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Can This Smart Street Stop Drinkers Getting Violent?

William Kremer

December 16, 2018 |

BBC |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Netherlands, Eindhoven

The city of Eindhoven is piloting a handful of experiments to reduce alcohol-induced violence. They include "sound cameras" that trigger when someone is yelling, to cameras that measure crowd density, both of which prompt police to go to the affected area to investigate. Although the algorithms aren't perfect and sometimes there are false alarms, the city is still pushing forward with the goal of making the streets safer for all.

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Asian Ride-Sharing Apps Speed Up to Cut Men Out of Equation

Maroosha Muzaffar

December 13, 2018 |

OZY |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, New Delhi

Across Asia, ride-sharing startups are being created to provide women with safe transportation options. From India to Pakistan to Saudi Arabia, these companies starting all-women teams of drivers or offering women the option to hire female drivers. These companies are part of a larger, global trend as a – albeit short-term – response to the #MeToo culture.

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App that works as panic button helped save Grand Junction teen from alleged kidnapping

Monte Whaley

December 08, 2018 |

The Denver Post |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Grand Junction, Colorado

In Colorado an alleged kidnapping was thwarted thanks to an app that acted as a panic button on a teen's cell phone, alerting police to his exact location. It's one of several apps taking hold across the country, including in schools where they are a tool to alert responders to mass shootings, and provide key information for police, such as the layout of a school. Panic button apps have been installed on phones in some school districts in New York, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and California.

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Boston's miracle: how America stopped young men killing each other

Sandra Johansson

December 06, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

An initiative that aims to keep troubled former criminals from continuing down the same path is technically called group violence intervention, but most know it as the Boston miracle. Piloted in the 90s, this style of intervention has shown so much success in reducing shooting rates that it has began scaling to European countries.

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This impoverished region is a hub for the cheetah trade. Now it's fighting back.

Simon Worrall

December 04, 2018 |

National Geographic |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Somalia, Somaliland

Cheetah cubs are routinely smuggled through Somaliland on their way to being illegally trafficked in United Arab Emirates or Saudi Arabia. Although small and resource-deprived, Somaliland is taking a stand against this practice through increased regulations and punishments.

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Poisoned Wildlife and Tainted Meat: Why Hunters Are Moving Away From Lead Bullets

Ian Urbina

November 24, 2018 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Oregon

An elk hunt in Oregon shows one way states regulate lead ammunition by prohibiting hunters from firing lead bullets in some state wildlife areas. It’s part of a wider effort to eradicate lead ammunition that can contaminate game animals as well as other species that scavenge their carcasses. Other states and the federal government have tried more widespread bans, but those have brought pushback, while alternative approaches include education and financial incentives to avoid lead ammunition.

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Hospitals Are Trying To Do What Politicians Haven't: Stop Gun Violence

Nick Wing

November 23, 2018 |

The Huffington Post |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Cheverly, Maryland

The Capital Region Violence Intervention Program uses the "golden moment" when gunshot victims are receptive to guidance, in the initial hours of their hospitalization, to steer them away from retaliatory violence and enroll them in mental health and job counseling. About 30 hospital-based violence intervention programs around the country provide such services, which have been shown to reduce violent injury and death, though such studies have been small in scale. The capital region program's first 100 patients avoided further harm, a far better than average result.

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Gun Shops Work With Doctors To Prevent Suicide By Firearm

Melissa Block

November 21, 2018 |

NPR |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Colorado

In Colorado, where 80 percent of gun deaths are suicides, a coalition of gun shop owners, public health researchers and doctors works to raise awareness of suicide and the role of firearms in those deaths. Staff in gun shops are trained to look for signs of mental distress in customers and participating shops have pamphlets on suicide prevention. The coalition also helps train medical professionals about guns so they can speak to patients with authority.

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John Pace and His Friends Expected to Die in Prison

Katie Rose Quandt

November 16, 2018 |

The Nation (New York) |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Once deemed youthful “superpredators” condemned to spend their entire adult lives in prison, the peer counselors in Philadelphia’s Life After Life support group help other formerly incarcerated people transition back to freedom. Of the more than 100 former “juvenile lifers” who returned to Philadelphia after the Supreme Court deemed them eligible for a second chance, none has been convicted of a new crime or serious parole violation – a key metric that encourages Pennsylvania to continue whittling down its record-high population of juvenile-life-without-parole inmates.

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Firearms And Dementia: How Do You Convince A Loved One To Give Up Their Guns?

Melissa Block

November 13, 2018 |

NPR |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Colorado

With the rate of dementia expected to double in the next 20 years and estimates that nearly half the people over age 65 own guns, advocates are working to get dementia patients and their families to focus on gun safety. Like driving, guns can represent independence so creating a non-threatening way to talk about removing guns is key. One suggestion by advocates is to create a version of an advanced directive specifically for guns that can include transferring them to a trusted caretaker.

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