Tuesday, April 13, 2021

The Safe and Successful Youth Initiative (SSYI) Has Been Rated Promising

 

This secondary violence prevention program targets young men most likely to commit or be victim of gang or gun crime to reduce their incarceration and victimization from violent crime.

The program is rated Promising. SSYI youths were statistically significantly less likely to be incarcerated compared with comparison group youths. SSYI-funded cities had statistically significant reductions in all measured city-level crime victimization rates, compared with comparison cities.

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