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  • Gun killings fell by 40 percent after Connecticut passed this law

    June 12, 2015 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Connecticut

    Researchers at Johns Hopkins and Berkeley say that Connecticut’s “permit-to-purchase” law requiring people to get a purchasing license before buying a handgun - despite early criticism - was actually a huge success for public safety in reducing gun homicides, especially relative to other states.

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  • The controversial method that helped turn one of America's most murderous cities into one of its safest

    June 01, 2015 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Richmond, California

    The Office of Neighborhood Safety in Richmond, CA took a radical new approach to urban violence by creating mechanisms to financially stabilize perpetrators of violent acts in crime-ridden neighborhoods - essentially paying people not to kill. They have been dramatically successful at weening violent criminals off the destructive behavior by using a comprehensive approach that includes using solid data, employing mentors with similar backgrounds to the criminals, and monetary incentives.

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  • Can tweeters be tamed?

    May 31, 2015 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In an age of uncivil social media, a simple tweet can bring a torrent of threats and taunts. Online groups – digital vigilantes – are uncovering the anonymous people behind many of the taunts, and many states are trying to reboot the parameters of online behavior by outlawing various forms of cyberharassment.

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  • The Seattle model Ithaca may use to shatter drug-jail cycle

    May 22, 2015 |

    The Ithaca Voice |

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    Response Location: United States, Ithaca, New York

    The law often traps offenders in a cycle of lawbreaking. LEAD allows for drug users to become committed to a program that helps them through the quitting process instead of throwing them into prison and isolating them from the help they need.

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  • With bodies cameras rolling, police use less force

    May 11, 2015 |

    San Francisco Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Police in California have begun using body cameras to record their daily interactions with the public, decreasing altercations and misconduct by both officers and citizens.

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  • Police Rethink Long Tradition on Using Force

    May 04, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Some U.S. police departments are reevaluating the “21-foot rule” and other axioms regarding proper use of force. “In a democratic society, people have a say in how they are policed, and people are saying that they are not satisfied with how things are going,” said Chief Sean Whent of Oakland, one of the cities that has changed policies and reduced police shootings.

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  • An Ex-Cop Keeps The Country's Best Data Set On Police Misconduct

    April 22, 2015 |

    FiveThirtyEight |

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    Response Location: United States, Bowling Green, Ohio

    Police misconduct is one of the most hotly debated issues in the US today. An interview with an ex-cop-turned-criminologist about how and the frequency with police officers are charged with crimes - both on and off-duty.

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  • In sexual misconduct, data offer limited guidance

    April 13, 2015 |

    Yale Daily News |

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    Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

    As campuses across the country race to address a burgeoning nationwide conversation about sexual assault, policymakers, politicians, university counselors and students alike are faced with a lack of quantitative information. But Yale University has taken significant steps to collect and distribute information that may finally change the toxic culture of campus sexual assault.

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  • Glasgow smiles: how the city halved its murders by 'caring people into change'

    April 06, 2015 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Scotland, Glasgow

    Ten years ago, Glasgow was western Europe’s murder capital. But the Violence Reduction Unit, an offshoot of the police force, invented an offender rehabilitation strategy – borrowed from anti-gang violence initiatives spearheaded in Boston in the 1990s – that combined creative thinking with old-fashioned enforcement.

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  • Estonia redefines national security in a digital age

    March 20, 2015 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    Response Location: Estonia, Tallinn

    Estonia is preparing to protect itself digitally from any neighbouring enemies. To do so it is trying to create 'data embassies', that would have the same protections as physical embassies, in order to protect the digital continuity of the people

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