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Director Daniel Flannery leads our evaluation work with Cleveland Police. The #ConsentDecree agreement issued in 2015 speaks to the very issues of concern right now - police use of force and the role of police in dealing with individuals in crisis. spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/ne…

.Daniel Flannery, the Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun Professor and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention, comments in this Spectrum News 1 OH article on Cleveland's consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice. bit.ly/3e0lnfi #ConsentDecree #DefundThePolice

Today is Case Western Reserve's annual Day of Giving. A gift directed toward the Begun Center will fund this work of @rlovell100 & colleagues: Impact, Needs, and Interventions for Victims of #DomesticViolence and #ChildAbuse, esp. as related to #COVID19. Read more: case.edu/socialwork/giv…

.Daniel Flannery, the Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun Professor and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention told News 5 Cleveland that police officer training and psychological testing for cadets must be updated and improved. #PoliceOfficerTraining #PsychologicalTesting ow.ly/6FmA50AmfRx

.Daniel Flannery says that #police officer training, including psych. and personality testing, for cadets must be updated and improved - centered on de-escalation, #mentalhealth, & working with young people and families. news5cleveland.com/homepage-showc…

.Begun Center for Violence Prevention's Jane Timmons-Mitchell, senior research associate, and Daniel Flannery, the Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun Professor and director, have written an article for "Pediatrics in Review" about #cyberbullying. #CWRU ow.ly/4Hbg50AnkWi

Our #bullying experts Jane Timmons-Mitchell and Daniel Flannery co-authored this piece on #cyberbullying, including similarities to and differences from traditional bullying. Same risk factors, negative consequences, & thankfully, intervention effectiveness. pedsinreview.aappublications.org/content/41/7/3…

#COVID19 has caused #unemployment & worsened socioeconomic disparities. Police distrust is at a high following #GeorgeFloyd, #BreonnaTaylor, & more. Simultaneously, an increase in violent crime. Daniel Flannery weighs in on how it all may be related. cleveland.com/metro/2020/07/…

With Cuy Cty Medical Examiner's office colleagues, Daniel Flannery and I. Noriega document the changing nature of #overdose fatalities & examine how the increase in #carfentanil affects investigations & prosecutions of major drug traffickers. via The IACP policechiefmagazine.org/rib-carfentani…

The Begun Center for Violence Prevention's Jane Jane Timmons-Mitchell and Daniel Flannery collaborated on a piece about the treatment of bullying. The article outlines recommendations for pediatricians in treating in-person and online bullying. bit.ly/3pbXYxs #Bullying #OnlineBullying

The Begun Center for Violence Prevention's director Daniel Flannery and postdoctoral scholar Ivette Noriega co-authored an article in the The IACP's "Police Chief Magazine"—“Research in Brief: Carfentanil—A Fourth Wave of Fatal Overdoses.” bit.ly/3m3e0YL #Carfentanil #FatalOverdoses

.Begun Center for Violence Prevention director Daniel Flannery said a struggling economy, social isolation, guns on the street, increased drug use and domestic violence all factored into the worst two years for deadly violence in Cleveland. bit.ly/38DDGGVs #SocialServicesCurtailed #Violence

A recipe for Cleveland's unrest & #violence: a struggling economy, #COVID social isolation, the proliferation of guns on the street, increased drug use & #domesticviolence during the pandemic coupled w/ curtailed services. Daniel Flannery weighs in. cleveland.com/metro/2021/01/…

It's a long-standing concern - what ARE the long-term effects of graphic and violent media on our kids? Children and Screens invited Daniel Flannery to weigh in; he advises taking a proactive role in monitoring kids' activities and setting expectations. mailchi.mp/2143dafe182b/u…

How can we defuse low-level misdemeanors, keep people out of jail, and improve racial relations? Join our director Daniel Flannery w/ Shaker Heights and ADAMHSCC for "Community Safety Challenges, Oversight, and Reform" at UU Congregation of Cleveland Sunday, February 7. uucleveland.org/community-safe…

#NewFundingFebruary: In 2015, City of Cleveland and U.S. Department of Justice entered an agreement requiring Cleveland Police to make changes due to a pattern of excessive force - #consentdecree. Daniel Flannery, Rodney Thomas & team enter their 5th year of evaluating this agreement.