Program Evaluations

Changes in Crime Across Neighborhoods 2008-2009

January 2009

The following PDF maps display changes in crime across the 21 Safe & Sound sectors over the period of January 1st to December 31st 2008. The data measured includes drug, property, weapons, and violent crime, and generally show very positive improvements across neighborhoods.

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2008 UWM-CUIR Safe & Sound Evaluation

February 2008

The Safe & Sound Initiative contracted with the Center for Urban Initiatives and Research (CUIR) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the Safe & Sound Initiative. The study found that the Safe & Sound strategy is truly effective and has a significant impact on neighborhoods when all three elements of Safe & Sound strategy, law enforcement, youth development and community organizing, work together to reduce crime and violence.

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Promising Approaches to Addressing Crime

May 2002

The Milwaukee Safe & Sound Initiative: A Community-based, Collaborative Approach to Violent Crime Reduction and Neighborhood Revitalization in High Crime Areas

By Gwen A. Holden

Milwaukee's Safe & Sound initiative is a community-based, collaborative crime prevention strategy with the stated mission of measurably reducing violent felonies and revitalizing neighborhoods in that City's high crime areas.

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2002 Marquette Safe & Sound Evaluation

January 2002

The Marquette University evaluation presents a comprehensive report of the significant progress of the Safe & Sound initiative up to 2001 and the stratgies contribution to the reduction of crime and violence in Milwaukee.  This executive summary provides an overview and highlights of the findings.

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Featured Articles

Manpower Lends a Hand in Riverwest with Operation Payback

The Riverwest community service session was one of two organized by Safe & Sound to bring the two groups together and learn more about each other while getting some work done at the same time.

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Manpower Joins Operation Payback for Community Service Efforts

The Chief addressed the officers emphasizing the importance of the work of law enforcement in close coordination with the community. It is efforts like Operation Payback that accomplish exactly this; bringing the community and law enforcement together to learn from each other while working together for a positive change in our neighborhoods.

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2010 Anti-Gang Summit: Leveraging the Resources of Community and Law Enforcement to Combat Gangs

No single agency can solve gang crime and violence alone. It’s imperative that all agencies work together and develop partnerships in an effort to improve the quality of life throughout Wisconsin. The 2010 Southeastern Wisconsin Anti- Gang Summit will bring diverse agencies together to learn…

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