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  • Del privilegio a la subjetividad: cómo abordar las masculinidades lejos del punitivismo y con foco en la reflexión

    El Programa H es una metodología educativa grupal que trabaja con hombres jóvenes a través de talleres participativos, juegos de rol y debates para reflexionar sobre masculinidades tóxicas y promover actitudes más equitativas hacia el género, implementada exitosamente en más de 30 países desde 2002. Las actividades estan dirigidas a hombres jóvenes y facilitadas por varones que actúan como modelos de equidad de género. Puedes leer este artículo en ingles aquí: https://solu.news/clsc

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  • Une ligne d'écoute pour prévenir les crimes sexuels sur les mineurs

    Ça suffit est une ligne d'écoute pour les adultes susceptibles de commettre des délits sexuels sur des mineurs. Les personnes bénévoles qui répondent aux appels sont formés pour écouter les appelants et leur fournir des ressources d’aide, avec plus de 700 appels pris en 2024.

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  • Successful Birmingham program faces funding gap despite reduction in youth crime

    RESTORE is a juvenile re-entry program offering supportive programming and guidance to intervene in cycles of crime and help more youth avoid the juvenile system and learn to make more positive choices. Already this year, RESTORE has served 344 young people through their workshops. Since launching in 2023, the program has helped 19 people graduate with their high school diploma, GED or a certification.

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  • Birmingham hospital program offers hope amid homicide crisis: How it works

    Birmingham’s Offender Alumni Association is a group of violence intervention specialists that check in with gun violence patients at the hospital to offer mental health services and case management to prevent reinjury and retaliatory violence. Since launching, the group has taken on 144 clients, providing wrap-around services to victims and their families, including mentoring, emergency relocation and funds for medicine, groceries, rent and utilities.

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  • Red flag laws are increasingly being used to protect gun owners in crisis

    Red flag laws allow family members, law enforcement officers, and sometimes even health care workers to file an extreme risk protection order when they’re concerned that someone with access to a gun may harm themselves or others. In Maryland, which is considered a national leader in this type of legislation, a red flag law has helped prevent potential school shootings and the state is now focused on training health care providers to recognize concerning cases and file petitions when necessary.

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  • Inside the 'Utopias' of Mexico City

    Mexico City’s Utopias are large community centers that offer a wide variety of services and amenities, including skills workshops, gym classes, landromats, food and music lessons. There are currently 15 across one borough, and the incoming administration plans to develop more than 100 in total.

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  • Soluções na educação

    Um dos destaques da revista é a reportagem em quadrinhos Além das Grades, que mostra como a educação tem contribuído para transformar a vida de pessoas em situação de prisão. A HQ apresenta dados sobre o aumento no número de detentos estudando e explica como funcionam as aulas e atividades de leitura dentro do presídio.

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  • 'Suicide in general is a very impulsive act, especially for teens'

    Michigan was recently added to the growing list of states with new gun violence prevention legislation called Child Access Prevention (CAP) laws. CAP, in partnership with safe storage laws, requires adults to safely store firearms in their homes and allows prosecutors to bring charges against those who don’t comply. Several studies have found CAP laws help reduce violent crime rates, suicides and unintentional injuries and deaths.

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  • 'This is not luck. This is a systemic approach': These major US cities are trying to curb violent crime — and it's working

    Several cities across the U.S. are trying new methods to reduce violent crime. Some of these, like the “hotspot policing” effort in San Antonio that increases police visibility in areas that are statistically prone to violent crime, are working. The first part of San Antonio’s three-phase plan saw a 37% decrease in violent crime compared to the previous year.

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  • Can the U.S. Make Prisons More Rehabilitative? Here's a Major Test Case

    The national initiative Restoring Promise works with states to create criminal justice reform initiatives that draw inspiration from rehabilitation-focused German prisons. The program at Lee Correctional Institution in South Carolina allows participants to customize their individual cells and focuses on mentorships, educational classes, and self-governance.

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