Maryland Crime Research and Innovation Center

The Maryland Crime Research and Innovation Center (MCRIC) is partnering with the Greater Baybrook Alliance and the Baltimore Police Department to conduct a mixed method implementation and impact evaluation to inform the Community-Based Group Violence Intervention (CGVI) program. Funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the CGVI program has three objectives that are measurable using data collected by Baltimore Police Department (BPD), service providers, and community stakeholders with formal ties to the program:

Overall Program Objectives:

• Reduce gun violence (homicides and non-fatal shootings)
• Successfully deliver services to vulnerable individuals (at greatest risk of victimization or perpetration of gun violence)
• Reduce recidivism rate among vulnerable individuals who receive services

These objectives are aligned with three goals that rely on a mix of quantitative risk and needs assessment: to identify individuals that are at high risk of being vulnerable to gun violence, identification of service providers with whom the GBA interacts to connect with identified individuals, and to improve norms affecting public safety.

This project will evaluate the needs, theory of change, implementation, and outcomes of a community-based group violence intervention effort in the Greater Baybrook area to be completed in four phases. Leveraging longitudinal, time series data collected on crime rates, arrest, calls for service, overdose responses, shooting incidents, property-based databases, and offender-based data, we will model and assess the impact of the intervention.