Violence Reduction Councils (VRC) are a public health-based model used to prevent violence in large cities. These bring together public health, social service agencies, criminal justice, and community-based organizations involved in violence prevention to review homicide and assault cases, and identify gaps, weaknesses, and systemic barriers to violence prevention.
Why This Video Matters
Training & capacity building: The video serves as a practical training tool for new VRC members, agency partners, or community stakeholders who are unfamiliar with the review meeting format.
Transparency and clarity: By showing a hypothetical case in action, it demystifies the review process — how cases are discussed, what kinds of information are shared, what questions get asked, and how analysis leads to recommendations.
Discussion prompt: The video can be used in workshops, meetings, or webinars to prompt dialogue on how local data, practices, or interagency coordination might differ in your context. We hope this becomes a go-to reference for communities establishing or sustaining VRC processes.
