Greg Couturier, Peaceworker Fellow, Writes Op-Ed in The Baltimore Sun
Greg Couturier, a Peaceworker Fellow affiliated with UMBC’s Shriver Center, recently wrote an op-ed published in The Baltimore Sun about the current state of Baltimore’s juvenile services. In his commentary titled “A plea for moral imagination,” Couturier argues more needs to be done than simply spending money to combat juvenile crime. “Instead of putting delinquent youth in facilities that have been proven to exacerbate violent behavior, many researchers are now calling for a push toward evidence-based, family-centered and community-based interventions, such as multi-systemic therapy, functional family therapy and various types of social education programs,” he writes. Couturier is currently earning his Master’s… Continue Reading Greg Couturier, Peaceworker Fellow, Writes Op-Ed in The Baltimore Sun