‘This is not luck. This is a systemic approach’: These major US cities are trying to curb violent crime — and it’s working
Before he was the mayor, Brandon Scott was a regular at a barbershop here just steps from an intersection long notorious for illegal drugs.
A KEY PIECE
Chris Spruill knows both the danger and pull of a nearby street corner in his East Baltimore neighborhood.
Chelsea program focuses on protecting young mothers from violence
For more than three decades, the nonprofit Roca has tackled youth violence in the Chelsea area and beyond.
How Boston became the safest big city in America
In the basement of Charles Street AME, a church in Roxbury, a historically black neighbourhood in Boston..
Baltimore’s new approach to police training looks at the effects of trauma, importance of empathy
The Baltimore Police Department recently started requiring its members to complete a program on emotional regulation...
Second Chance Month: Centering Lived Experience in Violence Intervention
We created a non-clinical cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) curriculum that was designed to be taught by frontline workers...