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🏙️ Preserving lives and helping cities thrive by reducing and preventing urban violence.

Secretariat: Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, @nyucic.bsky.social, @stanleycenter.org. #PiOC

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January 19, 2026 at 5:03 PM
🙌 @peaceinourcities.org is happy to see the positive impact that our programs can have on our city members, and we look forward to seeing Casper implementing these changes.

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City considers public safety, health improvements following Peace in Our Cities partnership
CASPER, Wyo. — The Casper City Council will consider adopting a broad set of recommendations aimed at reducing violence, addressing homelessness,
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January 7, 2026 at 6:45 PM
“[A peace] operation will be much more efficient if we first have a large, robust research layer of organized crime.”—@carolinaricardo.bsky.social, Executive Director of @soudapaz.bsky.social, emphasizes the importance of sustainable peace, communication, and data.

Live:
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December 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
🌐 There is an increasing global appetite for punitive and effective policies.
🪧 The false dilemma between “tough-on-crime” and “soft-on-crime.”
⭕ Why extremes fail (this is a complex systems problem).
📝 Strategies to address violence and crime.

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December 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
💡 Enrique Betancourt, Author of “Tackling the False Dilemma: A Communications Guide for Advancing Balanced and Effective Public Safety Approaches,” shares key points from the guide, including:
December 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This guide is PiOC’s offer of support to members & allies who are aiming to achieve meaningful violence reduction & prevention.”—Jai-Ayla Sutherland, Program Officer, Mass Violence & Atrocities at @stanleycenter.org.

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Tackling the False Dilemma: A Communications Guide for Advancing Balanced and Effective Public Safety Approaches - Peace in Our Cities
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December 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
🌐 “Right now, there is growing popularity or demand for Mono Dura, or tough-on-crime approaches, particularly in the Western hemisphere. Members of Peace in Our Cities have routinely raised concerns about the increased demand for tough-on-crime approaches to public security challenges.
December 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
💬 They’ll discuss how policymakers and local leaders can respond to demands for heavy-handed repressive security approaches, with balanced, human-rights-based policies that offer long-term solutions for public safety challenges.

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Tackling the False Dilemma of Mano Dura: Communications Guidance for Balanced and Effective Public Safety Approaches . After registering, you will receive a...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Tackling the False Dilemma of Mano Dura: Communications Guidance for Balanced and Effective Public Safety Approaches . After registering, you will receive a...
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December 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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🔗 Freely access the full volume through ibmv.org or @springernature.com: buff.ly/VwRwiOQ.
Solutions to Identity-Based Mass Violence in Urban Contexts: Reflecting on Human Rights Day
Published in Social Sciences and Law, Politics & International Studies
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December 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
These are harms rooted in the social and environmental systems that shape daily life in urban spaces.

🔍 While violence concentrates unevenly across cities, solutions exist—from public health approaches to balanced strategies linking prevention & accountability.
December 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
💬 Enrique Betancourt, author of the guide, & Instituto Sou da Paz's Carolina Ricardo, will explore how policymakers & local leaders can respond to demands for heavy-handed repressive security approaches, w/ balanced, human-rights-based policies that offer solutions for public safety challenges.
December 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
💬 Enrique Betancourt, autor de la guía, y @carolinaricardo.bsky.social (@soudapaz.bsky.social) debatirán cómo los responsables políticos y los líderes locales pueden responder a las demandas de enfoques de seguridad represivos y severos con políticas equilibradas y basadas en los derechos humanos.
December 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM