The National Network's approach has attracted significant media attention over twenty years. This page features the most recent coverage of our work and a searchable archive of media about the National Network's projects around the nation and abroad.
The National Network convenes regular conferences, working sessions and webinars to discuss and promote developments in its core areas of operation, showcase innovations, and set research and development priorities.
Sociologist Andrew Papachristos used statistical analysis to show that fatal shootings, a major part of Oakland's crime problem, are for the most part not random but an outgrowth of social relationships among men who practice risky criminal behavior.
The arrests of two brothers after a Mother’s Day parade shooting appear to be an example of the dramatic shift in gang-war policing that New Orleans has made under Mayor Mitch Landrieu.
Community members participate in a Operation Ceasefire night walk in East Oakland in an effort to reduce violence.
Following the City's third call-in of individuals involved in group and gang violence, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu and federal, state, and local law enforcement officials spoke at a press conference to reiterate the the message of the Group Violence Intervention Group Violence Reduction effort: "our community is demanding that the violence stop."
The Drug Market Intervention project in action.
David Kennedy shares the surprising (and surprisingly kind) methods he uses to stem inner-city crime.
There is growing support for the National Network’s efforts to find ways of healing relationships between young black men, their communities, and law enforcement agencies that serve them.
Peoria police are targeting two South Peoria gangs in the Don’t Shoot campaign after a rash of violence left three dead and at least one wounded since Friday.
Syracuse authorities are telling gang members that to put down the guns and their community is offering them help.
Syracuse authorities are telling gang members that if they put down the guns, they’ll help them get jobs.
Despite decades of initiatives to stem violent crime, Kansas City residents continue killing each other at a rate five times higher than the national average, prompting officials in this Midwest city best known for barbecue and jazz to turn to an alternative law enforcement approach that offers incentives to convicted and would-be criminals to change their ways.
Police in Rochester have launched a new initiative that cracks down on gangs. At the core of it? Polite letters to individual members that explain why they should stop the illegal activity.
