Bulletin Reports

Violent Crime Reduction

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), presents the Violent Crime Reduction Roadmap (VCRR Factsheet), which lays out a roadmap to reducing violent crime.

This roadmap is a one-stop shop to assist local jurisdictions in developing, implementing, and evaluating the right set of strategies to prevent, intervene in, and respond to acts of community gun violence. It is organized around 10 essential actions to reduce community gun violence identified in Saving Lives: Ten Essential Actions Cities Can Take to Reduce Violence Now from the Council on Criminal Justice’s Violent Crime Working Group and outlines how DOJ resources can support jurisdictions in reducing violence. The Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), funded by the BJA, provides no-cost training and technical assistance (TTA) to support jurisdictions in using strategies that meet their community’s specific crime reduction needs. This fact sheet includes the 10 essential actions, as well as examples the TTA PERF may provide, for each action.

In recent years, many cities, towns, and counties across the country have experienced substantial increases in community gun violence. While some localities have made progress toward reducing violence, pressing concerns remain for residents, community and business leaders, law enforcement officials, public health providers, and more. The VCRR was created in response to these concerns.

The full fact sheet, NCJ 309988, can be accessed at https://bja.ojp.gov/doc/violent-crime-reduction-roadmap.pdf.