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  • ‘This is not luck. This is a systemic approach': These major US cities are trying to curb violent crime — and it's working

    Several cities across the U.S. are trying new methods to reduce violent crime. Some of these, like the “hotspot policing” effort in San Antonio that increases police visibility in areas that are statistically prone to violent crime, are working. The first part of San Antonio’s three-phase plan saw a 37% decrease in violent crime compared to the previous year.

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  • Haitian families displaced by gang violence sustain effects with more than just solidarity 

    More than 300 families displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, came together in a closed public school to support each other with practical assistance. From sharing daily tasks to security and safety to splitting resources and food, they built a self-governing system through mutual aid and healthy social relationships.

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  • St. Paul partnership brings trust, opportunities to troubled Karen youth

    A partnership between the local school district, police and the nonprofits the Karen Organization of Minnesota and The Urban Village is helping fight addiction and gang influence among Karen youth. Since the partnership was formed, overdoses among youth have decreased significantly, and some students have begun forming supportive relationships with specialists from nonprofits and local police whom they can lean on when they need to.

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  • How Dallas tackled violent crime

    Dallas implemented a practice known as “hot spot policing” to reduce violent crime and increase community trust. In this strategy, law enforcement focuses on prevention in very specific areas with significant concentrations of crime, sometimes as small as an apartment building or business.

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  • Can soccer help El Salvador turn from terror to trust?

    In an effort to foster community amidst divisive gang violence, locals formed the group Unifying Las Cañas to host soccer tournaments with teams from the upper and lower sides of the city. The soccer tournaments connect residents from both sides and build a sense of community over sports.

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  • In the Shadowy World of Animal Poaching, There's a New Cop in Town

    HAWK, or Hostile Activity Watch Kernel, is a digital intelligence gathering system for wildlife crime in India. Field staff use HAWK’s app to enter data when they encounter a crime, which generates the documents an officer needs to submit in court. Since HAWK’s 2020 rollout, the criminal investigation process has been streamlined, resulting in fewer errors, quicker processing times, and more transparency. Building off its success, HAWK is now being introduced to more Indian states.

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  • Breaking Away From Hate

    Anti-hate organizations like Parents for Peace and Life After Hate work to help former extremists and white supremacists leave that life behind. The groups provide mental health care, education, deradicalization, mentorship, and helps them identify areas of support within their communities.

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  • How a South Sudanese neighbourhood embraced community policing to reduce crime

    In 2019, a South Sudan chief organized and empowered local “vigilante groups” (networks of households tasked with supporting each other), and since then, the community has transformed from a sparsely populated and violent neighborhood into a crowded but safe place where markets can stay open later at night. This community policing tactic has since spread to other South Sudanese areas and relies on collaboration between various authorities and ethnic groups to succeed.

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  • 'He's never gonna be the same again' What type of support does a child need to recover from the trauma of being shot? A Kalamazoo mother is on a lonely search for that answer.

    The Victim of Violence Program uses hospital social workers to connect with youth in the hospital for cases of interpersonal violence by helping them cope with trauma, and any other psychosocial concerns that may arise as a result within the year that youth and their families are required to participate in the program. An individualized, holistic treatment plan is developed for each patient, whether that be helping them graduate high school, learn how to communicate better with family or manage the symptoms of their trauma. In 2021, the program had 11 patients and a 100% completion rate.

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  • Baltimore's new anti-violence strategy targets drug gangs

    Homicide and shooting rates are declining in Baltimore. Officials credit the city's Group Violence Reduction Strategy that, when possible, offers services and support to those participating in violent crime instead of law-enforcement action.

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