Partnership, Problem-Solving, and Research Integration - Key Elements of Success in SACSI: Phase 1 Findings from the National Assessment of the Strategic Approaches to Community Safety Initiative

摘要

The U.S. Department of Justice initiated the Strategic Approaches to Community Safety Initiative (SACSI) in 1998 as an innovative approach to multi-agency, strategic planning approaches to crime reduction in five U.S. cities. Fueled by information about the successful attempts to reduce youth violence in Boston (the Ceasefire initiative) as well as by several new collaborative thrusts within the Justice Department, SACSI promoted three key approaches-- collaboration, problem-solving, strategic planning, and integration of research teams into the SACSI partnership. In 1999, NIJ funded the SACSI national assessment project, which conducted cross-site research to learn about the SACSI implementation process and to produce 'lessons learned' information that will be helpful to other jurisdictions implementing SACSI-like approaches, most notably those currently involved in Project Safe Neighborhoods, the Justice Department's newest and most comprehensive program to reduce gun violence nationwide. This report from the national assessment team reports on the implementation of SACSI in the first five sites, with a focus on collaboration, problem-solving, and research integration.