Behind LA's dramatic decline in gang violence

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/24/gang-violence-decline_n_6656840.html?cps=gravity_2659_7317138142693194709

Ann Brenoff

The Huffington Post

24 February 2015

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In the past, Los Angeles was a dangerous city fraught with gang wars. Lately, though, LA has become a safer city due to six changes enforced by the police cracking down on public violence and gangs.

Social Media Transforms the Way Chicago Fights Gang Violence

http://www.governing.com/topics/urban/gov-social-media-transforms-chicago-policing.html

John Buntin

Governing

1 October 2013

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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.

How 'Violence Interrupters' Are Trying to Stop Gang Shootings in Brooklyn

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4wbp49/how-violence-interrupters-are-trying-to-stop-gang-shootings-in-brooklyn

John Surico

Vice

16 December 2015

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In a year that has seen murder rise in New York, locals are trying to mediate between gang members, in part by using "violence interrupters," who are trained to break cycles of violence.

Veterans, gang members find peace in unexpected 'brotherhood'

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2015/1111/Veterans-gang-members-find-peace-in-unexpected-brotherhood

Nissa Rhee

Christian Science Monitor

11 November 2015

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The anti-violence program at a YMCA in Chicago has war veterans mentoring young gang members as a treatment for the mental and physical wounds of violence. The gang members have healthy role models and the veterans a new sense of purpose.

After the Delhi gang rape, Indian TV dramas go feminist

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/india/140327/delhi-gang-rape-indian-tv-dramas-feminist

Ankita Rao

Global Post

28 March 2014

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India’s television serials are ubiquitous and wildly influential, bringing families of every background together every night. For some producers and screenwriters, that reach comes with responsibility, as they use their medium to fight rape and gendered violence.

A Fla. District Leads in Violence Prevention

http://www.pulitzer.org/files/2012/public_service/assault09.pdf

Kristen A. Graham

The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network)

1 April 2011

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Palm Beach County, Florida has many of the same social problems that Philadelphia has, including “gangs, drugs, and poverty.” However, their school system has managed to keep students safe by employing “safe-school case managers” who build relationships with students, and they offer a youth court that is a system run by students who peer-review cases of unrest. The initiatives in this county has prevented school violence from happening without metal detectors and just two police officers.

With trust and street cred, organizer works to change lives in north Minneapolis

http://www.startribune.com/with-trust-and-street-cred-organizer-works-to-change-lives-in-north-minneapolis/385639181/#1

Libor Jany

Minneapolis Star Tribune

6 July 2016

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Gang violence in Minneapolis has caused many gun-related deaths and the destruction of families. One community organizer, a former gang-member and drug dealer, builds trust with at-risk youth that are on the edge. He visits kids, helps them get to job interviews, reviews homework, and listens to their individual struggles.

Study: New Haven's Project Longevity shows positive results

http://www.nhregister.com/article/NH/20151024/NEWS/151029727

Ed Stannard

New Haven Register

24 October 2015

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Project Longevity, a program aimed at reducing violence by gang and group members, has had a positive impact in reducing shootings and homicides in New Haven, according to a study by Yale University sociologists.

Glasgow smiles: how the city halved its murders by 'caring people into change'

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/apr/06/glasgow-murder-rate-knife-gang-crime-police

Peter Geoghegan

The Guardian

6 April 2015

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Ten years ago, Glasgow was western Europe’s murder capital. But the Violence Reduction Unit, an offshoot of the police force, invented an offender rehabilitation strategy – borrowed from anti-gang violence initiatives spearheaded in Boston in the 1990s – that combined creative thinking with old-fashioned enforcement.

Migration outlier: How Nicaragua escaped neighbors' deadly spiral

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/28/us-usa-immigration-nicaragua-idUSKBN0GS0AM20140828

Ivan Castro

Reuters

28 August 2014

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Crushing poverty and extreme violence - fueled by drug trafficking and police corruption - are behind a mass migration of Central American children to the United States in recent months that has overwhelmed U.S. border resources and driven illegal immigration to the fore in U.S. congressional elections. But the United Nations has praised Nicaragua's security model, which includes social services to help youths in gangs find jobs as well as sport programs like little-league baseball teams.