When Tragedy Strikes, Come Together

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/30/when-tragedy-strikes-come-together

David Bornstein

The New York Times

30 October 2012

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American families tend to handle grief individually and feel alone after the tragedy of losing a child. In Israel, communities communicate to the bereaving family their support by creating permanent and public memorials.

How Conservative, Tough-On-Crime Utah Reined In Police Militarization

http://www.buzzfeed.com/evanmcsan/how-conservative-tough-on-crime-utah-reined-in-police-milita

Evan McMorris-Santoro

Buzzfeed

1 September 2014

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The militarization of police forces in cases such as Ferguson, Missouri’s riots has led the state of Utah to question what can be done to prevent such an overuse of force from happening. Utah expanded upon a law passed by Democratic legislature in Maryland, which Utah’s ACLU reworked with some libertarians, to require the police to provide data about SWAT team usage. Utah’s success demonstrates that demilitarization bills passed with bipartisan support are not impossible.

Prisons Rethink Isolation, Saving Money, Lives and Sanity

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/11/us/rethinking-solitary-confinement.html

Erica Goode

The New York Times

10 March 2012

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A positive transformation in a Mississippi prison has become a focal point for a growing number of states rethinking the use of long-term isolation. Humanitarian groups have long argued that solitary confinement has devastating psychological effects, but a central driver in the recent shift is economics. Some officials have also been persuaded by research suggesting that isolation is vastly overused and that it does little to reduce overall prison violence.

Protecting Children From Toxic Stress

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/30/protecting-children-from-toxic-stress

David Bornstein

The New York Times

30 October 2013

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Child First is a program in Connecticut, where staff members deliver home-based parent guidance and child-parent psychotherapy to help prevent the detrimental physical and mental effects of toxic stress on children. The engagement is guided by an evidence-based methodology called Child-Parent Psychotherapy, which is grounded in collaborative problem solving.

Teaching citizens how to shoot better video when they witness brutality

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/teaching-citizens-shoot-better-video-witness-brutality

Hari Sreenivasan

Judy Woodruff

PBS NewsHour

10 April 2015

Multi-Media / 5-15 Minutes

With human injustices affecting people on the streets around the world, camera phones have become important tools to document crimes. However, the video may not adequately capture the crime to be persuasive in court. The global organization WITNESS has formed as Video As Evidence Program to instruct citizens how to best document crimes with their cameras so that the evidence will stand in court.

Nothing But The Truth

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2016/05/24/nothing-but-the-truth#.tmZdaPOmJ

Robert Kolker

The Marshall Project

24 May 2016

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Historically, police interrogations of suspects have been brutal and have involved torture. These strategies have also produced a high rate of false confessions. The HIG method, which encourages conversation in a comfortable environment, has shown to be successful in revealing the truth and incarcerating the convicted with confidence.

How the Most Dangerous Place on Earth Got Safer

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/14/opinion/sunday/how-the-most-dangerous-place-on-earth-got-a-little-bit-safer.html

Sonia Nazario

The New York Times

11 August 2016

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The gang-driven violence in Honduras has caused thousands to migrate to the United States. In the last three years, with the emergency international aid from the United States, Honduras has experienced a 62 percent drop in homicides and has witnessed a decrease in the number of migrants entering the United States. The aid has gone towards community improvement projects and outreach centers, such as providing items for soccer games and other activities that dissuade gangsters from fighting each other.

What role did trauma-informed care play in alleged juvenile prison abuse?

http://wisconsinwatch.org/2016/05/what-role-did-trauma-informed-care-play-in-alleged-juvenile-prison-abuse

Dee J. Hall

Wisconsin Watch

31 May 2016

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To reduce violence and aggreesion trauma-informed care become the new standard in Wisconsin for juvenile corrections. However, at the two highlighted facillities there has been greater violence and an investigation of abuse, but supporters still contend that when trauma-informed care is implemented correctly it is successful.

Building Trust, Note By Note: High School Band Program Integrates Immigrants

http://wamu.org/story/16/03/23/for_immigrants_at_maryland_high_school_band_program_builds_trust_note_by_note

Armando Trull

American University Radio (WAMU)

23 March 2016

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In Prince George's County School system, two schools have offered international schools, which have a different curriculum for immigrants new to the USA. This has caused complaints and difficulties with the other students, the after school band program has helped bring the two groups together to socialize and form friendships.

Riding Along With Milwaukee's Counselors For Traumatized Youths

https://www.buzzfeed.com/mauraewing/riding-along-with-milwaukees-counselors-for-traumatized-yout?utm_term=.nj2ww7DYZ#.ehZjjy4L6

Maura Ewing

Buzzfeed

9 February 2017

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Police actions at a crime scene often exacerbate the victim’s trauma and trigger a person with mental illness who is going through a crisis. The Trauma-Informed Response Team in Milwaukee, is part of a national trend to train police officers in crisis intervention so they can identify signs of mental illness, and efficiently and safely get someone in crisis into the care of a mental health professional.