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DC Public Safety Radio won the 2015 awards for best podcast and best audio from the National Association of Government Communicators.

DC Public Safety Radio and Television won the Government Customer Service Community of Practice (Cgov) 2014 Overall Excellence and Best Use of technology Awards. See conta.cc/1qiBV74  .

DC Public Safety Television won two top awards for public affairs television in 2015 from DCTV and three additional first-place awards in 2014

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This is radio show 271.

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We interviewed Shannon Cosgrove, Director of Health Policy, from Cure Violence regarding violence prevention initiatives in cities throughout the United States.

Cure Violence uses a health approach to prevent violence in 64 communities in 25 cities in 8 countries and on 4 continents. The model has been evaluated by several prestigious universities and institutions including Northwestern University, Johns Hopkins University, Temple University and the Center for Court Innovations and John Jay College. The research revealed significant success through reductions in homicides and shootings of up to 73%.

The model has been evaluated by several prestigious universities and institutions including Northwestern University, Johns Hopkins University, Temple University, the Center for Court Innovations and John Jay College. The research revealed significant success through reductions in homicides and shootings of up to 73%.

For information regarding the evaluations, please visit: http://cureviolence.org/results/scientific-evaluations/

For more information on the model, please visit: 

Cure Violence has been featured by many nationally recognized entities including CNN and the Washington Post.  See the published articles here http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/05/health/gupta-stopping-violence/ and https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/10/02/why-violence-is-contagious-and-should-be-treated-like-a-disease/.

Special Announcements:

A top priority for the Department of Justice is to invest in scientific research to ensure that the Department is both tough and smart on crime. The Office of Justice Programs’ CrimeSolutions.gov website shapes rigorous research into a central, reliable, and credible resource to inform practitioners and policy makers about what works in criminal justice.

A new website lists and evaluates prisoner re-entry programs nationwide. Launched by the Urban Institute, the Council of State Governments, and the John Jay College of Criminal Justice Prisoner Reentry Institute, the “What Works Clearinghouse” can be seen at http://nationalreentryresourcecenter.org/what_works.

The National Reentry Resource Center is a project of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, US Department of Justice. Please see the Center’s website at http://www.nationalreentryresourcecenter.org/. Please see “Federal Interagency Reentry Council Launches Website, Releases Myth-Buster Series” on the front page of the site (see announcements). CSOSA is a member of the Council. Several requesters have asked for national research on reentry.

The Office of Justice Program’s National Institute of Justice reentry research portfolio supports the evaluation of innovative reentry programs. To access these studies and NIJ’s entire reentry research portfolio visit www.nij.gov/nij/topics/corrections/reentry/welcome.htm .

The Office of Violence Against Women offers stalking response tips for corrections, prosecutors, judges, law enforcement, victims and victim advocates. They are posted on OVW’s website at www.ovw.usdoj.gov .

The National Institute of Corrections Information Center is one of the largest repositories for corrections research and information in the country. See  www.nicic.gov/Library.

Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency:

We welcome your comments or suggestions at leonard.sipes@csosa.gov.

The website for the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency is http://www.csosa.gov/.

The program is hosted by Leonard Sipes. The producer is Timothy Barns.

Comments offered on “DC Public Safety” television and radio programs are the opinions of participants and do not necessarily represent the policies of CSOSA or other government agencies.