Every Week is Youth Violence Prevention Week
While this is officially National Youth Violence Prevention Week (April 7-11), the truth is, we need 52 such weeks a year — not one. After all, when a typical week for young people nationwide [...]
A Fresh Approach to Tackling Juvenile Violence
Here’s the stark reality. We have spent incalculable dollars on well-intentioned projects to curb juvenile violence. But we can’t say what works best. We simply don’t know. It’s not from failing to try. Countless [...]
Public Safety Action Committee Names Dr. Toni Irving As Its First Executive Director
CHICAGO, Aug. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Chicago Public Safety Action Committee (PSAC) today announced the appointment of Toni Irving, Ph.D., as the committee's first executive director. PSAC is an innovative public/private partnership whose [...]
The Debate over Police and Race
In the continuing debate over law enforcement and race, we mustn’t lose sight of the most critical issue - one that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. made his mission. While the dialogue exploring [...]
Decoding Black Women: Policing Practices and Rape Prosecution on the Streets of Philadelphia
(Abstract) Black women are generally displaced as victims of rape. The police response to the sexual assault of black women in general and lower-class black women in particular is illustrative of how sexual ideologies [...]