Program Profile: Tulsa (Oklahoma) Community-Based Crime Reduction Initiative

This is a police-driven, collaborative, place-based crime-reduction approach focused on a target neighborhood.

Evidence Rating: Promising | One study

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This is a police-driven, collaborative, place-based crime-reduction approach focused on a target neighborhood in Tulsa, Okla. The program is rated Promising. The initiative resulted in statistically significant reductions in total crime in both areas of the target neighborhood at the two post-intervention periods and a statistically significant reduction in burglary in one area. There were no statistically significant reductions in disorderly offenses and mixed results on the number of assaults.

A Promising rating implies that implementing the program may result in the intended outcome(s).

Date Created: July 17, 2024
Program Snapshot

Geography: Urban

Setting (Delivery): High Crime Neighborhoods/Hot Spots

Program Type: Community-Oriented Policing, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design/Design Against Crime, Hot Spots Policing, Violence Prevention

Current Program Status: Active

Program Developer:
Jonathan Brooks
Deputy Chief of Police
City of Tulsa Police Department

600 Civic Center
Tulsa, OK 74103
United States

Phone: 918.596.9370
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Program Director:
Allecia Chatman
Senior Grants Compliance Monitor
City of Tulsa

175 E. 2nd St. Suite 480
Tulsa, OK 74103
United States

Phone: 918.596.1080
Website(link is external)
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Researcher:
Nicholas Corsaro
Associate Professor
School of Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati

2610 McMicken Circle
Cincinnati, OH 45221
United States

Phone: 513.556.1967
Website(link is external)
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Training and TA Provider:
James Stark
Senior Program Officer, Safety & Justice
Local Initiatives Support Corporation

United States

Phone: 617.365.3750
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