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  • Like Fayetteville, Chattanooga's new leaders take aim at crime

    December 22, 2013 |

    Fayetteville Observer |

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    Response Location: United States, Chattanooga, Tennessee

    For years, Chattanooga has had one of the highest violent crime rates in the country. - last year, its rate stood at 863 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 34 percent higher than Fayetteville's. But like Fayetteville, Chattanooga has a new mayor and new City Council members who say they are committed to stopping the violence.

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  • Carrot and stick approach gives offenders a choice

    December 22, 2013 |

    Fayetteville Observer |

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    Response Location: United States, High Point, North Carolina

    The use of a gun in a violent crime can carry a penalty of 30 years or more in prison. High Point, NC, has been using call-ins for 16 years - a carrot-and-stick approach aimed at reducing violent crime and drugs in the city.

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  • Social Media Transforms the Way Chicago Fights Gang Violence

    October 01, 2013 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Chicago is curbing homicides through an anti-violence initiative that uses social networks to rank people’s likelihood of killing and being killed. Police then do home visits and have personal conversations with people of high risk to inform them of consequences of future crimes.

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  • Why Prisoner Education Is Key to Reducing Crime

    September 09, 2013 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Michigan

    Inmates who get correctional education are less likely to become repeat offenders, but education costs money. An organization is funding educational opportunities for prisoners in various cities in the U.S. to improve their reentry into society.

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  • Where men learn the cost of buying sex

    March 10, 2013 |

    Orange County Register |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    Various courts in California are lowering repeat offenses among men who are charged with prostitution by educating them about the negative effects of prostitution.

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  • The Norwegian prison where inmates are treated like people

    February 25, 2013 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Norway, Oslo

    With Norway having the lowest re-offense rate in Europe, the Bastoy prison in Norway not only demonstrates the effectiveness of this new approach, but also receives criticism that they treat prisoners with too much luxury.

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  • Welcome to the City of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

    August 23, 2012 |

    Philadelphia Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    When kids grow up in violence-ridden areas, the psychological stress they endure can have impacts mimicking PTSD symptoms and often leads to less resiliency when it comes to joining gangs. Although there is no quick fix for this phenomenon, a program for at-risk kids in Philadelphia is turning to talk therapy in hopes of changing the direction of at least a few kids in the area.

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  • How Japan Has Virtually Eliminated Shooting Deaths

    July 23, 2012 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: Japan

    While the United States struggled with thousands of gun-related homicides in 2008, Japan had a meager eleven. Despite Japan being a developed country, it has controlled and restricted gun-use from the police on the streets to ordinary residents by making policies based on their 1958 law. U.S. gun laws are rooted in the Constitution’s freedom to bear arms, thereby making policy changes more difficult to restrict gun use.

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  • Fighting Crime With Architecture in Medellín, Colombia

    May 18, 2012 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Medellín

    Medellin, Colombia has looked to architecture to help combat its high homicide rate and other problems. Over the past few decades there have been massive public architecture development, transit improvements, creation of public spaces that have all contributed to renewing this city.

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  • Armed With Data, Fighting More Than Crime

    May 02, 2012 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    CitiStat has show great success in cities like Baltimore, where it has improved city services' efficiency (removing snow, fixing potholes, etc.). Many cities use Stat programs, but Baltimore has been a particular case of success. Looking at how it implemented its CitiStat program holds lessons for other cities.

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