Exposure to gun violence among the population of Chicago community violence interventionists

Authors: David M. Hureau, Theodore Wilson, Hilary M. Jackl, Jalon Arthur, Christopher Patterson, Andrew V. Papachristos

Published: 2022-12-23

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abq7027

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Abstract

Gun violence is a leading cause of premature death and a driver of racial disparities in life expectancy in the United States. Community-based interventions are the foremost policy strategy for reducing gun violence without exacerbating harm associated with criminal justice approaches. However, little is known about the interventionist workforce. In 2021, we used a researcher-guided survey to obtain a near-census of Chicago violence interventionists (