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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Two Lessons of the Urban Crime Decline
Over the past few years, the discussion of crime and violence in the United States has focused on police brutality, ...
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‘Peace Builders’ to tackle violence in Bermuda
Training is to be given to “everyday men and women” who want to help tackle gang violence and antisocial behavior, ...
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Jacksonville death toll troubling, but officials say there is hope
Murders, where someone illegally takes the life of someone, are different from homicides, which can include justifiable self-defense shootings, Sheriff ...
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Detroit has lowest homicide tally in 50 years
In 2017, Michigan's biggest city posted its lowest tally of criminal homicides in more than a half-century: 267, Detroit Police ...
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New Haven marks lowest homicide number in decades in 2017
With only a day left in 2017, New Haven is on pace for the lowest number of homicides in decades ...
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York City’s shootings drop by half, GVI credited for reduction
York City had less than half the shootings in 2017 than it had the year before, according to city officials, ...
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Report: Connecticut’s Project Longevity Is Effective Tool Against Gun Violence
A new report from a gun policy group founded by former Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords highlights Connecticut’s Project Longevity as ...
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Americans Don’t Really Understand Gun Violence
Some police departments do carefully track shootings, but most keep that data internal. In New York City, for example, police ...
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House: violence ‘a public health crisis’
Violent crime in Bermuda is a public health crisis, national security minister Wayne Caines told Parliament this morning. Specifically addressing ...
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A Better Way to Deal With Intimate Partner Violence
In this op-ed for Governing Magazine, IPVI Director Rachel Teicher explains why victims of intimate partner and domestic violence don't trust ...
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Tackling history of race and policing starts with well-informed officers
In this op-ed for The Hill, two Pittsburgh Bureau of Police officers involved with the National Initiative for Building Community ...
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Why Do We Ignore Initiatives That Reduce Gun Violence?
"While movies, television and news outlets often give the impression that entire cities and neighborhoods are filled with thugs, criminals ...
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