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Crime and Justice News
Apr 14, 20232 min read
Comparing NYC Crime With Jim Jordan's Biggest City: It's A Close Call
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-.Oh.), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is going to Manhattan on Monday to lead a hearing that will focus on...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 22, 20232 min read
Studies: In MacArthur Cities, Less Jail Didn't Fuel More Crime
A privately funded program working to reduce local jail populations in dozens of cities and counties nationwide commissioned a pair of...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 7, 20232 min read
FBI Not Making Quarterly Crime Estimates, As Big Cities Don't Report
In 2020, the FBI provided quarterly crime estimates about 3 months after the previous quarter had ended. The quarterly crime estimates...
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By Ted Gest
Mar 6, 20232 min read
For The First Time, BJS Issues Victimization Estimates By State
For the first time, the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics released "subnational" violent and property crime victimization estimates from...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 15, 20232 min read
Biden Gets Incomplete Grade on Covid-Crime Claim
When President Biden said in his Feb. 7 State of the Union speech that "covid left its scars, like the spike in violent crime in 2020,"...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 28, 20222 min read
Washington Post: Congress Should Help, Pressure Stats On Crime Data
The FBI released what seemed to be good news this month, that the agency counted 7,262 instances of hate crimes in 2021 — a drop from...
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By Ted Gest
Nov 21, 20222 min read
Another Plea To Fix Gaps In U.S. Crime Statistics
After many years of work by many levels of federal and state government to correct flaws in the compilation of key crime and justice data...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 8, 20222 min read
FBI Used Incorrect Crime Data For St. Louis Amid Reporting Problems
After spending nearly two years and $1.2 million switching to a new system for reporting crime, a full picture of crime trends in St....
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 6, 20222 min read
'Horrible, Incomplete' Crime Data Make Good Analysis 'Impossible'
The National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), the basis of FBI national crime data released Wednesday, will be fertile ground for...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 20, 20222 min read
Why 'Nobody Knows' Whether Crime Is Rising or Falling
Crime is on the political agenda in a big way, with Republicans zeroing in on it as their favorite topic now that gasoline prices are...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 15, 20221 min read
A Guide To The Many Police Agencies Not Reporting Crime Data
Nearly 40 percent of the 18,000 U.S. law enforcement agencies failed to report crime data to the FBI's database in 2021 after the...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 22, 20221 min read
Under 1/3 Of NM Police Agencies Reporting Crime Data to State
Fewer than one-third of police departments in New Mexico are complying with a state law that requires them to deliver crime numbers to...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 21, 20221 min read
Violence Against Lesbians, Gays Twice The Straight Victim Rate
The rate of violent victimization of lesbian or gay people (43.5 victimizations per 1,000 persons age 16 or older) was more than two...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 17, 20221 min read
FBI Doesn't Issue Crime Data For Fifth Consecutive Quarter
The FBI failed to release crime estimates for the fifth straight quarter because not enough agencies reported data, The Trace reports....
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 14, 20223 min read
National Crime Data May Be Missing For Years As Police Fail to Report
Nearly 40 percent of law enforcement agencies around the U.S. did not submit any data in 2021 to a newly revised FBI crime statistics...
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Crime and Justice News
May 10, 20222 min read
FBI's Next Set of National Crime Data May Be A 'Big Mess'
Crime—particularly the spike in murder over the past two years—is thought to be weighing heavily on the minds of voters. When the FBI...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 1, 20222 min read
Under Two-Thirds of Police Agencies Reporting Crime Data to FBI
The national murder total has soared since the beginning of the pandemic, but thousands of police agencies have stopped reporting crime...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 1, 20222 min read
In St. Louis, Many Murders Become 'Justifiable Homicides'
When the numbers showed that St. Louis had reduced its murders last year while other big cities were hitting records, city officials said...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 22, 20221 min read
Lack of Police Reporting to FBI Blocks Estimated Crime Data
The FBI did not release estimated crime figures last year because not enough police agencies are reporting data in the National Incident...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 18, 20221 min read
Murder Totals Far Higher in Trump 'Red' States Than Biden 'Blue' States
Murder totals rose in many areas again this past year. Some “blue” cities, like Chicago, Baltimore, and Philadelphia, have seen real and...
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