Cure Violence www.cureviolence.org Cure Violence is an organization founded by epidemiologist Gary Slutkin. Dr. Slutkin spent a decade in underdeveloped countries, fighting epidemic diseases. When he returned to the US, he’d all but forgotten what it was like to have running water, and adjustable temperature in the home. He also had no news of the US, so he found it both dismaying and compelling to hear about the rampant violence in some parts of the US, most especially in Chicago, Illinois. As a result, Dr. Slutkin began researching the violence problem in the same way that he tracked infectious diseases in those other countries, and he found that the trajectories were the same. Further research, and trial and error indicated that the violence
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They currently provide training and resources to over a dozen countries including Latin America and North Africa, two places where reports of violence are commonplace. Their funding sources have grown over the years and they appear to be well funded. Let’s hope that ignorance and politics don’t get in the way of what appears to be a model that is working.
Cure Violence, n.d. Retrived on September 18, 2016 from http://cureviolence.org/
The Huffington Post, n.a. (2012, 6/16 updated 2012 8/16) Chicago Homicides Outnumber Troop Killings in Afghanistan retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/16/chicago-homicide-rate-wor_n_1602692.html Kotlowitz, A. and James, S. (Producers & Director) 2011 The Interrupters [Documentary] USA Kartemquin Films (Studio)
Tedmen 2013, Gary Slutkin Let’s Treat Violence Like a Contagious Disease retrieved on September 18, 2016 from http://www.ted.com/talks/gary_slutkin_let_s_treat_violence_like_a_contagious_disease?language=en NGO Advisor, Top 100 NGOs, n.d., retrieved from https://www.ngoadvisor.net/ong/cure-violence/
O'Shea, J. (2016, August 5) Opinion: Get Behind Ceasefire to Reduce Chicago Violence. [Chicago Sun Times] retrieved
They currently provide training and resources to over a dozen countries including Latin America and North Africa, two places where reports of violence are commonplace. Their funding sources have grown over the years and they appear to be well funded. Let’s hope that ignorance and politics don’t get in the way of what appears to be a model that is working.
Cure Violence, n.d. Retrived on September 18, 2016 from http://cureviolence.org/
The Huffington Post, n.a. (2012, 6/16 updated 2012 8/16) Chicago Homicides Outnumber Troop Killings in Afghanistan retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/16/chicago-homicide-rate-wor_n_1602692.html Kotlowitz, A. and James, S. (Producers & Director) 2011 The Interrupters [Documentary] USA Kartemquin Films (Studio)
Tedmen 2013, Gary Slutkin Let’s Treat Violence Like a Contagious Disease retrieved on September 18, 2016 from http://www.ted.com/talks/gary_slutkin_let_s_treat_violence_like_a_contagious_disease?language=en NGO Advisor, Top 100 NGOs, n.d., retrieved from https://www.ngoadvisor.net/ong/cure-violence/
O'Shea, J. (2016, August 5) Opinion: Get Behind Ceasefire to Reduce Chicago Violence. [Chicago Sun Times] retrieved