Programs
The Organization for the Prevention of Violence runs or participates in various programs and initiatives that serve our mission to foster personal and public safety through collaborative prevention, intervention, and research.
Evolve is a confidential, voluntary, and no-cost program to support those moving away from extremist ideologies, conspiracy theories, grievances or groups that justify violence. The program also works with individuals who have experienced a hate crime or incident, providing a place to share their experience and find support.
Hate Crime Training
Manage and enhance hate crime response with our capacity-building tools and strategies for police, communities, and organizations. Our evidence-based approaches increase knowledge, enhance response, mitigate harm, build trust, and strengthen public safety. These include:
- Hate crime training for law enforcement + government
- Hate crime education for communty
- Technical expertise for criminal justice stakeholders
The Youth Wellbeing & Support Protocol seeks to develop a tool for human service professionals to identify vulnerabilities and reduce the risk of criminality among marginalized youth in a culturally safe, stigma-free, and historically sensitive way. Community-based participatory research is being incorporated in partnership with the following organizations:
The protocol will utilize data from 66 systematic reviews and meta-analyses that encompass youth crime and delinquency, hateful/extremist ideologies among youth, and adult crime along with the community-based research. Common risk and protective factors from all research sources will be integrated into the final protocol for use by practitioners.