Teaching women self-defence still the best way to reduce sexual assaults: study

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/study-shows-resistance-tactics-work-to-prevent-campus-sexual-assault/article24905250

Erin Anderssen

The Globe and Mail

10 June 2015

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In the debate over how to reduce sexual assault on university campuses, proposing self-defense classes for women is controversial. But, according to new landmark Canadian research, it works.

Crisis Text Line has counseled teens through nearly 2 million problems. Here's how this idea got its start.

http://blog.ted.com/crisis-text-line-nears-2-million-messages-answered

Kate Torgovnick May

TED Blog

6 May 2014

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Crisis Text Line provides counseling services via text, a medium with which teens are sometimes more comfortable. The approach complements the work of counselors and collects data for research purposes.

Higher Ed's Moneyball?

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/10/14/440886037/higher-eds-moneyball

Eric Westervelt

NPR

14 October 2015

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A Florida community college is boosting learning and graduation rates with new technology that gets professors access to real-time data on student engagement and performance.

We Know One Way To Stop Sexual Assault, But Students Aren't Doing It

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/stop-sexual-assault_5601a549e4b08820d91a6cc4

Tyler Kingkade

The Huffington Post

23 September 2015

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A national survey showed that few college students intervene when witnessing a sexual assault. The school with the highest rate of student intervention was Dartmouth College, where students receive bystander prevention training.

Freelance Nation: “The Greatest Economic Transformation in Human History”?

http://www.wnyc.org/story/freelance-nation-greatest-economic-transformation-human-history

Manoush Zomorodi

WNYC

16 October 2013

Radio / Over 15 Minutes

The 2008 recession’s job losses spurred a development of a Do-It-Yourself economy. With the advent of Uber, Etsy, Airbnb, and others, the marketplace has become full of micro-entrepreneurs who thrive with independent web-assisted businesses.

Reducing blight is possible, experts say

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2015/11/29/reducing-blight-possible-experts-say/75869108

Lex Talamo

The Shreveport Times

29 November 2015

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Shreveport, Louisiana, faces blight. New Orleans decreased blight by 30 percent by creating an authority for the task, using technology to collect data, and providing residents with information and help.

How cities are searching for solutions among massive mounds of data

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/how-cities-are-searching-for-solutions-among-massive-mounds-of-data/article23131733

John Lorinc

The Globe and Mail

20 February 2015

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New York City suffered from fires that erupted in overcrowded, run-down apartments. Then the city sleuthed through residential records and found that landlords who foreclosed let their properties fall apart and ignored safety-code violations. Greater Toronto wants to expand upon New York City’s method by using transportation surveys, census data and computer data to build transit lines.

How one city cut violent crime by 60 percent

http://www.fayobserver.com/article/20131222/News/312229757

Greg Barnes

Fayetteville Observer

22 December 2013

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Areas of High Point, North Carolina have suffered from crime, poverty, and neglect, until the city began implementing Operation Ceasefire, a policing program that uses data collecting, community support against crime. High Point is now leading the country in its success of Operation Ceasefire, boasting dramatic reductions in violent crimes, domestic abuse, robberies, and drug-related offenses.

The surprising city where rape victims are finding justice

http://www.takepart.com/feature/2015/05/01/somalia-sexual-offences-bill?cmpid=organic-share-twitter

Jacob Kushner

TakePart

1 May 2015

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In south-central Somalia, which includes Mogadishu, Somalia’s largest city, survivors of sexual violence have particularly scant hope for justice. Somalian women find safety and help at a one-stop center where victims can report their crime to police while also receiving medical care, legal counsel, and psychological support.

The University Of Texas Makes Major Investment To Address Deficits In Campus Sexual Assault Research

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/university-of-texas-sexual-assault_55d37384e4b07addcb44436f

Tyler Kingkade

The Huffington Post

19 August 2015

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2014 was a year marked nationwide by activism and unprecedented federal attention to the issue of campus sexual assault. The University of Texas system is putting $1.7 million into a comprehensive, multi-year effort to combat sexual assault on campus.