Jillian Carr

Purdue University Website

Jillian Carr is Associate Professor of Economics at Purdue University. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Texas A&M University.

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.

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Neutral/No Opinion 5
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Agree 7
Comments

There is a lot of variation in the types of programs that could fit this criteria. Some could be successful (some gang enforcement strategies seem to work) but others have been unsuccessful.

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.

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Agree 7
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Agree 6
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There appears to be support for this in the literature. The successful programs with which I'm familiar were generally police-led, but also heavily involved the community.

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.

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Agree 8
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Neutral/No Opinion 5
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I've seem some examples of these programs that seem to work well. The ones I'm thinking of were rolled out with other initiatives as well, so it's not easy to say which programs were the most effective.