[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Please note that CeaseFire, Chicago's violence prevention partnership, can
be found at
_http://www.ceasefirechicago.org/_ (http://www.ceasefirechicago.org/) .
offer their assessment of
its possible usefulness for Minneapolis.
It's hard to tell from a web site whether or not the program is
effective. However, I do see some real advantages to starting from a
public health perspective and keeping the first position in the hands of
a doctor (depends on the doctor, of course, wouldn't want Bill Frist who
can diagnose from video tape--or so he says).
In Central we have been exploring this idea for the last four or five
years in the PEACE Project which also begins from a public health
perspective. It has had a very positive effect on the lives and work
lives of those who have stuck with the Project and did the long term
training process. For the most part, the MPD was not thrilled with the
idea, for whatever reasons I do not know. But the program does challenge
each person to operate towards themselves and others from a public
health perspective. It's much less wearing on the nerves, for one thing.
And it goes past the notion of throw away people to support for people
who are changing their lives in a positive fashion.
Since what we are looking for in anti-crime efforts (I'm assuming) is a
change in behavior on the part of those who are committing crimes, it
has the value of allowing that conversation to take place.
WizardMarks, Central
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