The Impact of the City of Los Angeles Mayor’s Office of Gang Reduction and Youth Development (GRYD) Comprehensive Strategy on Crime in the City of Los Angeles

The City of Los Angeles Mayor’s Office Gang Reduction and Youth Development (GRYD) program was conceived as a comprehensive response to gang violence. Unlike most approaches, suppression excluded from the primary model. Program services including community engagement, prevention intervention services, street-based violence interruption, were formally launched in late 2011. Strict geographic eligibility criteria mean that GRYD available some communities not others. Using structure GRYD, we use place-based difference-in-differences model estimate effect on both violent property crime. analyses suggest reduction crime around 18% areas exposed Comprehensive Strategy aggravated assault robbery. Similar declines are observed crimes burglary car theft. Comparison with evaluations placed-based injunctions demonstrate is able achieve nearly one-half reductions without focus.