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City Limits — Program Keeping Convicted Youths Closer to Home Enjoys Success, Faces Cuts
by Wendy Davis March 2, 2018 City Limits … Just a few years ago, it’s likely that a family court
Pacific Daily News — Analyst: Violent crime rate will go up
by Jasmine Stole / jstole@guampdn.com Guam Police Department’s chief of police said violent crime declined from 2015 to 2016. Experts
The Trace — States Set Aside Millions of Dollars for Crime Victims. But Some Gun Violence Survivors Don’t Get the Funds They Desperately Need
Elizabeth Van Brocklin The Trace … A resource does exist to help vulnerable crime victims, including gunshot survivors, though many
Bloomberg — NYC Dives Into Tough Neighborhoods, Emerges as Safest Big City
At Tompkins, in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, crime is down 45 percent since 2013, with no murders and just two shootings in each of the last two years. In an era when most major American cities are reporting less crime, New York’s 85 percent drop in violent offenses since 1990 outperforms them all.
New York Times — ‘Interrupters’ Peek at Social Media to Stop Street Violence
by Jan Ransom (@Jan_Ransom) January 21, 2018 — read original story In one Facebook post, two teenage boys posed in