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https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2023/09/23/crime-statistics-progress-arrests-incarceration-homicide-murder/70867322007/>
"There’s a concept in psychotherapy called supporting self-efficacy. It’s a
core strategy to help people reach their goals: You find something positive the
person did, no matter how big or small, and you call attention to it, enabling
them to see that they can indeed make progress. You catch them doing something
right.
Too often in civic life, especially in the realm of criminal justice and public
safety, we do the opposite, focusing on failures and setbacks. There are plenty
to choose from. When deadly instances of police use of force and mass shootings
at schools and malls have become weekly tragedies, it’s easy to feel a sense of
futility.
But the data tell a more hopeful story. As a new dashboard of crime and justice
trends from the Council on Criminal Justice shows, amid the agony, there is
also headway."
Via
Future Crunch:
https://futurecrunch.com/good-news-net-zero-rhinos-africa-maternal-asia/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
