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Crime prevention starts with protecting children

Stop Abuse Campaign

Empirical research associated with the Adverse Childhood Experiences study from the Centers for Disease Control has demonstrated that ACEs cause various adverse outcomes in adulthood, including criminal justice system involvement. Drug dealing typically starts as a way for users like Larry to make enough money to feed their addiction.

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Crime prevention starts with protecting children

Stop Abuse Campaign

Empirical research associated with the Adverse Childhood Experiences study from the Centers for Disease Control has demonstrated that ACEs cause various adverse outcomes in adulthood, including criminal justice system involvement. Drug dealing typically starts as a way for users like Larry to make enough money to feed their addiction.

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How America Can Break the Cycle and Prevent Drug Abuse

Stop Abuse Campaign

When I shared that picture, she was somewhere in a cycle of jails, shelters, and rehabilitation facilities that dominated her adult life. I intuitively understood the connection between child abuse, drug abuse, addiction, and many other things. . Like her mother, she chose a violent man addicted to drugs as the patriarch.

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How America Can Break the Cycle and Prevent Drug Abuse

Stop Abuse Campaign

When I shared that picture, she was somewhere in a cycle of jails, shelters, and rehabilitation facilities that dominated her adult life. I intuitively understood the connection between child abuse, drug abuse, addiction, and many other things. Like her mother, she chose a violent man addicted to drugs as the patriarch.

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Scholarship Recipients 2022

University of Connecticut

After my MSW, my goal is to work in the criminal justice system, practicing social work in a juvenile detention center. I have always been passionate about criminal justice reform and lowering our country’s recidivism rate through rehabilitative practices. Charlotte M. Kinlock Endowment Fund in Social Work.