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Boston Gun Project  

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  • The Boston Gun Project, also known as “Operation Ceasefire,” is a deterrence-based, problem-oriented criminal justice intervention that occurred in 1996 and 1997. The project was intended to reduce youth homicide and youth firearms violence in Boston, Massachusetts. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; Boston Gun Project]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-H99QNTK0-7

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