New grant: Reducing blight to reduce crime

Can cleaning and cutting a vacant lot cause a chain of events that saves a teen from gun violence? That’s the provocative question behind a new Tulane University research project to study whether maintaining vacant lots and fixing up blighted properties in high-crime areas reduces incidents of youth and family violence. The National Institutes of Health awarded Tulane a $2.3…

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