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  • Predicting Crime in Chicago

    Scott Pelley

    January 07, 2018 |

    60 Minutes |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    What if a computer program could tell you who was at risk for shooting someone or being shot themselves? This is now a reality for Chicago Police Department. By piloting the use of this technology, and assembly a cohort of cops, social workers, ministers and moms to visit the names of those the computer names, the city has seen a decrease in violence over the last year.

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  • The Resurrection of St. Benedict's

    Scott Pelley

    March 20, 2016 |

    60 Minutes |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Newark, New Jersey

    Once a white Catholic all-male private school, St. Benedict's Prep now educates predominantly low-income black and Hispanic students. At St. Benedict's, students hold leadership positions, receive trauma-informed counseling, and live by the motto "Whatever hurts my brother hurts me." Headmaster Edwin Leahy says the school "has the same structure as a gang except you can only be in one gang. You can only be in ours." St. Benedict's, which struggled to gain its footing in the 1960s following white flight, boasts a higher retention and graduation rate than many other Newark schools.

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