This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Harold Pollack and Jens Ludwig explain how getting teens therapy in response to violent outbursts can set them on the right track and steer them away from…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Duncan Green at Oxfam Blogs analyzes a new paper from ODI which explains the importance of road safety and the need for action. According to ODI, traffic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Motherboard explains how Unlocked Futures, a 16-month accelerator created by New Profit, helps fund startups for formerly incarcerated individuals to help others stay out of prison and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The author points out how first responders who experience the mass tragedies often go through bouts of depression, anxiety, job burnout, and even suicide. • Are there organizations…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Nadine Connell, associate professor of criminology is creating a database that will chronicle every school shooting since 1990 with the hope that this information will provide assistance to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Governing magazine reports on a new organization called Stand With Parkland, which was started by the families of those killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Baltimore’s contentious police-community relationship broke out into rioting in 2015 after the death of Freddie Gray. Racist, punitive policing sewed distrust and started a cycle of violence…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Colleen Wright reports that the Broward County School Board voted to hire armed guards in order to comply with a new state law, but they added caveats…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Douglas Cremer at Education Dive discusses the frequency of school shootings and suggest that colleges should offer courses examining guns and gun violence. According to Cremer, students…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · In a society where technology continues to advance and play a larger role, it’s reasonable to have concerns when artificial intelligence in involved in the criminal…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Researchers are studying why most young people do not become radicalized in order to better understand why those who do become radicalized participate in growing global terrorism.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Eli Hager at The Marshall Project interviews survivor Patricia Wenskunas about her assault and experience with California’s justice system. In Wenskunas’ story, she survived a horribly violent crime only…