ranked the #9 ngo we can cure violence by ngo advisor

Ranked the #9 NGOin the world (2020)

by NGO AdvisorWE CAN CURE VIOLENCECure Violence approaches violence with the understanding that violence is an epidemic process that can be stopped using the same health strategies employed to fight epidemics. This theory of change utilizes carefully selected and trained workers — trusted members of the communities we serve — to interrupt the contagion using a standard epidemic control approach.

2013

CURRENT REPLICATION PARTNERSFUTURE REPLICATION PARTNERS PREVIOUS REPLICATION PARTNERS

53% reduction in shootings

31% reduction in killings

SOUTH AFRICA 2012-18

88% REDUCTION in shootings and killings

HONDURAS

50% REDUCTION in killings

PUERTO RICO

UP TO 73% REDUCTION in shootings and killingsImplemented in 20+ cities with multiple independent evaluations

UNITED STATES 38% reduction inviolent incidents

95% reduction in group attacks*

UNITED KINGDOM

APPROX. 1,400 HIGH RISK MEDIATIONS

IRAQ 2008-13*youth prison

2013

43 SYRIAN TRAINERS;OVER 780 PEOPLE TRAINED

SYRIA

24% REDUCTIONin killings in 1st year;addt’l. 13% drop in 2nd year

MEXICO

45% REDUCTION in violent crime

TRINIDAD

UNITED STATES

HONDURAS PUERTO RICO

MEXICO

CANADA

COLOMBIA

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

BRAZIL

JAMAICA

EL SALVADOR

IRAQ SYRIA

WEST BANK

KENYA

SOUTH AFRICA

UNITED KINGDOM

NIGERIA

ARGENTINA

MOROCCO

BAHAMAS

BELIZE

YEMEN

TURKEY

KANSAS CITY ST. LOUIS

MILWAUKEECHICAGO

NEW ORLEANS

CURRENT REPLICATION PARTNERS

LOIZA, PR

NEW YORK CITYPHILADELPHIA

BALTIMORE

WASHINGTON, DC

50% REDUCTION in killings

PUERTO RICO

MEMPHIS

PROSPECTIVE REPLICATION PARTNERS

DURHAMGREENSBORO

GRAND RAPIDS

NASHVILLE

LOUISVILLE

JACKSONVILLE

STOCKTON

SAN ANTONIOHOUSTON

OMAHA

JACKSON

BIRMINGHAM

SELMA

ATLANTA

CHARLOTTE

PITTSBURGH

JOHNSTOWN

CAMDENCHESTER

CHICAGO

41-73% REDUCTIONS in shootings and killings across 7 communities

100% REDUCTIONS in retaliation killings in 5 of 8 communities

NEW YORK CITY

63% REDUCTION in shootings

18 CITIES— with reductions in shootings and killings as high as 73%

MULTIPLE SITES operating with no shootings or killings for more than 1 year

UNITED STATES

PHILADELPHIA

30% REDUCTION in shootings

BALTIMORE

56% REDUCTION in killings

• Election• School/Mass Shootings• Family/Child• Religious/Ethnic• Gender-based• Con�ict zone• Suicide• Prison

ADAPTATIONSUNDER DEVELOPMENT

CVG.ORG

Gary SlutkinFounder & Executive Director gslutkin@cvg.org

MARCH 2020

Summary of Findings on the Cure Violence ModelLocation Statistical Findings ReferenceBaltimore (USA) Up to 56% reduction in killings Webster 2012

Up to 44% reduction in shootings

Evidence of norm change

Baltimore (USA) 25% reduction in shootings across 5 sites (high of 43% reduction) Webster 2016

Baltimore (USA) Improvement in attitudes on violence among 43% assessed Milam 2016

Chicago (USA) 41% to 73% reduction in shootings and killings Skogan 2009

100% reduction in retaliations

Chicago (USA) 31% reduction in killings Henry 2015

19% reduction in shootings

Chicago (USA) Treatment 50% lower re-injury than control Salzmann 2010

Chicago (USA) 48% reduction in shootings U. of Chicago unpub. 2015

Halifax (Canada) Downward trend in shootings and violent crimes Ungar 2016

Kansas City (USA) 17.9% reduction in firearm killings Thompson 2013

New Orleans (USA) 47% reduction in shootings victims City of New Orleans 2016

85% reduction in retaliations/argument motive

44% reduction in shooting re-injury

New York City (USA) 37% to 50% reduction in gun injuries Delgado 2017

63% reduction in shootings

New York City (USA) Increased confidence in police and increased willingness to contact police Delgado 2017

New York City (USA) 14% reduction in attitudes supporting violence, with no change in controls Delgado 2017

New York City (USA) 20% lower rates of shooting Picard Fritsche 2013

>100 mediations involving >1,000 people

New York City (USA) 18% reduction in killings v. 69% increase in control Butts 2015

Philadelphia (USA) 30% reduction in shootings Roman 2017

Juarez (Mexico) 50% or more reduction in killings in 2016 in most areas Mesa de Seguridad y Justicia

de Ciudad Juarez 2019

Juarez (Mexico) Reduction in perceived number of conflicts among participants Del Barrio a la Comunidad 2016

Kingston (Jamaica) 60 workers trained in Kingston and Montego Bay Site reported data 2019

Loiza (Puerto Rico, USA) 53% reduction in killings Nina 2013

Port of Spain (Trinidad) 45% reduction in violent crime Maguire 2019

38% reduction in gunshot wounds

San Pedro Sula (Honduras) 88% reduction in shootings and killings Ransford 2016

1 site – 17 months without any shootings

Over 1,000 conflicts mediated

Cape Town (South Africa) 14% reduction in killings Ransford 2016

29% reduction in attempted killings

10% reduction in serious assaults

Kenya Low levels of election violence Site reported data 2013

Basra and Sadr City (Iraq) 1000 interruptions, >14,000 people reached through outreach Site reported data 2012

County of Kent (UK) 51% reduction in overall violence Ransford 2017

[Prison program] 95% reduction in group attacks

44% reduction in adjudications (discipline)

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