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What cities can learn from New Haven's fight to rein in gang violence: Seeking Solutions

John Caniglia

March 24, 2016 |

Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

Providing positive interventions reduces gun violence among struggling youths. In New Haven, Connecticut, the Project Longevity program offers social services, treatment, housing, and counseling to those who typically only face crackdowns by law enforcement. The program aims to assist and help gang members find a way out of violence, supported in the long-term by funding approved by the CT state legislature.

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

John Surico

December 16, 2015 |

Vice |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

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.

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Veterans, gang members find peace in unexpected 'brotherhood'

Nissa Rhee

November 11, 2015 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

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.

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Study: New Haven's Project Longevity shows positive results

Ed Stannard

October 24, 2015 |

New Haven Register |

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Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

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.

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A New Way of Fighting Crime—and Helping Victims—on the Violent Streets of Los Angeles

Mark Obbie

September 11, 2015 |

Slate |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Four community groups in the Los Angeles area work to address the root causes of what draws young people into gangs with a mix of approaches to help people leave the gang life, including education and job services, counseling, addiction services, and tattoo removal. Some also focus on helping victims since so many gang members start out life as victims themselves and this feeds into a cycle of violence. All of them focus on creating community and belonging, which is why so many young people join gangs in the first place.

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Curing Violence Like an Infectious Disease

Amy Costello

July 30, 2015 |

Tiny Spark |

Podcast |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Neighborhoods in Chicago suffer from gang violence and gun-related deaths. A church leader and a physician trained in infectious diseases created Cure Violence, a program that sends teams of local residents to meet with gang leaders as a means of producing positive behavioral change by re-setting social norms. Their approach has reduced violence between 40% and 70%.

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

Peter Geoghegan

April 06, 2015 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: Scotland, Glasgow

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.

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Behind LA's dramatic decline in gang violence

Ann Brenoff

February 24, 2015 |

The Huffington Post |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

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.

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Responses To Gang Violence: The GIFT Program

Allison Frost

October 08, 2014 |

Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

Gang violence reduction services are often centered on singular gang members, leaving a gap meeting the needs of those affected by gang activity. GIFT, the Gang Impacted Families Team, is working to expand support for entire families affected by gang violence in the state of Oregon.

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Migration outlier: How Nicaragua escaped neighbors' deadly spiral

Ivan Castro

August 28, 2014 |

Reuters |

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Response Location: Nicaragua, Managua, Managua

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.

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