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  • Anti-violence programs are working. But can they make a dent in Chicago's gun violence?

    November 01, 2021 |

    WBEZ |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Chicago is home to multiple street-outreach programs that target the people most likely to be shot or to shoot others, and that provide them with social services that keep them and others in their network safe. Programs like READI, CRED, and CP4P have shown strong results in studies of their ability to help people get access to education and jobs while avoiding arrest or injury. But community violence in Chicago is so entrenched that the existing programs lack the scale and structure to make meaningful reductions in Chicago's street violence.

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  • Don't Call the Police

    November 01, 2021 |

    What's Next Magazine |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    DontCallThePolice.com went online at the height of the 2020 social justice protests to give people a list of resources when they need help and might otherwise default to calling the police. The site is a directory of services in 80 cities, such as mental health care, substance use treatment, and services for youth and elders. The site averages about 20,000 visits per month as its existence becomes known. Information is crowdsourced.

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  • She was bleeding from a stab wound. A congressional staffer intervened

    October 28, 2021 |

    Roll Call |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    The Violence Intervention Program at Baltimore's Shock Trauma Center counsels victims of violence and links them to needed social services to try to keep them safe from future injury. Such hospital-based trauma care is rooted in the reality that many people are repeat victims of violence, and that mental health care, jobs, and other assistance can help some find greater safety. One advocate for federally funded expansion of such programs saw firsthand how this evidence-based strategy still faces daunting obstacles to its wider adoption.

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  • I found my stolen Honda Civic using a Bluetooth tracker. It's the latest controversial weapon against theft.

    October 28, 2021 |

    The Washington Post |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Bluetooth-enabled tracking devices were designed to find lost purses and key rings. But the devices, sold under such names as Tile, AirTag, and Chipolo, also can be used to find stolen cars, bikes, or other valuables. Even though manufacturers like Apple have actively discouraged their use in DIY crime-fighting, people have found success where simply calling the police has failed. But police caution about the physical risks in confronting a thief rather than calling the police once a piece of property is pinpointed on a map.

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  • Sedgwick County looks to San Antonio for mental health solutions

    October 27, 2021 |

    The Kansas Leadership Center Journal (KLC Journal) |

    Text |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

    Since the early 2000s, when its overcrowded jail led to a decision to jail fewer people instead of adding more cells, Bexar County, Texas, has provided comprehensive help to people likely to end up jailed if social and health services are lacking: people experiencing homelessness, mental illness, and substance abuse. A crisis center gives police and residents a place to bring people needing help other than an emergency room or jail. The Haven for Hope is a campus offering an array of services and shelter. Homelessness and the jail population are both way down.

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  • To Fight Rising Murder Rate, More Cities Find, Mentor and Pay Likely Shooters

    October 27, 2021 |

    Wall Street Journal |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Fresno, California

    Advance Peace Fresno tries to turn youth away from violence through mentoring, job training, and by paying them a monthly stipend of up to $1,000 if they hit certain benchmarks in their rehabilitation. The program has recruited 19 young people for its fellowships, following a model that is associated with violence declines in Richmond and Sacramento, and is spreading to multiple other cities. Opponents of the stipends say the agency should not pay people to obey the law. But Advance Peace's strategy is based on using the promise of legitimate income to keep people engaged.

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  • Philadelphia is fighting street violence through hospital and doctor visits

    October 25, 2021 |

    WURD |

    Radio |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Healing Hurt People helps the survivors of gun violence and other assaults starting bedside in hospitals and continuing during a patient's recovery. The group, partnering with other services providers, treats mental trauma with cognitive therapies led by peer counselors – people with the street credibility that earns trust among the young people who are the target of these services. When people better understand their experience, they can learn from it and find safer, healthier ways to live.

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  • The Bronx tries new way to cure violence as US shootings surge

    October 23, 2021 |

    Financial Times |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Bronx Rises Against Gun Violence is a city-funded crew of "violence interrupters," former gang members or the formerly incarcerated who have enough street credibility to de-escalate disputes in ways the police often cannot. Founded in 2014, BRAG works in three "hot" zones, two of which have gone murder-free for more than five years. Such groups, using the Cure Violence public-health approach to gun-violence reduction, occupy an "uneasy niche in public safety" between the streets and police.

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  • In Venezuela, a Rum Maker Offers Gangsters a Life Outside of Crime

    October 16, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Venezuela, Sabaneta

    Rather than fleeing or fighting the twin threats to its business from criminal gangs and an aggressively anti-business government, the managers of Venezuelan rum-maker Ron Santa Teresa chose to make peace with both through social programs that have calmed what once was one of the violent country's most troubled towns. The company's Proyecto Alcatraz creates economic opportunity for gang members, providing them with job training and psychological counseling. It also courted favor with the socialist government with a housing initiative for the poor. Both programs have proved a boon for business.

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  • When Abusers Keep Their Guns

    October 09, 2021 |

    Reveal |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Starting in 1968, Congress has passed a series of laws, as have some states, stripping gun possession rights from people convicted of felonies or of domestic violence, or who are the subjects of restraining orders. But neither federal nor most state authorities do much to enforce the laws, relying instead on an honor system that often fails. Some places, like Washington's King County (Seattle), have done more to track who has guns they are barred from having. Thorough follow-up enables them to confiscate such guns in a process that can be less potentially violent than assumed.

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