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Search results for "teens" ...
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Murder, Money and Politics
A $54.5 million program touted by Illiinois Gov. Pat Quinn to reduce violence consisted of teens handing out fliers to promote inner peace, take field trips to museums, march in a parade with the governor and even attend a yoga class to reduce stress. Two years after the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative began, the murder rate was nearly 20 percent in Chicago.
Tags: broadcast; violence; stress; neighborhood; murder rate
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A City Program's Deadly Failures
In this story, we uncovered dangerous breakdowns in a DC program critical to public safety. It had received millions of city dollars to rehabilitate young offenders without locking them up. Yet we found many of its teens did not get any services at all, and dozens were murdered or arrested for murder. As a result of our reporting, the city overhauled the program and the mayor called for an investigation by the attorney general.
Tags: Public safety; crime; criminals; young offenders; teen criminals
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The New Kids: Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Teens
The New Kids is a narrative nonfiction book chronicling a year in the life at Brooklyn's International High School at Prospect Heights, a vibrant public school that teaches English to newly arrived immigrants and refugees from around the world.
Tags: immigrants; teenagers; Brooklyn; immigration; high school
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Struggling to Understand
The story takes an investigative look at the personal struggles of the recent suicide victims in a small seaside New Jersey town and examined how the school and community at large responded to what is for New Jersey an unprecedented public health crisis. While each case involved a unique set of circumstances, the reporters found that a history of mentalillness, alcohol and drug abuse -- and a community all to willing to turn a blind eye to teen substance abuse -- played a role in the majority of the deaths.
Tags: suicide; mental illness; drug abuse; youth suicide
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Our Youngest Killers: Juveniles Serving Life w/o Parole in Massachusetts
An investigation into the incarcerations of Massachusetts teens sentenced to life in prison reveals parole reveal inequities in the 1996 law.
Tags: Parole; Life Sentenve; Juvenile
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Missing the mark
The Reporter analyzed 1,376 cases where juveniles faced gun charges in adult felony courts between 2006 and 2010. The Reporter randomly selected hard copies of court files for 90 cases -- which represents 57 percent of convictions in 2009 -- and found: -One in four teens was never clearly identified as having had a gun -A gun was recovered in only 46 percent of the cases
Tags: gun; juvenile; conviction; arms; crime;
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R.C.'s Boys
The story investigates the case of former NC state Senator R.C. Soles, showing that Soles sexually assulted numerous young men, and then paid them to keep their silence. The reporters found that the abuse had a profound effect on the lives of the teens, who grew into troubled adults and often turned to drugs and alcohol to ease the pain.
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Assault of Learning
When the Philadelphia School District makes national headlines for school violence, the Inquirer spent a year studying the school district's outbreaks of violence. The findings were startling even to an informed public.
Tags: school violence; teens; school district; Philadelphia School District
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Public Disservice
The Pitch discovered that the family of a teen girl was pursuing a rape charge against Missouri state representative Roman LeBlanc. When the story broke, LeBlanc announced less than a week later that he would not run again for office.
Tags: underage; rape; Roman LeBlanc; inappropriate relationship; rape charge
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Una Realidad Embarazosa: A Shameful Reality
The story addresses the realities of teenage pregnancies in Colombia. The reporters examine the failures of sex education in schools and the lack of effective campaigns by the government. The story includes the profile of one young woman who, like many, chooses to get pregnant in order to escape domestic violence and poverty.
Tags: teen pregnancy; sex education; abstinence; birth control