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Author Archives: Lauren Abramson

Lauren Abramson is a psychologist who has worked with communities for the past 30 years. She is founder and executive director of the Community Conferencing Center in Baltimore, Maryland, and is assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University.

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Better Justice in Baltimore: A Community’s Approach to Crime

by Lauren AbramsonFebruary 22, 2016July 8, 2020

The HBO series The Wire vividly depicts the crime, corruption, and immorality of the war on drugs in Baltimore. While accurate and compelling, there is a much more hopeful story to be told about the city. It is the story of 9,000 Baltimore residents who have safely resolved their own crimes and conflicts, within their […]

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