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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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1500-3000 Words

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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The irrationality of Alcoholics Anonymous

Gabrielle Glaser

April 01, 2015 |

The Atlantic |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Finland, Helsinki

For decades, the only good option for alcoholics seeking recovery was an abstinence-based 12-step program called Alcoholics Anonymous. John David Sinclair, an American neuroscientist, has developed a new method, where an alcoholic takes naltrexone one hour before drinking. The naltrexone blocks the brain's opioid receptors and prevents an alcoholics strong synaptic reward response from occurring, which allows their craving for alcohol to eventually subside.

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Suspending Students Isn't Effective. Here's What Schools Should Do Instead

Chris Peak

March 27, 2015 |

NationSwell |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Suspending students often has a damning effect - kids isolate themselves and are put on the path to a life of being punished. But at Audubon Middle School, instead of simply penalizing misbehavior, the strategy involves talking through the reasons why a child is acting out - prioritizing resolution over retribution, it’s all about keeping kids in school while maintaining the best learning environment.

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The Radical Humaneness of Norway's Halden Prison

Jessica Benko

March 26, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Norway, Halden

The goal of the Norwegian penal system is to get inmates out of it. The country's Halden prison offers humane treatment, trying to help inmates as much as possible rather than punish them.

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Police and the mentally ill: LAPD praised as a model for nation

Stephanie O'Neill

March 09, 2015 |

Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

LAPD's special team, the Mental Evaluation Unit, is teaming up police officers with mental health clinicians to better approach and address individuals suffering from a mental health crisis. Rather than sending them to jail - where resources are limited and a vicious cycle often results - the teams help ensure patients get the medical care they need, preventing brushes with the law and county millions of dollars and freed up thousands of hours of patrol time. Their model is being replicated nation-wide.

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Battling America's other PTSD crisis

Tina Rosenberg

March 06, 2015 |

Yahoo! News |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A program in Philadelphia is pioneering new ways to treat the urban wounded. By seeing it as PTSD, and not pointing fingers, the city is using mental health tools to decrease violence and heal communities.

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As Vermont tackles heroin addiction, progress is measured in baby steps

Katharine Seelye

February 26, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Berlin, Vermont

About 40 percent more people in the state are seeking treatment for addiction today than a year ago - but the number of deaths from heroin is going up. Local government is scrambling for both funding and awareness to combat the issue.

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How Former Prisoners are Set up to Fail, Especially if They're Women

Jean Friedman-Rudovsky

February 25, 2015 |

Cosmopolitan |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

A Department of Justice study reported that about 75 percent of those released in 2005 were rearrested, and women prisoners often have a harder time re-entering society after release. A New Way of Life (ANWOL) is a Los Angeles transitional living facility that has helped more than 750 women stay out of prison by offering housing, case management, mental health and substance treatment, and job training.

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Special courts take on criminal cases of veterans struggling with truama

Spencer Michels

February 24, 2015 |

PBS NewsHour |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Veterans are at a higher risk for getting in trouble with the law, especially those with PTSD. San Francisco city defendants and the VA created a special veterans court which prosecutes veterans through treatments and helping them work back to a normal life.

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Closing the digital divide on the inside

Adriene Hill

February 23, 2015 |

Marketplace |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Sheridan, Wyoming

A new juvenile justice center in Wyoming begins the movement to bring greater technological advancements to the education of the girls living there. The Wyoming Girls' School provides them with the state of the art tools they need to not fall behind while they fulfill their sentence.

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