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EVIDENCE-BASED HUMAN

SERVICES NEWSLETTER

Issue # 56 - December, 2011

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We wish you and yours a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous year in 2012

9 Tips for Navigating Your Office Party This Year

Toolbox.com

The annual office party is here. Along with what to wear or not, also consider facebook, youtube and all those social networking tools out there so a well intended outing does not become a nightmare or even career impacting. So we thought we would share these handy tips for enjoying the annual line-up of parties...More >>

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When Treatment is Punishment

Justice Policy Institute

That people with a mental illness and other mental disabilities are being arrested in large numbers and incarcerated in our nation’s jails and prisons is a subject of widespread concern and increasing attention. Another, less-examined issue involves treatment of persons arrested but subsequently found incompetent to stand trial...More >>

SAMHSA, National Suicide Prevention & Facebook Partner To Help Prevent Suicide

SAMHSA and National Suicide Prevention Lifeline are collaborating with Facebook to help those in crisis. In partnership with the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, Facebook announces...More >>

Suicide A Serious Public Health Issue

Trinidad Guardian

A short while ago, like many others, this doctor received the horrific news that a young adolescent boy took his life in his parents’ home during the early hours of the morning while everyone slept...More >>

Predictive Policing in Santa Cruz: Working the Odds to Prevent Future Crimes

MIT Sloan Review

Crime is often a clustering event: if there is an act of inter-gang violence, for instance, there’s likely to be a retaliatory act shortly after. If there is a home burglary, there may be another...More >>

The Main Areas of Inmate Litigation in the 21st Century

The US has nearly 2.3 million men and women incarcerated in federal, state, and local prisons and jails. Some of these inmates are litigious and have filed numerous lawsuits against Sheriffs, Admi...More >>

Big decline in cases against juveniles in Western Australia

The number of criminal charges in the WA Children's Court fell almost 18 per cent last financial year despite wide concern about antisocial behaviour and offending by young people....More >>

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