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Strategic Planning and Evaluation
Targeting Strategies to Solve Problems: Successful Examples
This panel will provide an overview of strategic problem solving and PSN, highlighting the integration of research into the entire PSN process. This includes analyzing the gun crime problem within the district, using that information to develop strategies that target specific elements of that problem, providing feedback to the task force on strategy implementation, and assessing the impact of PSN on gun crime. Following the overview, three PSN districts will provide concrete examples of how research-based information about gun crime in their district helped them develop PSN strategies, refine and focus strategies, and evaluate impact.
Session: 90 minutes; offered twice
Audience: Program Coordinators and Research Partners (but all TF invited)
Presenters: Staff from the National Institute of Justice; PSN Research Partners; and PSN Coordinators from the U.S. Attorney's Offices
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Integrating Multiple Strategies to Reduce Gun Violence
Many PSN task forces have used strategies such as incident reviews, most violent offender lists, joint prosecution case screening, and offender notification meetings. This session provides an overview of each of these strategies. The strategies can be even more effective when used in conjunction with each other. Representatives of three PSN districts will discuss how they have used several of these strategies together to reduce gun crime more effectively.
Session: 90 minutes; offered twice
Presenters: PSN Research Partners; PSN Coordinators from U.S. Attorney's offices; representative from state law enforcement
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Building and Sustaining Effective Partnerships
PSN Project Coordinators are asked to build new partnerships with law enforcement at the local, state, and federal levels; with other criminal justice agencies such as probation and parole; with researchers; and with community groups and service providers. Project coordinators also need to develop strategies for sustaining PSN task force partnerships as personnel changes occur. This session will provide practical advice on building and sustaining PSN task forces and associated partnerships based on the experience of three successful PSN task forces.
Session: 1 hour
Presenters: PSN Research Partners and representatives from the U.S. Attorney's offices
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Gang Strategies
In many PSN districts, gangs are a key dimension of the gun violence problem. Consequently, gang-focused strategies are often an essential component of PSN. This interactive panel builds on the experience of PSN task forces in three cities where gangs are heavily involved in gun crime. The cities – Chicago, St. Louis, and Rochester (NY) – are of different sizes, have varying experiences in dealing with gangs, and reflect a range of PSN task force types.
Session: 90 minutes; offered twice
Presenters: Staff from the National Institute of Justice; PSN Research Partners; and PSN Coordinators from the U.S. Attorney's Offices; representatives from state and local law enforcement
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Research Partner Meeting on Evaluation Methods and Measures
Monday, May 1, 2–5 p.m.
This panel is intended for research partners and will focus on issues related to the evaluation of PSN. Researchers from four districts will present their research designs and findings as examples of effective evaluation models. The districts range from large urban jurisdictions to smaller cities and the research projects are at different stages. Following the presentations there will be discussion of the issues that arise when contrasting the “ideal evaluation design” with the various constraints that arise in the field.
Presenters: Staff from NIJ and PSN Research Partners
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