Drug Market Intervention Strategy

Basic Implementation Guides

 

Drug Market Strategy: Basic Implementation Steps
A 9-step outline of the fundamental work and partnerships involved in the strategy.

The High Point Drug Market Intervention Strategy (2009)
This publication sets out the compelling story of High Point’s original Drug Market Intervention work and describes how the intervention was successfully duplicated in Providence, Rhode Island.

Practice Brief: Norms, Narrative and Community Engagement for Crime Prevention (Community Moral Voice)
The norms and narratives held by offenders and potential offenders; communities; and law enforcement have tremendous impact on crime and crime prevention, how each party views the others, and their actions; and their willingness to work together. This paper addresses the practical aspects of addressing and even changing norms and narratives in crime prevention.

Practice Brief: Keeping Drug Markets Closed--The High Point Protocol
Since pioneering the Drug Market Intervention in 2004, the city of High Point, NC has developed a protocol to ensure that the five street drug markets it successfully shut down stay closed. This paper summarizes the key componentens of its maintenance protocol.