The National Network’s approach has attracted significant media attention over the years. This page features the most recent coverage of our work and a searchable archive of media about the National Network’s projects around the nation and abroad.
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Gangs of El Salvador
At 11:56 am on December 18, 2015, seven Salvadoran gang leaders got on a conference call. Some of them dialed ...
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Elizabeth Warren Has A Plan To Reduce Mass Incarceration And Violence
The 2020 Democratic presidential candidate released a list of proposals centered on community-driven initiatives and a reformed justice system ...
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Study: Peer influence, social networks might be leveraged to aid gun violence reduction efforts
A new Northwestern University study found that a program aimed at reducing gun violence in Chicago, the Violence Reduction Strategy ...
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Uniform Crime Stats Show Crime In Pittsburgh Is Dropping
The numbers show a 5 percent drop in incidents compared to the same time frame last year — Jan. 1 ...
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The complicated legacy of ‘broken windows’ policing
Drawing on lessons he learned as a seminarian, social worker, and then probation officer, George Kelling became a major thinker ...
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Five years after the Ferguson, Missouri, police shooting of Michael Brown Jr., residents still seeking change
In 2014, protesters took to the streets in Ferguson, Missouri, and across the country after Michael Brown Jr., 18, who ...
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Behind Asheville’s gang numbers: Legal definition, disagreement
The legal definition of a gang is similar across the country, though policing experts and even law enforcement officers disagree ...
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Focused Deterrence, done right, could be the solution for Philadelphia’s homicide problem
Homicides have increased in Philadelphia in four of the last five years -- culminating with 353 homicides in 2018 ...
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Report: Incarceration Rates Drop Nearly 20% Under Kim Foxx
The number of people sentenced to prison in Cook County dropped by nearly one-fifth last year according to a new ...
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Why are so many people getting shot on California highways?
San Francisco Bay Area freeways have become a common venue for gun violence. Experts point to gang conflicts and displacement ...
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Stockton’s eye in the sky the first in police department history
"I believe this aircraft is an absolute gamechanger in reducing crime, violent crime in our community," said Stockton Police Chief ...
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Police posted thousands of offensive memes on Facebook. Now some of them are being fired.
The Philadelphia police department announced on Thursday that 13 officers will be fired for social media posts that ...
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