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Poverty's Price: Child exposure to ‘toxic stress' a key link to behavior, learning problems

Greg Barnes

December 17, 2015 |

Fayetteville Observer |

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Response Location: United States, Vanceboro, North Carolina

A program in eastern North Carolina takes a proven, two-generation approach to lift struggling families out of dire circumstances.

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An epidemic of questionable arrests by school police

Amy Isackson

December 10, 2015 |

Center for Public Integrity |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Bernardino, California

Police officers in schools can turn minor disciplinary indiscretions into criminal justice matters and foment the school-to-prison pipeline. To lower arrests, some California districts have imposed formal limits on police powers in school and different police training.

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Decriminalizing Drugs: When Treatment Replaces Prison

Tina Rosenberg

December 08, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Portugal, Lisbon

Portugal has gone perhaps the farthest in decriminalizing drug use. It hasn't stopped drug usage, but it has reduced deaths, the spread of H.I.V., drug crime, and imprisonment.

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An epic legal battle pays off for trafficked workers

Stephanie Hanes

December 07, 2015 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

Hundreds of Indian oil workers were sent to the Gulf Coast after Katrina, but their working conditions were far below any human standard. In an unprecedented response, they brought a lawsuit against the company that hired them - and won.

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A fight to keep students in class

Suzette Hackney

November 20, 2015 |

IndyStar (The Indianapolis Star) |

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Response Location: United States, Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis' Howe High School has joined the movement surfacing in America's public schools towards restorative justice. In 2015, in lieu of suspensions and expulsions, Howe's leadership formed a peer justice jury to help fighting students talk through their conflicts and anger. Just one year after the program's inception, the school's expulsion rate decreased 90 percent, saving over 600 hours of what otherwise would have been students' lost classroom time.

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Boston Nonprofit Sees Legal Services As Key To Curbing Veteran Homelessness

Bob Oakes Shannon Dooling

November 11, 2015 |

WBUR |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

Boston-based Veterans Legal Services (VLS) is the only organization of its kind in the state. The nonprofit helps veterans access benefits and navigate civil court proceedings. Its clients are specifically low-income and homeless veterans, all of whom struggle financially.

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Underage drinking treatment evolves with better understanding

Weston Morrow

November 08, 2015 |

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |

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Response Location: United States, Anchorage, Alaska

During the last 12 years, the number of minors in Alaska sentenced to time in correctional facilities because of drug or alcohol charges has been steadily reduced, from 730 in 2003 to 395 in 2014. A big contributing factor behind that improvement has come with the department’s progress in, firstly, assessing what kids need treatment and, secondly, getting them into the right treatment programs.

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In El Paso, a path to change domestic violence

Beatriz Alvarado

October 24, 2015 |

Corpus Christi Caller Times |

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Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

In El Paso domestic violence cases are processed more effectively by having social workers, prosecutors, and law enforcement work together to get immediate support to the victims and hold the aggressor accountable.

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The Case for Gun Courts

Alex Yablon

September 24, 2015 |

The Trace |

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Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

Cities in the U.S. have decreased recidivism through specialized courts for firearm offenders. These efforts, however, have not helped overall gun violence, so university research is suggesting new tactics.

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What other places starting to test rape kits can learn from Ohio

Rachel Dissell

September 10, 2015 |

Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

When processing rape kits, it may be faster and more cost-effective to extract DNA profiles rather than first screen swabs and undergarments for semen. Ohio’s crime lab, which has identified a potential suspect in nearly 40 percent of recent cases, has made this and other changes to its procedures.

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