...The Violence Interrupters The film “The Interrupters” by Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz is based on a group of individuals that are part of Ceasefire, a Chicago anti-violence program. Gary Slutkin, the founder of Ceasefire, believes that the spread of violence is very similar to the spread of disease, and so he believes that the treatment should be analogous. In order to stop the infection, one must go after the most infected, the source. The main goal of the violence interrupters is to simply stop killings and to save as many lives as possible. They make it very clear that they are not trying to dismantle gangs. The violence interrupters are made up of individuals who have had many years of jail time in the past, but now want to make a positive difference in their community rather than continue with their lives of crime. The interrupters use their own personal histories to intervene in conflicts before they go too far and turn into violent encounters. The Violence Interrupters Challenge the problems with the program: One of the main problems with the film is that “The Interrupters” are staged on the front lines in their fight to save lives in their communities. This fight is near to impossible to win because although they all put forth their best efforts and put their heart and soul into every individual they try to help, the problem cannot actually be solved, as it exists on a much larger scale. Although the film shows “The Interrupters” doing their best to make...
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...Outreach Programs and Their Effectiveness in Lowering Crime Outreach programs are amongst one of the solutions that communities turn to when they begin to see elevated crime rates. The real question, however, is: Are these programs effective? I strongly believe that community outreach programs may be our one valid solution to lowering crime rates in a country that is seeing some of the highest crime rates that we have ever seen. I have found two scholarly articles along with two newspaper articles that I have summarized below that support my theory that outreach programs can be a very effective solution to rising crime rates. My research has provided me with data that backs up the notion that these programs do work, and as long as we continue to use these programs properly, our fight against crime has a promising outlook. Aos, Steve, Marna Miller, and Elizabeth Drake. "Evidence-Based Public Policy Options To Reduce Future Prison Construction, Criminal Justice Costs, And Crime Rates." Federal Sentencing Reporter 19.4 (2007): 275-290. Academic Search Premier. Web. 2 Oct. 2012. This report, which was conducted by the Washington State Institute for Public Policy, highlights some evidence-based options in which crime rates can be reduced while reducing tax rates for state and local taxpayers, and certain outreach programs happen to be one of those options. A rigorous evaluation of 571 individual programs was conducted, and while not all outreach programs are effective, a...
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...M A G A Z I N E FA L L 2 0 0 2 Volume 20 Number 2 SPANNING THE GLOBE Duke Leads the Way in International Law Teaching and Scholarship inside plus Duke admits smaller, exceptionally well-qualified class Duke’s Global Capital Markets Center to launch new Directors’ Education Institute from the dean Dear Alumni and Friends, It is not possible, these days, for a top law school to be anything other than an international one. At Duke Law, we no longer think of “international” as a separate category. Virtually everything we do has some international dimension, whether it concerns international treaties and protocols, commercial transactions across national borders, international child custody disputes, criminal behavior that violates international human rights law, international sports competitions, global environmental regulation, international terrorism, or any number of other topics. And, of course, there is little that we do at Duke that does not involve scholars and students from other countries, who are entirely integrated with U.S. scholars and students. Students enrolled in our joint JD/LLM program in international and comparative law receive an in-depth education in both the public and private aspects of international and comparative law, enriched by the ubiquitous presence of foreign students; likewise, the foreign lawyers who enroll in our one-year LLM program in American law enroll in the same courses, attend the same conferences...
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...M A G A Z I N E FA L L 2 0 0 2 Volume 20 Number 2 SPANNING THE GLOBE Duke Leads the Way in International Law Teaching and Scholarship inside plus Duke admits smaller, exceptionally well-qualified class Duke’s Global Capital Markets Center to launch new Directors’ Education Institute from the dean Dear Alumni and Friends, It is not possible, these days, for a top law school to be anything other than an international one. At Duke Law, we no longer think of “international” as a separate category. Virtually everything we do has some international dimension, whether it concerns international treaties and protocols, commercial transactions across national borders, international child custody disputes, criminal behavior that violates international human rights law, international sports competitions, global environmental regulation, international terrorism, or any number of other topics. And, of course, there is little that we do at Duke that does not involve scholars and students from other countries, who are entirely integrated with U.S. scholars and students. Students enrolled in our joint JD/LLM program in international and comparative law receive an in-depth education in both the public and private aspects of international and comparative law, enriched by the ubiquitous presence of foreign students; likewise, the foreign lawyers who enroll in our one-year LLM program in American law enroll in the same courses, attend the same conferences...
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