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Last year, 39 UK youths were fatally stabbed. None were in Scotland. Why?

Edward Siddons

February 28, 2018 |

Apolitical |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Scotland, Glasgow

Glasgow used to be called the murder capital of Western Europe until officials decided to tackle violent crime with a public health focus, using tactics similar to those used to control epidemics. A carrot and stick approach included harsher sentences for possessing a knife, but also an array of services designed to connect gang kids with jobs, housing, therapy and education. Violence dropped dramatically as much of the gang infrastructure was dismantled, so other cities are exploring adopting the model.

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Why Swedish gangs use hand grenades (and what the country is doing about it)

Lee Roden

February 28, 2018 |

The Local |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Sweden

Sweden confiscated thousands of explosive items within months of changing customs laws. The move, along with an amnesty program, are efforts to combat a seeming rise in grenade use by criminal gangs.

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Ohio Schools Start Thinking out of the Box to Stem School Shootings: Expanded Teacher Training Versus the 22 Safes With Loaded Guns

Lucia Wallinchus

February 27, 2018 |

Eye On Ohio |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Licking Valley, Ohio

Statewide, Ohio schools are debating the best methods to prevent school shootings. A seemingly bipartisan measure that is becoming increasingly popular is “red flag” laws, meaning individuals that show a potential threat can have their weapons temporarily taken away. Such laws have already been passed in California, Indiana, Connecticut, and other states. While the state weighs its options, issues like financial and practical viability present an underlying concern for everyone involved.

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Is the Secret to Solving the Opioid Crisis More Opioids?

Kevin Charles Fleming

February 26, 2018 |

Pacific Standard |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Rhode Island

When inmates enter prison, they are required to discontinue use of any substances, causing many of them to suffer symptoms of detox. Medication-assisted Treatment combines use of slow-release opiates and cognitive behavioral therapy to help opiate addicts get sober and deal with the underlying issues associated with addiction. The Rhode Island Department of Corrections is piloting a program that streamlines opiate addicts entering prison into a MAT program that they participate in while behind bars.

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In El Salvador, this program lays out a path to escape gang violence

Fred de Sam Lazaro

February 25, 2018 |

PBS NewsHour |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: El Salvador, San Salvador

YouthBuild El Salvador is a program, partly funded by the United States, that teaches participants leadership and marketable skills, with an underlying emphasis on empathy, responsibility, and conflict resolution. In a country wrought with violence and gang activity, the hope is to give participants another option. At the end of their time in the program, participants are more likely to find employment – something that is hard to come by in the country.

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This Anti-Violence Program Has Been Proven to Cut Crime. Can It Work in Baltimore?

J. Brian Charles

February 21, 2018 |

Governing |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

Massachusetts' Roca program uses five sites in the state to teach young men in their late teens and early 20s coping strategies to solve personal problems and change their behavior. The program targets men with previous criminal problems who actively resist other services and therapy, and who are deemed at high risk of violence. More than 80 percent of its graduates, who number more than 850 per year, have no new arrests, and two-thirds hold jobs six months after finishing the program. Seeing this success, Baltimore has committed $17 million in private and public funds to open a Roca chapter.

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A Western town says ‘no' to guns in schools

Maddy Butcher

February 20, 2018 |

High Country News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Mancos, Colorado

In Mancos, Colorado, the school board voted “no” to arming school staff in the traditionally Western town. Across the United States, the question of arming teachers is being brought up as a response to the increase in school shootings. The policy is highly contested, with some saying it provides students with a feeling of safety, but others saying the risks associated are too high. For the Mancos community, such a vote is a surprise given the town’s gun-friendly history, but is explained by the increase in new residents.

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Philadelphia, a City Stalked by Overdoses, Fights Back

Tina Rosenberg

February 20, 2018 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Two initiatives in Philadelphia have been developed to treat heroin users and, above all, keep them alive. While a prescription for Suboxone—a drug that can safely ease withdrawal symptoms—is widely available from Philadelphia physicians, the drug is now commonly being given to people who present at the emergency department recovering from an overdose or in the midst of withdrawal. Secondly, a supervised drug consumption site has been established to provide a safe space and paraphernalia as well as staff on-site to respond to an overdose and ensure people do not die.

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For Philly safe injection sites to be inclusive, start by allowing crack

Jillian Bauer-Reese Sterling Keith Johnson

February 20, 2018 |

The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Comprehensive User Engagement Sites (CUES) are currently primarily open to opiate addicts and are equipped to deal with opioid related overdoses and safe administration of the drugs. Some sites are now beginning to distribute materials for safe crack/cocaine use including clean pipes, alcohol swabs, lip balms, and condoms to promote safe sex.

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How to Deprogram a White Supremacist

Deborah Jian Lee

February 19, 2018 |

Playboy |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Violent, hateful ideologies can grip the mind and body so tightly that moving away from them mimics addiction recovery. Life After Hate and other groups are helping former white supremacists to deradicalize by providing access to therapy, education, and long-term peer-to-peer mentoring. These efforts are chronically underfunded and dismissed, even though "white supremacist extremists are committing more violent attacks than any other domestic extremist movement" in the United States.

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