Community Safety & Security Evaluation Lab (CSSE-Lab)
The Community Safety & Security Evaluation Lab (CSSE-Lab) focuses on the evaluation of programs designed to prevent violence and improve community safety.
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Projects
CSSE-Lab Evaluation Projects
Human Trafficking Prevention Programs
The CSSE-Lab team is conducting evaluation studies in the field of human trafficking sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Justice. The CSSE-Lab works closely with government officials, community-based organizations and survivors to understand how to raise awareness about this crime and how to empower first responders in recognizing and supporting potential victims.
Reintegration Programs
The CSSE-Lab team is conducting evaluation studies sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice to evaluate reintegration programs and interventions in the field of criminal violent extremism. The CSSE-Lab works closely with probation officers, mental health providers, and policymakers to map current practices in the nation and internationally, identify promising interventions, develop trainings, and create tools to measure processes, and document outcomes.
School Violence Prevention Programs
The CSSE-Lab team is conducting evaluation studies, in partnership with the local schools, state and local level organizations engaged in violence prevention and online safety efforts, to understand the effectiveness of risk assessment and intervention processes to support students experiencing mental health crises and prevent school violence.
A Development Evaluation Approach to Address Community Safety and Health Challenges of Reintegration Programs in the USA
The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Pardee School at Boston University have been awarded a grant from the National Institute of Justice to study the design and implementation of…CONTINUE READING
Evaluation Support for Countering Violent Extremism
Many organizations that implement programs aimed at preventing targeted violence do not have the capacity to conduct evaluation activities to judge the success of their programs. Our team works collaboratively…CONTINUE READING
Evaluation of the Peer to Peer (P2P) Initiatives
In 2016, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health was awarded a project sponsored by National Institute of Justice to evaluate the impact of the P2P initiative. The P2P initiative consists of programs…CONTINUE READING
Evaluation of the Greater Boston Countering Violent Extremism Pilot Program
In 2014, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health was awarded a project sponsored by U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Science & Technology Directorate, aimed at learning…CONTINUE READING