September 9, 2020
Fight violence with more social spending, not more police
Lessons from the US show why policing should be limited, with more mental health supports but also social services, job training and rehabilitation.
Lessons from the US show why policing should be limited, with more mental health supports but also social services, job training and rehabilitation.
What he actually built was a system to continuously monitor and harass Pasco County residents, a Tampa Bay Times investigation has found.
West Palm Beach Police Chief Frank Adderley stressed that it’s a small group of people to blame for the majority of the city’s killings. That’s true in cities across the country, said Meaghan McDonald, director of field innovations at the National Network for Safe Communities through John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City
Not everyone is for defunding the police. Especially those in communities that would be most affected.
The IPVI intervenes early on with intimate partner violence offenders known to the criminal justice system. Developed by the National Network for Safe Communities (NNSC) at John Jay College. The initiative offers supportive services to offenders and, when necessary, addresses the most dangerous individuals through enforcement actions.
A truth and reconciliation commission worked in South Africa. Could it in Chicago — or would it be purely performance?
No one should have to live under the threat of gun violence, but tragically more than 1,000 people have been shot and more than 250 people have been killed so far this year in our city. Over 80 percent of the victims are Black; this is unacceptable. We know gun violence is preventable. We know
“In practical terms, I think every city that’s grappling with this question is trying to figure out how to continue to produce public safety in creative ways and in a landscape where, at least in the immediate term, some form of law enforcement is part of that equation,” said Louisa Aviles.
In October 2018, fed up with years of shootings and explosions connected with the city’s gangs, Malmö’s police force launched a new strategy based on the Group Violence Intervention (GVI) technique pioneered in US cities such as Boston, Baltimore and Minneapolis.
Swedish police consider American criminologist’s scheme after 12-year-old girl is shot and killed in gang crossfire in the capital