A group of UA Little Rock criminal justice professors and students are participating in a long-term project to help the City of Pine Bluff reduce youth violence in their city.
The City of Pine Bluff is taking part in a program called Group Violence Intervention (GVI), a program that works behind the scenes to lower gun violence among youth and young adults. Criminal justice professors Tusty ten Bensel and David Tyler have joined the project to help research and evaluate GVI.
“For a number of years, Pine Bluff has been working to reduce gun violence associated with gangs,” ten Bensel said. “The key stakeholders have come together, and they have adopted the GVI model to reduce gun violence and gang association in the city.”…