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Reducing Gun Violence - National Institute of Justice

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Reducing Gun Violence

National Institute of Justice

In 1994, facing an epidemic of violent crime, St. Louis instituted an innovative program to reduce its alarmingly high gun violence rates among youths. The idea for the program came from a community meeting of residents and police. During the meeting a woman complained about a house where teenagers were known to possess guns. When police arrived, the children ran into the house. Officers at the meeting told the woman there was nothing they could do because there was no legal way to get in and not enough information to obtain a search warrant. She then asked a single question that changed everything: “Why don’t you just knock on the door and ask that mother if you can search the house?”

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