Advance Peace Fresno
Progress on select data, 2021-22
June 20, 2022
Prepared by: UC Berkeley, Center for Global Healthy Cities Prof. Jason Corburn, [email protected]
www.healthycities.berkeley.edu
Evaluating
the multiple
impacts of
Advance
Peace in
Fresno
UC Berkeley, Center for Global Healthy Cities, uses a mixed methods approach to understand the impacts of the Advance Peace Fresno program, including:
(1) Tracking participants, or fellows, from enrollment through end of Peacemaker Fellowship. What happens to them?
(2) Measuring healing-centered engagements by NCAs (i.e., CBT, counseling, other services). What ’dosage’ of supports are delivered by AP?
(3) Measuring community conflicts mediated & shootings avoided. The number & time spent?
(4) Computing firearm homicides & assaults in Fresno, rate in specific neighborhoods & among specific population groups before (2010- 2020) & during the intervention period (24 months).
2 For more information: Center for Global Healthy Cities, www.healthycities.berkeley.edu Contact: Prof. Jason Corburn, [email protected]
Approved by UC Berkeley Institutional Review Board, Protocol #2018-05-11073 Unable to accurately compute crime data at this time
• We receive data monthly from Fresno PD – but always a month or so behind • Inconsistencies & missing data -
• 187a listed in shooting file but not appear in homicide file? • No victim (sex, age, race/ethnicity) shared
• Homicide data not include weapon – can’t confirm firearm homicide • 2020 – all gun homicides coded as 187, but California Criminal code for homicide with deadly weapon, firearm, is 187a.
• Shootings can have multiple charges for one case# - 187a, 245A2 & 245A1. Are these three incidents with one case #?
• Inconsistencies with geo-location data: address or cross streets • We know data can change over time (i.e., a shooting victim dies, becomes a homicide) • Contact with Cpt. Henry Garcia & Crime Analyst Renee Long to receive updated data.
Prepared by: UC Berkeley, Center for Global Healthy Cities, www.healthycities.berkeley.edu
Prof. Jason Corburn, [email protected]
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Example: Dec 2021 Data Share
Fresno Police Dept.
• Homicide file (left) not match shootings
(right)
• 12/18/21 – 187a homicide
• No 187a listed in shootings file?
• Also no victim data in homicide file.
5 Dec 2021: No Victim information shared with homicide data 6 Fresno Police Dept – Homicide File
Fresno Police Dept – Shootings File
7 Example #2: April 2022
04/01 - Shootings file lists 187a.
No incident listed in homicide file
for 04/01/2022?
04/10 – two gun homicides
listed in homicide file, exact same
info.
04/10 – only one 187a charge?
Is this a duplicate or 2 killed,
same incident?
Neighborhood
Change Agents
(NCAs):
From 2021-May 2022 the Advance Peace
Fresno outreach worker team accomplished
the following:
• Enrolled 17 fellows
• 6,404 – total street outreach engagements
(2,151 hours)*
[*street outreach ensures those around the Fellows do not have a negative influence on them & to help NCAs identify potential community conflicts.]
• 529 - # Fellow Engagements (when an NCA provides
mentorship, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, counseling & other life supports to their enrolled client, called a Fellow)
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Keeping the
Peace
Advance Peace outreach workers:
• 277 – community conflicts mediated (716
hrs.)
• 28 – shootings responded to (the number of
times AP NCAs arrive at the scene of a gun
shooting, often deescalating potential retaliations)
• 76 – Cyclical & Retaliatory Gun Violence
Interruptions (CRGVI)* (264 hours)
*Cyclical & Retaliatory Gun Violence Interruption =
where guns are present between 2 or more parties &
AP staff diffuse the situation & it is peacefully
resolved.
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Prepared by: UC Berkeley, Center for Global Healthy Cities, www.healthycities.berkeley.edu
Prof. Jason Corburn, [email protected]
10 Our Fellows
in 2021-22
What if those 76 imminent gun violence
mediations (CRGVIs) were shootings with
an injury or a homicide?
76 x $1.2M (injury shooting) ~ $91.2M
76 x $3M (firearm homicide) ~ $228M
By preventing even 1 firearm homicide, AP
Fresno is paying for itself.
https://costofviolence.org/reports/fresno-ca/
Fellow
Healing
supports
• 100% - receiving Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
• 88% - receiving counseling
• 72% - attending weekly life-skills classes
• 69 hours – anger management counseling
• 44 hours – family supports
• 99 hours – job readiness/ preparation
• 173 hours - housing supports, substance abuse,
mental health, GED, social security card, driver’s
license supports combined
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Beyond the
Numbers
“Myself and other NCAs pulled up on a victim
who had just been shot at. He was visibly upset,
and expressed his displeasure in standing down,
as others continued to victimize them. He
argued with someone on the phone about takin’
too long to bring his weapon. They left and
came back armed. We stayed on the scene and
after constant communication were able to
bring the temperature down between two who
had pistols…”
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Beyond the
Numbers
“Drove to X’s house because he didn’t make
his class. He said he had business to handle. I
sat down and let him know everything he has
going for him and that it’s my duty to hold him
to those goals we agreed to. Since he was
recently released, I also let him know how
sensitive his case load is and why we have to
be successful in moving forward. I am now
picking him up for his classes every day at
6:30am.”
13Prepared by: UC Berkeley, Center for Global Healthy Cities, www.healthycities.berkeley.edu Prof. Jason Corburn, [email protected]
Impact
Evaluation
Conclusions
• Advance Peace Fresno is about 12 months into its 1st
Peacemaker Fellowship (June 2021 enrollment)
• We will generate evaluation report after 18- months of full Peacemaker Fellowship.
• We will include outreach data, impacts on program
participants (fellows) & community conflict mediations. • Once we receive updated FPD data, analyze gun violence data & test for whether any changes in firearm shootings & homicides are attributable to the activites of Advance
Peace.
Thank you.
14Prepared by: UC Berkeley, Center for Global Healthy Cities, www.healthycities.berkeley.edu Prof. Jason Corburn, [email protected]
For more information: Center for Global Healthy Cities, www.healthycities.berkeley.edu Contact: Prof. Jason Corburn, [email protected]