@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10002661,
	  title     = {Saving Lives: Alternative Approaches to Reducing Gun Violence},
	  author    = {Angie M. Wolf and  Angie Del Prado Lippman and  DeVone Boggan and  Caroline Glesmann and  Estivaliz Castro},
	  country	= {},
	  institution	= {},
	  abstract     = {This paper highlights an innovative and nontraditional
violence prevention program that is making a noticeable impact in
what was once one of the country’s most violent communities. With
unique and tailored strategies, the Operation Peacemaker Fellowship,
established in Richmond, California, combines components of
evidence-based practices with a community-oriented focus on
relationships and mentoring to fill a gap in services and increase
community safety. In an effort to highlight these unique strategies
and provide a blueprint for other communities with violent crime
problems, the authors of this paper hope to clearly delineate how one
community is moving forward with vanguard approaches to invest in
the lives of young men who once were labeled their community’s
most violent, even most deadly, youth. The impact of this program is
evidenced through the fellows’ own voices as they illuminate the
experience of being in the Fellowship. In interviews, fellows describe
how participating in this program has transformed their lives and the
lives of those they love. The authors of this article spent more than
two years researching this Fellowship program in order to conduct an
evaluation of it and, ultimately, to demonstrate how this program is a
testament to the power of relationships and love combined with
evidence-based practices, consequently enriching the lives of youth
and the community that embraces them.},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Law and Political Sciences},
	  volume    = {9},
	  number    = {6},
	  year      = {2015},
	  pages     = {2221 - 2229},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10002661},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/102},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 102, 2015},
	}