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Oregon Detective Pioneers New Sexual Assault Reporting Program

Avery Lill

September 22, 2016 |

NPR |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Ashland, Oregon

In Ashland, Oregon, the police department has launched a program that better serves sexual assault survivors by putting them at the center. The program, called You Have Options, considers the challenges that survivors face and works to help them through the reporting process, including letting them report anonymously. In its first year, You Have Options saw a 106% increase in sexual assault reporting and departments across the United States are now seeking to implement it.

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How the Chicanas of Eastside Mujeres Network Are Fighting to End Violence Against Women

Jessica Langlois

September 21, 2016 |

LA Weekly |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

The recent revival of feminism, in tandem with increased awareness about violence and sexual abuse, and combined with the power of social media to organize activist groups, is helping various advocacy groups address the serious issues faced by women and minorities, specifically Latina women, in the Los Angeles area. Organizations from anti-gentrification cycling groups to rape crisis hotline dispatchers are combining resources to combat violence against women, provide more comprehensive legal and human services, help victims get a new start, and change the culture of abuse for good.

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How Malawi Girls Combat Sexual Abuse – Self Defense

Hannah McNeish

July 26, 2016 |

News Deeply |

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Response Location: Malawi, Dedza

Sexual abuse and rape are frequent and accepted parts of the social fabric in Malawi. To combat that, Malawi girls and boys take self defense classes to learn how to avert assault in order to protect themselves and others.

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Finland is really good at stopping bullying. Here's how they're doing it.

James Gaines

July 01, 2016 |

Upworthy |

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Response Location: Finland

Finland is tackling bullying with a national prevention program known as KiVa. In addition to classroom lessons and other resources, the program uses computer games to teach kids what they can do if they see bullying in progress.

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What could actually work to fix gun violence in America – and what doesn't

Lois Beckett

June 23, 2016 |

The Guardian |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

In the wake of high-profile shootings, proposals such as banning assault weapons gain momentum. But there are solutions few national politicians are looking at that take a very different tack.

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11,341 Rape Kits Were Collected and Forgotten in Detroit. This Is the Story of One of Them.

Anna Clark

June 23, 2016 |

ELLE Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

In the past six years, backlogs of untested rape kits have been discovered across the country. Under the leadership of county prosecutor Kym Worthy, Detroit saw the nation's most ambitious—and effective—response to its backlog.

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CMHA police build relationships as they help to solve problems

Rachel Dissell

June 08, 2016 |

Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

The Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority's police force has transformed its culture using a police assistance referral program that focuses on getting people the help they need first rather than arresting them. It's a way to address the underlying issues that prompt an incident by partnering with social workers and nonprofits to help police to look at themselves as problem solvers. The majority of referrals for services focus on violence committed against or in front of children and this is one way to try and address trauma before it wreaks devastation on young lives.

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If Universities Made This Course a Pre-Requisite, Campuses Would Be Safer for Female Students

Chris Peak

June 07, 2016 |

NationSwell |

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Response Location: United States, Palo Alto, California

Rapes at college campuses occur at significant rates, and many proposed fixes are not working. Campus self-defense classes could potentially help women, such as at Stanford where Daly Montgomery (a student) created a self-defense class called "Protecting Your Bubble" to teach women how to defend themselves, hear from victims, and learn that it is ok to take action to protect yourself.

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How Science Could Help Prevent Police Shootings

Jaeah Lee

May 31, 2016 |

Mother Jones |

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Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

A new tool that studies human behavioral data is being piloted in an effort to prevent police abuse and violence. Using data kept by individual police departments, this new program studies officers’ history of past problems, amount of on-the-job stress and trauma, and shift times as possible predictors of violence and abuse. While the research is still in early stages, it has already led to changes in some police departments, like re-thinking how to better equip officers to deal with emotional incidents like domestic violence.

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

Dee J. Hall

May 31, 2016 |

Wisconsin Watch |

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Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

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.

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