Northern Territory safe streets audit

This audit examined crime and safety issues in the Northern Territory urban communities of Darwin, Katherine and Alice Springs to help inform effective strategies to reduce the actual and perceived risk of victimisation. Abstract This Special Report is a research driven response to community concerns regarding the level of crime and fear of crime in the Northern Territory. The Northern Institute at Charles Darwin University and the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) were commissioned by the Northern Territory Police Force (NT Police) to undertake the NT Safe Streets Audit. The purpose of the Safe Streets Audit was to examine crime and safety issues in the Northern Territory urban communities of Darwin, Katherine and Alice Springs and to help inform effective strategies to reduce the actual and perceived risk of victimisation. The audit involved a literature review exploring issues impacting on the fear of crime in the Northern Territory, focus groups with a range of stakeholders in Darwin, Alice Springs and Katherine, the analysis of media articles on crime and policing, the analysis of incident data from NT Police on assault offences and public disorder incidents, and a rapid evidence assessment of the effectiveness of strategies targeting NT crime problems. Implications for future crime reduction approaches in the Northern Territory were then identified

Eastlake-Garfield District: health impact assessment report

tableOfContents: Health assessment report -- Eastlake-Garfield District and its residents -- Eastlake-Garfield health assets -- Access to healthy food -- Healthy food options in Eastlake-Garfield -- Community-identified barriers to healthy food -- Access to recreation -- Eastlake Park -- Verde Park -- Edison Park -- Safe streets and public spaces -- Community-identified street concerns -- Injury analysis -- Street audits and epidemiological observations -- Public transportation -- Dealing with the heat -- Health strategy report -- Healthy food strategies -- Strategy one. Strengthen the existing retail food environment -- Strategy two. Create new healthy food outlets -- Tools for implementation of food strategies -- Recreation strategies -- Strategy one. Enhance existing recreation facilities -- Strategy two. Create additional recreation facilities and opportunities for physical activity -- Strategy three. Improve and enhance the physical environment to encourage residents to walk or bicycle -- Tools for implementation of recreation strategies -- Safe streets and public spaces strategies -- Strategy one. Implement infrastructure improvements to create safe streets and public spaces -- Strategy two. Implement programs that support safe streets and public spaces -- Strategy three. Increase the quality, access and safety for transit users -- Tools to implement safe streets and public spaces strategies -- References -- Appendix 1. Issue brief on built environment and health -- Appendix 2. Community workshop report -- Appendix 3. Streets report -- Appendix 4. Community outreach report -- Appendix 5. Street and park audits -- Appendix 6. Additional mapsThis assessment and set of recommendations for the Eastlake-Garfield district is submitted by a multidisciplinary health team, convened by St. Luke's Health Initiatives (SLHI), as part of Reinvent PHX. Funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Reinvent PHX is a partnership between the city of Phoenix, Arizona State University, and SLHI to develop a long-range plan for the neighborhoods along the light rai

Solano District: health impact assessment report

tableOfContents: Health assessment report -- Solano District and its residents -- Solano health assets -- Access to healthy food -- Healthy food options in Solano -- Community-identified barriers to healthy food -- Access to recreation -- Solano Park -- Safe streets and public spaces -- Community-identified street concerns -- Injury analysis -- Street audits and epidemiological observations -- Public transportation -- Health strategy report -- Healthy food strategies -- Strategy one. Strengthen the existing retail food environment -- Strategy two. Create new healthy food outlets in the Solano District -- Tools for implementation of food strategies -- Recreation strategies -- Strategy one. Enhance existing recreation facility within the Solano District -- Strategy two. Create additional recreation facilities and opportunities for physical activity within the Solano District -- Strategy three. Improve and enhance the physical environment to encourage residents to walk or bicycle in the Solano District -- Tools for implementation of recreation strategies -- Safe streets and public places strategies -- Strategy one. Implement infrastructure improvements to create safe streets and public places in Solano -- Strategy two. Implement programs that support safe streets and public places in Solano -- Strategy three. Increase the quality, access and safety for transit users in Solano -- Tools to implement safe streets and public places -- References -- Appendix 1. Issue brief on built environment and health -- Appendix 2. Community workshop report -- Appendix 3. Streets report -- Appendix 4. Community outreach report -- Appendix 5. Street and park audits -- Appendix 6. Additional mapsabstract: The scope of SLHI and the health team's work is to gather information from 'underserved, particularly non-English speaking, residents in each district.' From information gathered from residents, along with other primary and secondary data, the health team produced this health impact assessment of Solano's existing built-environment conditions with a focus on healthy food and recreation access, walking and bicycling safety, and exposure to excessive heat. After assessing the current conditions, the health team recommends the attached intervention strategies focused on improving public health.This assessment and set of recommendations for the Solano District is submitted by a multidisciplinary health team, convened by St. Luke's Health Initiatives (SLHI), as part of Reinvent PHX. Funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Reinvent PHX is a partnership between the city of Phoenix, Arizona State University, and SLHI to develop a long-range sustainability plan for the neighborhoods along the light rail

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ObjectiveTo estimate the long-term impact of Safe Streets Baltimore, which is based on the Cure Violence outreach and violence interruption model, on firearm violence.MethodsWe used synthetic control methods to estimate programme effects on homicides and incidents of non-fatal penetrating firearm injury (non-fatal shootings) in neighbourhoods that had Safe Streets\u2019 sites and model-generated counterfactuals. Synthetic control analyses were conducted for each firearm violence outcome in each of the seven areas where Safe Streets was implemented. The study also investigated variation in programme impact over time by generating effect estimates of varying durations for the longest-running programme sites.ResultsSynthetic control models reduced prediction error relative to regression analyses. Estimates of Safe Streets\u2019 effects on firearm violence varied across intervention sites: some positive, some negative and no effect. Beneficial programme effects on firearm violence reported in prior research were found to have attenuated over time.ConclusionsFor highly targeted interventions, synthetic control methods may provide more valid estimates of programme impact than panel regression with data from all city neighbourhoods. This research offers new understanding about the effectiveness of the Cure Violence intervention over extended periods of time in seven neighbourhoods. Combined with existing Cure Violence evaluation literature, it also raises questions about contextual and implementation factors that might influence programme outcomes.T32 DA007292/DA/NIDA NIH HHSUnited States/U01 CE001954/CE/NCIPC CDC HHSUnited States/2022-04-20T00:00:00Z33558396PMC901952811476vault:4146

Gateway District: health impact assessment report

tableOfContents: Health assessment report -- Gateway District and its residents -- Gateway residents -- Gateway health assets -- Access to healthy food -- Healthy food options -- Other food outlets -- Community-identified barriers to healthy food -- Access to recreation -- Hilaria Rodriguez Park -- Wilson Elementary School -- Grand Canal Trail -- Safe streets and public spaces -- Community-identified street concerns -- Injury analysis -- Street analysis -- Public transportation -- Temperature analysis -- Health strategy report -- Healthy food strategies -- Strategy one. Convert existing convenience stores into corner grocery stores -- Strategy two. Create new healthy food outlets in the Gateway District -- Strategy three. Provide safe and inexpensive public transit options to existing healthy food retailers outside of the Gateway District -- Strategy four. Improve the pedestrian environment to encourage residents to walk or bike to healthy food outlets -- Tools for implementation of healthy food strategies -- Recreation strategies -- Strategy one. Enhance existing public recreation amenities within the Gateway District -- Strategy two. Create free and low-cost recreation facilities and opportunities for physical activity within the Gateway District -- Strategy three. Improve and enhance the street environment to encourage residents to walk or bicycle in the Gateway District -- Tools for implementation of recreation strategies -- Safe streets and public spaces strategies -- Strategy one. Make personal safety a top priority in the Gateway District -- Strategy two. Implement infrastructure improvements to create safe streets and public spaces in the Gateway District -- Strategy three. Increase the quality and safety for pedestrians, cyclists and transit users in Gateway -- Tools to implement safe streets and public spaces -- References -- Appendix 1. Issue brief on built environment and health -- Appendix 2. Community workshop report -- Appendix 3. Streets report -- Appendix 4. Community outreach report -- Appendix 5. Street and park auditsabstract: The Gateway Health Assessment and Strategy Report is submitted by a multidisciplinary health team, convened by St. Luke's Health Initiatives (SLHI), as part of Reinvent PHX. Funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Reinvent PHX is a partnership between the city of Phoenix, Arizona State University, and SLHI to develop a holistic, long-range sustainability plan for the neighborhoods along the light rai

Philanthropic Engagement with Community Youth Violence Prevention Initiatives

Around the country, many communities are employing a new approach to prevent youth violence. Pulling together leaders across disciplines, shaped by local champions of change, communities are engaging in innovative and data-driven multidisciplinary efforts that engage all key community entities in order to stem the tide of youth violence and restore hope and opportunity so that every child in their midst can be safe in backyards and schoolyards, sidewalks and hallways on every street and neighborhood. Some of these comprehensive community-wide efforts have been seeded by federal initiatives including the Promise and Choice Neighborhood initiatives, Safe Streets, Strong Communities, Defending Childhood and the National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention. This paper will highlight the work of the National Forum and opportunities for philanthropic engagement with this work

Broken Windows, Police, &Traffic Safety

Abstract This research explores application of the “broken windows” theory of public disorder and urban decline to the pattern and problem of police officer fatalities in motor vehicle crashes. It contextualizes the influential theory into a 45-year timeline of significant events related to legislative efforts and traffic safety behavioral safety programs in the United States. It finds one police agency that reported fewer crimes and fewer crashes after implementing a community-wide Safe Streets program designed around “broken windows” theory in 1997. It pays particular attention to states with the highest percentages of law enforcement officer fatalities in motor vehicle crashes, primary and secondary safety belt laws, laws banning cell phone use, and characteristics of police fatalities reported in a January 2011 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report. Preliminary findings validate current academic research suggesting more police-researcher partnerships are necessary to improve police practices