"The best street outreach workers already teach some of these skills intuitively. The practical next step is to make it structured so it happens consistently and with quality across CVI programs in the city." #violencePrevention

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/11/opinion-99-men-chicagos-most-violent-neighborhoods/

Cutting hair is not the point of the mentoring at Abdulmajid Bala’s shop in Kano, Nigeria. Instead, the real lessons are structure and a reason to be somewhere. #nigeria #barbershop #violenceprevention

https://www.csmonitor.com/Perspectives/Making-a-difference/2026/0609/kano-nigeria-barber-mentor?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Violence has a linguistic dimension that's often overlooked.

A study in the Turkish Journal of Hygiene and Experimental Biology found a clear link between physical violence and "discursive violence" — the harmful language of influential figures, which followers apply more aggressively. Three factors are at play: the perpetrator, the victim, and the cause of violence. Media and law focus on the first two; the hidden driver is the third.

Family, social and psychological support mechanisms, peers, education, and media all matter. But respectful language isn't just politeness — it can be an evidence-based violence prevention strategy.

https://turkhijyen.org/jvi.aspx?pdir=turkhijyen&plng=tur&un=THDBD-92331&look4=

#Law #LawFedi #ViolencePrevention