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  • The California Doctors Who Found a Way to Quit Overprescribing Opioids

    March 08, 2017 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    In 2009 Kaiser Permanente doctors, alarmed by the rising rate of opioids being prescribed to patients, decided to develop a set of strategies and lower painkiller prescriptions. The most difficult one, is talking to patients about the dangers of opiods. He “developed what he calls The Difficult Pain Conversation—and he presented his approach to many other doctors.” So far, its had an effect. Prescriptions dropped from “from 2,500 a month to almost zero.”

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  • Building Trust Cuts Violence. Cash Also Helps.

    February 21, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Richmond, California

    Richmond, California has one of the nation’s highest gun violence rates, so Operation Peacemaker Fellowship tracks and identifies individuals at risk of committing violent acts or becoming a victim of violence. The Fellowship reaches out to each at-risk person with employment training, mentorship, and sends out teams to de-escalate conflicts within targeted communities. These “change agents” spend time with youth and get to know their families, so they can better understand how to help and offer a cash incentives to the targeted individuals who are part of the program.

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  • Murder in the City: Deep Causes, Harmful Biases, Unexpected Solutions to Gun Violence

    February 15, 2017 |

    Jackson Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

    Young black Jacksonians are afraid to call the police in self defence for fear they will be accused of gang violence and arrested instead of protected. Various programs are using research of violence and recidivism to create programs that address the people most likely to commit violent crimes instead of just putting them in jail.

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  • Even in Texas, Mass Imprisonment Is Going Out of Style

    February 14, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Texas

    In Texas, Mass-Incarceration is becoming a surprising hub of bi-partisan reform. By finding common ground, and brainstorming new solutions and alternatives to mass incarceration, the state has seen a drop in incarceration and crime rates.

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  • New York City Embraces a Gun Violence Outreach Program Left on Life Support in Chicago

    February 09, 2017 |

    The Trace |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In its four years of community outreach, Cure Violence’s New York City chapter has been accepted and welcomed by both neighborhoods and police. The program now works in 17 police precincts, providing direct violence intervention, legal and mental health resources, and improving police/community relations.

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  • On Patrol With Chicago's Last Violence Interrupters

    February 06, 2017 |

    The Trace |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Chicago’s Cure Violence program, which has been around for close to 20 years, has closed all but one of its sites. The program employs Violence Interrupters, who work in neighborhoods to help stop violent conflict. As hopeful and successful as its creation was, it has run into cooperative issues with Chicago police and has seen a drastic cut in funding in the last five years.

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  • Street lights are out but you're still footing the bill; how can we prevent wire thefts?

    February 02, 2017 |

    KTUL-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

    After chasing street light wire thieves who have left Tulsa streets in the dark, city officials look to Salt Lake City, who solved their city's stealing problems by investing in their infrastructure. SLC officials replaced copper wire, which was easier for thieves to take, with aluminum, buried light boxes, and placed sensors on their street lights to ensure neighborhoods and highways remained safe and well-lit.

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  • El Salvador youths find identity in community radio instead of gangs

    January 23, 2017 |

    TRT World |

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    Response Location: El Salvador

    Community radio stations in El Salvador and have made a positive impact in the lives of young adult working at these stations. In a country with high rates of violence and youth gang membership, stations provide a way for young adults to find community, value, and a means of expression. Some of the station's local reporting has overcome government and corporate interference.

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  • Making cities safer with public transport

    January 20, 2017 |

    Livemint |

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    Response Location: India, Mumbai

    There is a misconception that making cities safer for women requires more security cameras. Now, the method of improving public transport systems and lighting up public streets is being implemented and its allowing women to feel safer and enjoy greater mobility.

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  • How Japan has almost eradicated gun crime

    January 06, 2017 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Japan

    Japan has one of the lowest death by gun rates in the world, 6 to 33599. How? The country has established strict policies for buying and maintaining guns. The police force has installed restrictions regarding the use of guns so that other non-life threatening methods are used.

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