Leveraging Research and Philanthropy to Reduce Crime and Violence in the Mississippi Delta
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Description
Explores how foundations fund public safety projects, focusing on Phillips County, Arkansas and Coahoma County, Mississippi. Features background on violence and crime in rural areas, including a description of the research literature. Proposes a framework for selecting and implementing violence prevention and intervention on the community level.
Author(s)
Jessica Saunders, Dionne Barnes-Proby, Samuel Peterson
Date
2018
Type
Document
Organization
RAND Corporation
Tagged as
Abuse and violence · Community and faith-based initiatives · Delta Region · Funding · Philanthropy · Planning and strategy methods and resources · Poverty · Arkansas · Mississippi