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RiseUptown: A Comprehensive Community-Research Approach to Preventing Community Violence

RiseUptown: A Comprehensive Community-Research Approach to Preventing Community Violence

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PI: Martha Wadsworth
PSU University Park
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PI: Jonathan Lee
PSU Harrisburg

Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency #30635
Administered in: College of the Liberal Arts

Abstract:

The goal of this project is to reduce violence and improve safety within the middle school and in the UpTown neighborhood of Harrisburg, PA. The RiseUp multicomponent program combines school-embedded stress-and-trauma informed coping intervention (BaSICS) with a community-driven neighborhood crime and blight reduction initiative in which the youth are actively engaged. Study goals: (1) Identifying and eradicating crime hotspots and blight via improvements to the built environment, (2) addressing the need for transformative trauma-informed educational practices and preventive mental health services in the public schools, and (3) mobilizing community coalitions of parents and youth to work together on solutions for crime hotspots.

Additional Faculty:

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Jarl Ahlkvist Sociology and Criminology University Park
Headshot of Siyu Liu
Siyu Liu Criminal Justice Harrisburg

Additional Research Partners:

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Jamien Harvey
YMCA Community Director
Harrisburg
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Veronica Kelly
Tri-County Community Action
Harrisburg
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Stu Stewart
Tri-County Community Action
Harrisburg
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Julie Walter Tri-County Community Action Harrisburg

Research Staff:

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Tabatha Hahn Harrisburg
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Mary Veneziano
University Park

Graduate Students:

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Bre Genaro
Psychology
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Chelsea Mayo Psychology
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Brandon Patallo Psychology
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Holly Pham Psychology
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Adithi Rajagopalan
Psychology
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Esha Vaid Psychology

Undergraduate Students:

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Kelly Aucremanne, Maria Marini, and Wenting Zhu