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  • Teaching women to fight today could stop rapes tomorrow

    June 11, 2015 |

    Quartz |

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    Response Location: United States, Miami, Florida

    “Empowerment self-defense” teaches women how to defend themselves against sexual assault, psychological awareness, and how to be verbally assertive. A study showed that women who took empowerment self defense classes saw a “46% reduction in completed rape and a 63% reduction in attempted sexual assault.”

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  • College Rape Prevention Program Proves a Rare Success

    June 10, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Canada, Calgary, Alberta

    Sexual violence is a serious hazard on college campuses - by some estimates, one in five female students are raped, and women tend to be at the greatest risk during their first year on campus. But a program that trained first-year female college students at various Canadian colleges to avoid rape substantially lowered their risk of being sexually assaulted, a rare success against a problem that has been resistant to many prevention efforts.

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  • Teaching women self-defence still the best way to reduce sexual assaults: study

    June 10, 2015 |

    The Globe and Mail |

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    Response Location: Canada, Calgary, Alberta

    In the debate over how to reduce sexual assault on university campuses, proposing self-defense classes for women is controversial. But, according to new landmark Canadian research, it works.

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  • Life on Parole

    June 08, 2015 |

    PBS Frontline |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Connecticut

    Connecticut is attempting to reduce prison recidivism by changing parole practices. Changes to the system are allowing parole officers to foster relationships with parolees and counsel them as people, not as cases.

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  • Keeping mental health patients stable and out of jail

    June 02, 2015 |

    Marketplace |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

    Like the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams that help seriously mentally ill people avoid costly long-term hospital stays, Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) teams try to help the same population avoid jail also. By providing intensive case management to avoid the pitfalls that lead to criminal charges, and connecting people living in the community with needed services, these teams have shown early indications that their patients spend less time in both jails and hospitals. They are more expensive than outpatient clinics, but in the long run may be cheaper than hospitals and jails.

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  • Hotline volunteers help people cope with mental health crises

    May 29, 2015 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    Response Location: United States, Grafton, Wisconsin

    Mental health care often requires a human touch and a personal connection. Tucked quietly in an office park in Grafton, volunteers at the COPE Hotline field nearly 23,000 calls a year from all over the Milwaukee area and some points beyond.

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  • In Bangladesh, Grassroots Efforts to End Violence Against Women

    May 28, 2015 |

    Voice of America (VOA) |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Dhaka, Dhaka Division

    A non-profit in Bangladesh is fighting domestic violence by having female and especially male Bangladeshi volunteers give sexual education and women's rights classes.

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  • Paper Tigers

    May 28, 2015 |

    KPJR Films |

    Documentary |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Walla Walla, Washington

    Paper Tigers captures the pain, the danger, the beauty, and the hopes of struggling teens—and the teachers armed with new science and fresh approaches that are changing their lives for the better.

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  • The Seattle model Ithaca may use to shatter drug-jail cycle

    May 22, 2015 |

    The Ithaca Voice |

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    Response Location: United States, Ithaca, New York

    The law often traps offenders in a cycle of lawbreaking. LEAD allows for drug users to become committed to a program that helps them through the quitting process instead of throwing them into prison and isolating them from the help they need.

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  • ‘You are more than your mistakes': Teachers get at roots of bad behavior

    May 16, 2015 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    In 1997, researchers found a connection between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and adult health problems. Seattle's public schools are part of a growing cohort nationwide applying this knowledge in the classroom to help students who are facing immense challenges at home. By considering external stresses and factors, such as divorce, domestic violence, or family substance abuse (All ACEs), teachers are slower to jump to judgement or punishment. After four years of teacher training, Bemiss Elementary School is getting results, with a 33 percent decrease in suspensions for the 2014 school year.

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