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.
David Kennedy discusses the myth of the “no snitch" ethic prevalent in many urban neighborhoods and how it affects the criminal justice system with NPR.
UC criminal justice researcher Robin Engel (center) works closely with area authorities and social service agencies to disassemble some of the city's most violent groups. Two of those partners in the Cincinnati Initiative to Reduce Violence are Stan Ross (left) with Cincinnati Works and Cincinnati Police Lt. Col. James Whalen.
In 2007, Providence, RI, adopted the National Network’s drug market intervention strategy to save its drug-infested neighborhood of Lockwood. As part of the process, the Providence Police Department and the neighborhood’s community underwent a profound transformation.
In pioneering the drug market intervention strategy, High Point, NC, forged a law enforcement-community partnership that continues to set the standard for other National Network jurisdictions. It not only eliminated drug markets citywide and dramatically reduced related crime, it also addressed and repaired historic racial divisions. Watch the video below to learn more about High Point’s groundbreaking approach.
