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Crime and Justice News
Sep 6, 20232 min read
St. Louis Violence Intervention Worked In Only One Of Three Sites
A St. Louis “violence interruption” program likely helped reduce violent gun crimes in only one of three areas in which it operated, a...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 25, 20231 min read
Knoxville Relying On Research To Fight Surge In Shootings
Knoxville, Tenn., is relying on research to fight a surge in shootings, the Associated Press reports. Knoxville’s program, in reaction to...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 31, 20232 min read
Antiviolence Cure: 'Disrupt The Allure Of Street Life'
The best way to reduce the U.S. plague of urban violence would be to "disrupt the allure of street life." So says Thaddeus Johnson, a...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 25, 20232 min read
Biden Funding Called 'Window of Opportunity' for Anti-Violence Work
The Biden administration's $100 million in grants being given to "community violence intervention" programs (CVI) are a "window of...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 10, 20232 min read
Study Finds Witnessing Crime Increases Chances of Carrying a Gun
Reducing exposure to violence may be one way to stop cycles of violence among teenagers, says a new study led by researchers at the...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 6, 20232 min read
Will Huge U.S. Investment In Local Antiviolence Work Succeed?
When shots ring out in Chicago, Sam Castro and his team at the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago race to the scene and to the hospital...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 30, 20232 min read
Few Large Cities, Counties Spend Pandemic Aid On Violence Issues
As local governments look for solutions to gun violence, pandemic funding is an "under-tapped resource,” the Brookings Institution says...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 20, 20232 min read
11 Killed, 63 Wounded in Chicago Over Long Weekend
As the toll from shootings mounted in Chicago over the long holiday weekend, Mayor Brandon Johnson said it would take time and help from...
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Crime and Justice News
May 7, 20232 min read
Atlanta Shooting Reflects Rise In Violence At Health Facilities
The deadly Atlanta medical-office shooting highlighted a growing concern in the health care industry and state governments: violence in...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 24, 20232 min read
Gun Violence Geography: More Deaths In Florida, Texas Regions
Listen to some southern politicians talk about U.S. violence and you’d think New York City was as dangerous as Ukraine. Florida Gov. Ron...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 31, 20232 min read
Baltimore 'Safe Streets' Shows Fewer Homicides, Shootings
Baltimore’s flagship community violence intervention program, Safe Streets, has led to reductions in nonfatal shootings and homicides,...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 24, 20232 min read
Miami Beach Defends Liquor Store Curfew to Curb Violence
One week after spring break violence turned fatal and police struggled to control rowdy crowds, Miami Beach has banned liquor sales this...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 2, 20232 min read
Group Violence Intervention Shows Encouraging Results In Philadelphia
A city-run initiative that aims to provide services to those at risk of shooting someone or being shot has shown encouraging results in...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 17, 20232 min read
Chicago Race Focuses on Violence, But Community Groups Feel Ignored
In the campaign for the Feb. 28 Chicago mayoral election, Mayor Lori Lightfoot's record on gun violence is under close scrutiny as she...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 10, 20231 min read
NIJ Finds 'No Effects' In Study Of Evidence on Ceasefire Detroit
Hailed as a “central strategy” to reduce youth gun violence and gang activity in Detroit, the city’s Ceasefire intervention program has...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 7, 20232 min read
Chicago Gun Death Rate Is So High, It’s Called 'Chiraq'
For more than a decade, some people have used the term “Chiraq” — a mashup of Chicago and Iraq — to describe a city whose violence makes...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 1, 20233 min read
Can Local Antiviolence Efforts Prove Their Worth Before Funds Run Out?
Corey Winfield of Baltimore was ten when he saw someone shot for the first time. At thirteen, he saw someone get killed for the first...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 31, 20232 min read
Philadelphia Mayoral Candidates Seek Emergency Violence Order
Nine Democrats are vying to replace Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer and nearly all of them have said...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 31, 20232 min read
Kidnap Suspect Was Released The Same Day He Arrived at NV Prison
Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, who was at the center of an intense police search in Oregon after a violent kidnapping last week, was...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 26, 20232 min read
Older Mass Shooters Like The California Gunmen Are Rare
The gunmen in the recent shootings in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay, California, were both senior citizens, an unusual profile for...
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