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Stamping Out Online Sex Trafficking May Have Pushed It Underground

The New York Times

David McCabe

Kate Conger

17 December 2019

Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States

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The passage of the 2018 Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act was meant to hold accountable the online platforms where sex trafficking and sex work took place, but a year into its existence, it has shown negative, unintend...

This Man Says His Anti-violence Plan Would Save 12,000 Lives

The Atlantic

Mark Obbie

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11 September 2019

Buffalo, New York, United States

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With support for a New York-based grant program, Buffalo has been trying various evidence-based approaches to decrease violence, especially gun violence, in the city. The grant program, Gun Involved Violence Eliminati...

These Young Activists Are Fighting Chicago's Gun Violence With Lobbying and Group Hugs

Teen Vogue

Kim Bellware

3 September 2019

Chicago, Illinois, United States

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A group in Chicago called Good Kids, Mad City is made up of youth who have been affected by gun violence. They offer support and accountability to each other and use the group as a way to cope with the daily violence ...

Upcycling Guns

The Philadelphia Citizen

Jessica Press

16 April 2019

El Salvador

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Giving guns a nonviolent afterlife can also increase economic opportunity for struggling communities. In El Salvador, IM Swedish Development Partner, a nongovernmental organization, is addressing the issue of guns and...

Fleeing Honduras and what's being done for those left behind

PBS NewsHour

Marcia Biggs

30 March 2019

Rivera Hernandez, Honduras

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Residents of Rivera Hernandez, Honduras are trying to improve their community in a district that’s under gang control. One such effort is a vocational school to train children and adults in electricity and solar energ...

Ecuador legalized gangs. Murder rates plummeted.

Vox

Sigal Samuel

26 March 2019

Ecuador

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When faced with a rise in gang violence, Ecuador tried an approach that was in complete opposition to "zero tolerance," the methodology America has been attempting to use to tackle the problem. Rather than target gang...

Hope for the Future

Chattanooga Times Free Press

Allison Shirk Collins

Elizabeth Fite

1 March 2019

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

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In Tennessee, reducing gun violence means intercepting it at the earliest level possible. By creating prevention programs for the state’s young population, they’re able to not only decrease rates of violence, but decr...

Cautiously Optimistic

Chattanooga Times Free Press

Allison Shirk Collins

1 March 2019

United States

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Small and large cities around the United States have their own ways of deterring gun violence, from heavier police presences, to community engagement efforts, to public health approaches. An ongoing and similar challe...

'Nobody was born bad'

Chattanooga Times Free Press

Allison Shirk Collins

1 March 2019

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

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Chattanooga’s Violence Reduction Initiatives used a focused deterrence strategy to reduce crime. The initiative has led to a decrease in gang-involved homicides and shootings, working with individuals on probation to ...

Former British intelligence specialists training network of spies to save Rhinos and Elephants 

The Telegraph

Dom Nicholls

12 January 2019

Malawi

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The illegal wildlife trade is consistently a big problem across Africa. To help tackle the issue of poachers, a company called Retarius uses counter-terrorist operations experience by training and mentoring locals inv...

In Sacramento, trying to stop a killing before it happens

Washington Post

Wesley Lowery

Steven Rich

9 November 2018

Sacramento, California, United States

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Sacramento is implementing a program developed in 2011 in Richmond, Calif., that showed success curtailing gun violence among young men caught up in gangs or potential shootings. They get numerous social services and ...

An Unlikely Bond Between Chicago Teens and Veterans Is Saving Lives in the City

NationSwell

Joseph Darius Jaafari

24 August 2018

Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Teens exposed to gang violence in Chicago have gained guidance from veterans. The mentorship program, operated through the YMCA, has helped young people connect with adults who can relate to their experiences.

Halting Violence In The Heartland

U.S. News & World Report

Gaby Galvin

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14 July 2018

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

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A nonprofit in Omaha focuses on hospitals for its gang intervention work, making contact with gang members or potential gang members who have been injured through violence and may be ready to make a change in their li...

Would you give a job to this gangster?

The Guardian

Anna-Catherine Brigida

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8 June 2018

San Salvador, El Salvador

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In El Salvador a nonprofit partners with employers to find jobs for gang members who want a way out of that life. It's a key component to helping people escape gang violence, although companies must work with churches...

Stopping violence like it was a virus

BBC

Ana Lucia Gonzalez

27 April 2018

Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Gang violence in Chicago is not uncommon, but one organization is working to change what happens in the aftermath of funerals. Dubbed a public health program, Cure Violence enlists the help of community members to att...

Kenya jail's 'mindful' scheme aims to bring sides closer

BBC

Mercy Juma

24 April 2018

Nairobi, Kenya

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In Kenya, prisons are rampant with violence, an overcrowded and harsh environment for people as they serve their sentences. To combat gang violence and heightened tensions between prisoners and guards, Kenya's largest...

Last year, 39 UK youths were fatally stabbed. None were in Scotland. Why?

Apolitical

Edward Siddons

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28 February 2018

Glasgow, Scotland

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Glasgow used to be called the murder capital of Western Europe until officials decided to tackle violent crime with a public health focus, using tactics similar to those used to control epidemics. A carrot and stick a...

In El Salvador, this program lays out a path to escape gang violence

PBS NewsHour

Fred de Sam Lazaro

25 February 2018

San Salvador, El Salvador

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5-15 Minutes

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YouthBuild El Salvador is a program, partly funded by the United States, that teaches participants leadership and marketable skills, with an underlying emphasis on empathy, responsibility, and conflict resolution. In ...

Murder in America: What Makes Cities Safer

Wall Street Journal

Scott Calvert

Zusha Elinson

Max Rust

27 December 2017

Los Angeles, California, United States

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Certain cities in the United States are facing startlingly high rates of homicide and violence that haven't been seen since the height of gang activity in the 1990s. But certain cities, including Los Angeles, have con...

Philly's Gang Violence Strategy Doesn't Work. Here's Why.

The Appeal

Maura Ewing

21 December 2017

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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The "Focused Deterrence" approach to lowering gang violence was hailed as a success in Philly when shootings went down, but is that the whole story? The strategy is also receiving some notable critiques, including the...

How one school is rising above gang activity to find college success

The Christian Science Monitor

Amadou Diallo

21 November 2017

Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Benito Juarez Community Academy in Chicago was once reputed for gang violence, struggled to support its predominantly minority students, and was had been on academic probation for nearly two decades. A revolutionary a...

Female Police Squads Tackle Street Harassment in India

News Deeply

Cristina Maza

22 June 2017

Jaipur, India

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Sexual harassment is rampant in the streets of India, and too often escalates into violence that can lead to horrific incidents like the gang rape and murder of a female student in 2012. To help address the issue, Jai...

No-go zone? Here's how one of Sweden's roughest areas edged out its drug gangs

The Local

Emma Löfgren

7 June 2017

Malmö, Sweden

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The Seved district of Malmö, Sweden used to be one of the roughest in the nation, with drug crime and gang violence making the neighborhood uninhabitable for many and preventing basic services, such as the post, from ...

Erasing Gang Memories, One Laser Prick At A Time

WAMU

Armando Trull

4 May 2017

Virginia, United States

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Many immigrants come into the United States with visual representation of former gang involvement, preventing them from shedding their past mistakes. A group in Northern Virginia is helping these immigrants make life ...

Rescued From A Gang: One Maryland Latina's Story

WAMU

Armando Trull

10 April 2017

Maryland, United States

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Many young Latina women live their lives in fear of gang violence. The Montgomery County Street Outreach Network rescues girls in danger and offers services to them in order to help them change their chances of success.

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