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In the News
Featured Articles:
"Changing the hard cases" Chicago Tribune, February 22, 2010
"CeaseFire: A Public Health Approach to Reduce Shootings and Killings" National Institute of Justice Journal, November, 2009
"How to Turn Around a Gang Member" Time Magazine, September 2, 2009
"Crime, Interrupted" The World in 2009 - from the Economist, November 19, 2008
"Blocking the Transmission of Violence," The New York Times Magazine, May 4, 2008
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Other Articles:
"Isiah Thomas prods gangs to do good works," Chicago Sun Times - March 1, 2010
"Lesson from the street: Don’t back down," Chicago Tribune - February 21, 2010
"Expert: KC Needs To Invest In Anti-Violence Group," KCTV - February 4, 2010
"Anti-crime leader comes to KC," Kansas City Star - February 4, 2010
"Activists march to stop the violence on Southwest Side," ABC-7 News - January 28, 2010
"Targeting guns to reduce violent crime," The Christian Science Monitor - January 10, 2010
"Many Lives Saved," Chicago Tribune - January 9, 2010
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