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GPS monitoring servings its purpose in Minnesota

Beatriz Alvarado

March 20, 2016 |

Corpus Christi Caller Times |

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Response Location: United States, Ramsey, Minnesota

Project Remand, a private nonprofit, was established in 1973 to identify high-risk offenders. Late in 2012, the nonprofit launched a pilot program for GPS monitoring of domestic violence defendants.

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Officials: ‘Woman's state' curbs domestic violence

Beatriz Alvarado

March 19, 2016 |

Corpus Christi Caller Times |

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Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

In St. Paul, one of Minnesota’s collective approaches to solutions in action — dubbed The Blueprint for Safety — is a foundation of laws that adapt to the proliferation of domestic violence in the state and successful efforts of marrying the advocate community with the criminal justice system.

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Speaking Out: Roxanne Morales

Rachel Denny Clow

March 19, 2016 |

Corpus Christi Caller Times |

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Response Location: United States, Robstown, Texas

Roxanne Morales sees hope in the children of Robstown. As a community educator for the Women’s Shelter of South Texas, she has worked in the community for the past year in a pilot program that is about creating safe communities.

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Pivotal actions in Minnesota and St. Paul

Beatriz Alvarado

March 19, 2016 |

Corpus Christi Caller Times |

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Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

St. Paul, Minnesota, was the first in the nation to establish a shelter for battered women. Women’s Advocates was founded in 1974. In 1980, Minnesota also became the first state to implement a sentencing guidelines structure.

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Healing the Children of Violence

Krista M. Torralva

March 04, 2016 |

Corpus Christi Caller Times |

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Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

In New Haven, the police department launched a program that pairs cops with clinicians. “We see ourselves as psychiatrists with guns and a badge.” They see children as victims too, who can experience trauma when witnessing violence or arrests. So far they’ve helped more than 20,000 families and children.

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New Haven police's approach aids children of violence

Krista M. Torralva

February 27, 2016 |

Corpus Christi Caller Times |

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Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

Partnering cops and clinicians has led to a cultural change in New Haven's police department. Their definition of a victim extends past the person with physical injuries in order to help children from violence-stricken households, a more comprehensive approach.

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In El Paso, a path to change domestic violence

Beatriz Alvarado

October 24, 2015 |

Corpus Christi Caller Times |

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Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

In El Paso domestic violence cases are processed more effectively by having social workers, prosecutors, and law enforcement work together to get immediate support to the victims and hold the aggressor accountable.

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Forum homes in on local action

Beatriz Alvarado

October 24, 2015 |

Corpus Christi Caller Times |

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Response Location: United States, Corpus Christi, Texas

Caller-Times Saturday’s biannual Coastal Bend Social Forum hosted by Del Mar College gathered an array of experts to delve into the issues of domestic violence, labor rights, immigrant rights and homelessness, among other topics, to ignite a new tide of change in the Coastal Bend.

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