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02/20/20-Philadelphia Inquirer “Suicide is very preventable in prison and jail systems,” said Christine Tartaro, CJRA Expert.

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02/11/20-Fox News The impact of this incarceration and the collateral consequences that accompany incarceration are much more dangerous to public safety than the bail reform law,” Ashley Nellis, CJRA Expert.

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In the last decade, thousands have been killed or injured as a result of mass violence in the United States. Such acts take many forms, including family massacres, terrorist attacks, shootings, and gang violence. Yet it is indiscriminate mass public shootings, often directed at strangers, that has generated the most public alarm. Now, 41 scholars […]

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02/01/20-The Advocate “We have to remember that in Louisiana, this is the only mechanism available to thousands of people who will otherwise die in prison,” Ashley Nellis, CJRA Expert.

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1/29/20-Social Work Today “Although trauma related to gun violence is usually associated with the victims and their social networks, there also is trauma related to perpetrators,” Natalie Kroovand Hipple, CJRA Expert.

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1/29/20-Social Work Today “Perhaps the most disturbing traumatic effect of gun violence is that it can lead to more violence. Feeling unsafe, expecting to be victimized, and doubting that police will protect them, people in high-violence communities may choose to carry firearms for protection,” Jesenia Pizarro, CJRA Expert.

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1/28/20-The Trace “The closest proxy for nonfatal shootings is the rate of aggravated assault, a category that includes many gun crimes among other kinds of assaults involving weapons,” Natalie Kroovand Hipple, CJRA Expert.

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1/27/20-Pennsylvania Capital Star “You throw a really wide net and you catch a lot of folks you aren’t intending to catch in that net,” Natalie Kroovand Hipple, CJRA Expert.

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1/23/20-The Appeal “You throw a really wide net and you catch a lot of folks you aren’t intending to catch in that net,” Natalie Kroovand Hipple, CJRA Expert.

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