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. 2022 Jul 8;9(3):135–141. doi: 10.1007/s40471-022-00292-x

Table 1.

Examples of community-violence-related ABMs published since 2018

Title Authors Year Type of violence studied Study setting Hypothetical intervention(s) studied Summary of findings
Reducing urban violence: a contrast of public health and criminal justice approaches Cerdá, Tracy and Keyes 2018 Non-fatal, fatal victimization New York City, NY (NYC)

(a) Community-based violence intervention

(b) Focused policing

CBVI produced similar reductions at much lower cost; combining both interventions produced the largest reductions
Limiting alcohol outlet density to prevent alcohol use and violence: estimating policy interventions through agent-based modeling Castillo-Carniglia, Pear, Tracy, Keyes and Cerdá 2018 Non-fatal, fatal victimization New York City, NY (NYC) Limiting alcohol outlet density (universal and targeted to highest-risk areas) Limiting outlet density did not reduce victimization under either the universal or targeted intervention scenario
Assessing the impact of alcohol taxation on rates of violent victimization in a large urban area: an agent-based modeling approach Keyes, Shev, Tracy and Cerdá 2019 Non-fatal, fatal victimization New York City, NY (NYC) Alcohol taxation (general and beer-specific) Alcohol taxes reduced alcohol consumption and alcohol-related victimization. Reductions in violence disproportionately affected lowest-income individuals