The Little Village Gang Violence Reduction Project in Chicago

egardless of the gang territory respondents lived in: 25.0% in Latin King territory and 25.7% inTwo Six territory had heard of the Project. Among the respondents who had heard of the GVRP(n = 24), very few (n = 19) could describe what they thought the Project did. They most oftencited “intervene in gang violence.” Only a few mentioned family counseling, communityorganizing, and working with police.The respondents who were familiar with the Project were also asked which agencies wereinvolved with the GVRP. Although the numbers were small, relatively more of the Little VillageLatin King respondents knew that youth workers were involved in the Project, while relativelymore of the Two Six-territory respondents knew specific Project staff members.Organization RespondentsSampling Design. A different selection process was used for organization respondents. Lists oforganizations were obtained from various local sources: youth agencies, churches, and majorcommunity organizations. Interviews were sought with leaders or administrators oforganizations who had contact with gang youth and their families, or knowledge of “hot spot”locations, i.e., where gang violence problems were concentrated. The first set of leaders ofagencies and community groups contacted and agreeing to be interviewed also referred us toother organizations. Eventually, a snowball sample of organizations concerned with the gangproblem emerged. Organization interviews took more time to develop and obtain than residentinterviews, but, ultimately, very few of the organizations targeted refused to participate.Organization Interviews. Fifty-seven (57) organization respondents were interviewed, both at16.19