Anna Harvey

New York University Website

Anna Harvey is Professor of Politics and Director of the Public Safety Lab at New York University. She holds a Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton University. Professor Harvey is the Co-Director of the Criminal Justice Expert Panel.

Voting History

Reducing gun violence

Taking into account both potential implementation challenges and expected efficacy, investing in police-led targeted enforcement directed at places and persons at high risk for gun crime (e.g.,\"hot spot\" policing; gang enforcement) would reduce gun violence.

Vote Confidence
Agree 7
Median Survey Vote Median Survey Confidence
Agree 7
Comments

See Chalfin, LaForest and Kaplan, "Can Precision Policing Reduce Gun Violence," JPAM 2021; multiple RCTs of "hot spot" policing.

Taking into account both potential implementation challenges and expected efficacy, investing in police-led focused deterrence programs (clearly communicating “carrots and sticks” to local residents identified as high risk, followed by targeted surveillance and enforcement with some community-based support for those who desist from crime) would reduce gun violence.

Vote Confidence
Neutral/No Opinion 5
Median Survey Vote Median Survey Confidence
Agree 6
Comments

Focused deterrence programs vary widely in their design and implementation and are rarely randomized, so it's hard to have a well-defined expectation of whether these programs reduce gun violence. A randomized trial of an FD program in NYS (Sharkey 2021) reported no effects on gun violence arrests.

Taking into account both potential implementation challenges and expected efficacy, investing in purely community-led violence-interruption programs (community-based outreach workers try to mediate and prevent conflict, without police involvement) would reduce gun violence.

Vote Confidence
Neutral/No Opinion 5
Median Survey Vote Median Survey Confidence
Neutral/No Opinion 5
Comments

Violence interruption programs vary widely in their design and implementation and are rarely randomized, so it's hard to have a well-defined expectation of whether these programs reduce gun violence. The Chicago READI program is currently being evaluated, but final results are not yet available.