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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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  • How one of America's most dangerous cities reduced gun violence

    March 12, 2015 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    Response Location: United States, Richmond, California

    Richmond, California ranked among the highest homicide rates in the country. The city created the Office of Neighborhood Safety to engage the community in the effort to curb gun violence and prevent homicides. ONS works directly with the young people who are at risk and have succeeded in reducing the homicide rate.

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  • Battling America's other PTSD crisis

    March 06, 2015 |

    Yahoo! News |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    A program in Philadelphia is pioneering new ways to treat the urban wounded. By seeing it as PTSD, and not pointing fingers, the city is using mental health tools to decrease violence and heal communities.

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