interrupters

The interrupters were the restless twins, whose tread sounded peremptory even on the painted canvas of the deck, and the fineness of whose presence was dimmed only by the hardy lawlessness which, in their own eyes, was their crowning virtue.

Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi George Washington Cable 1884

The interrupters were the subject of a 2008 New York Times Magazine article by Alex Kotlowitz, who co-produced the movie along with director Steve James, who made the excellent "Hoop Dreams" in 1994.

SFGate: Top News Stories Chronicl waddiego@sfchronicle.com (Walter Addiego 2011

The CeaseFire public health strategy uses trained and professional violence interrupters to detect and interrupt potential events; outreach workers to select and work with potential shooters to change their thinking; and it works with the whole community to change behavioral norms.

Gary Slutkin: A New Approach: L.A. and Chicago Successfully Lower Homicide Rates Gary Slutkin 2011

The key to CeaseFire's success lies in using credible messengers as our street-level staff – whether they are "violence interrupters" or "outreach workers", and whether they are in Baltimore, Brooklyn or Englewood in Chicago, they are recruited from the community they represent.

Rioting is a disease spread from person to person. The key is to stop the infection 2011

The CeaseFire public health strategy uses trained and professional violence interrupters to detect and interrupt potential events; outreach workers to select and work with potential shooters to change their thinking; and it works with the whole community to change behavioral norms.

Gary Slutkin: A New Approach: L.A. and Chicago Successfully Lower Homicide Rates Gary Slutkin 2011

Their role as "violence interrupters" is an intriguing and brave one: they have no hope of stopping the tide of killings and muggings altogether.

This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2012

Violence interrupters are part of the CeaseFire model.

UK riots: 'violence interrupters' are Chicago's solution to community unrest 2011

A crowd gathered, including the man's friends, family and me, along with five "violence interrupters".

UK riots: 'violence interrupters' are Chicago's solution to community unrest 2011

Directed by Steve James ("Hoop Dreams") with writer Alex Kotlowitz ("There Are No Children Here"), the film draws on the latter's reportage about "the interrupters," volunteers who put themselves in harm's way to defuse potentially deadly conflicts.

Singing and Dancing on Celluloid Steve Dollar 2011

In Chicago, violence interrupters have intervened in more than 200 conflicts in the first half of 2011 – incidents that could have ended in bloodshed, escalated into homicide, or even ignited our own Chicago riots.

Rioting is a disease spread from person to person. The key is to stop the infection 2011