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  • The Crisis Within: How Toxic Stress and Trauma Endanger Our Children

    Nancy Cambria

    February 21, 2016 |

    St. Louis Post-Dispatch |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    Chronic toxic stress caused by violence in trauma in a child's life can be exceedingly harmful - but can be remedied through building personal relationships and trust.

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  • Portugal: Drug Decriminalisation

    Fi Glover Henrietta Moore Martha Lane Fox

    February 17, 2016 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Portugal

    By decriminalizing drug possession, Portugal removed a barrier preventing addicts from reaching out for help. The country treats drug use as a public health concern, offering free rehabilitation services and a needle exchange program. Although social taboos persist, drug-related deaths and HIV infection rates are at all-time lows.

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  • An unprecedented experiment in mass forgiveness

    Rob Kuznia

    February 08, 2016 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    In California, once a national innovator in draconian policies to get tough on crime, voters and lawmakers are now innovating in the opposite direction, adopting laws that have released tens of thousands of inmates and are preventing even more from going to prison in the first place.

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  • Estonia: Digital Society

    Fi Glover Henrietta Moore Martha Lane Fox

    February 03, 2016 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Estonia

    Government services are easily accessible in Estonia in part because everything is online. A digital signature carries the same weight as a physical signature, and data is shared between offices allowing forms such as tax returns to be pre-filled for citizens. The country leapfrogged the rest of the world, investing in digital literacy and infrastructure in an effort to serve its small, spread-out population.

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  • Can a new victims advocacy movement break cycles of violence?

    Mark Obbie

    January 13, 2016 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    A growing number of organizations—rallying around victim advocacy—are calling for shorter sentences for offenders and better counseling for victims across the United States.

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  • Can Gun Stores Play a Role in Suicide Prevention?

    Elizabeth Van Brocklin

    January 04, 2016 |

    The Trace |

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    Response Location: United States, Hookset, New Hampshire

    Spurred by three suicides in one week in New Hampshire, a gun store owner launched the Gun Shop Project to educate more firearm sellers and others on how to spot suicidal customers. Many other gun sellers joined the effort in that state and it has expanded slowly in some other states, but it has also met pushback. Some owners feel they aren't qualified to assess mental health conditions and others fear it's another way to implement more gun control laws.

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  • Report Finds Juvenile Program Failed to Reduce Robberies, but Police Are Expanding It

    J. David Goodman

    January 04, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Despite the lack of success shown in a 2014 report, police officials say the Juvenile Robbery Intervention Program is valuable because of the good will it creates.

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  • How Uganda Came To Earn High Marks For Quality Of Death

    Rae Ellen Bichell

    January 03, 2016 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Kampala, Central Region

    Uganda has the best quality of death among low-income countries, according to the Economic Intelligence Unit. Its success stems in part from the strictly regulated but available supply of morphine, which is distributed by pharmacists in labeled bottles.

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  • Reaching for rehabilitation, not retribution

    Suzette Hackney

    December 27, 2015 |

    IndyStar (The Indianapolis Star) |

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    Response Location: United States, Indianapolis, Indiana

    A nonprofit in Indianapolis diverts kids from the juvenile justice system by using a teen court where first-time offenders admit their guilt to a jury made up of fellow students rather than going through suspension or expulsion. Jurors usually give verdicts that include community service, apologies, restitution, counseling and tutoring, and possibly serving on a jury. About 1,000 students participate each year and the county prosecutor named the nonprofit Crime Fighter of the Year for its work.

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  • Mastering ‘Life and Knife' Skills in a Training Kitchen

    Arnesa A. Howell

    December 25, 2015 |

    National Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Former convicts learn essential life and culinary skills in a tailored program at D.C. Central Kitchen.

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