Speaker: Irshad Altheimer, PhD, Director, Center for Public Safety Initiatives; Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, RIT

Title: Assessing Gaps in Services for Violence Victims and How We Can Fix Them

Description: This presentation will provide an overview of several years of research on community-based violence reduction efforts in Rochester. We will explore the existing violence reduction ecosystem, highlight challenges to implementation of community-based violence reduction efforts, identify gaps in services, and provide possible solutions to address those gaps.