{"id":12666,"date":"2011-08-10T23:58:41","date_gmt":"2011-08-10T22:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=12666"},"modified":"2011-08-10T23:58:41","modified_gmt":"2011-08-10T22:58:41","slug":"gary-slutkin-disrupting-violence-the-interrupters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2011\/08\/10\/gary-slutkin-disrupting-violence-the-interrupters\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Slutkin on Disrupting Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This week sees the UK release of The Interrupters<\/a><\/strong>, a documentary\u00a0which explores an anti-violence program in Chicago based on the theories of Gary Slutkin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Directed by Steve James, who made the classic 1994 documentary Hoop Dreams<\/a>, the film follows the work of CeaseFire<\/a>, an initiative which has created and implemented the concept of ‘The Violence Interrupter’.<\/p>\n

This sees three people – Ameena Matthews, Cobe Williams and Eddie Bocanegra – with experience of crime, work on the street to mediate conflicts which could result in violent crime.<\/p>\n

Essentially, it’s a bit like Minority Report<\/a> without all the high-tech stuff.<\/p>\n

The CeaseFire project was founded in 1995 by Dr. Slutkin, who developed the theory that violence is like an infectious disease that can be prevented by changing behaviour.<\/p>\n

Last year he gave this talk explaining his basic ideas:<\/p>\n