahy
Understanding And Improving Law Enforcement Responses To Human Trafficking: Final Report, Amy Farrell, Jack Mcdevitt, Stephanie Fahy
Amy Farrell
Though recognition of the importance and severity of human trafficking has grown in recent years, the identification and investigation of human trafficking cases remains a complex undertaking for local law enforcement. Effectively responding to human trafficking requires officers to notice and identify victims who often have been hidden from or had poor relationships with law enforcement in the past (e.g., women in prostitution, migrants, immigrant community member, and poor women). Sometimes officers may be reluctant to intervene in sex and labor trafficking situations due to a belief that victims were complicit with their own victimization. Local law enforcement response is …