Can Washington Do Much About Local Violent Crime?
Justice Department leaders are concerned about a postpandemic rise in violent crime and a growing sense that lawlessness is overtaking...
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Jun 30, 20222 min read
Retail Workers Want Action From Companies As Assaults Increase
During the pandemic's early months, stores became tinderboxes for a society frazzled by lockdowns, protests and mask mandates. Many...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 29, 20221 min read
Many Cities Reporting Homicides Down This Year
With significant upticks in homicides and some other crimes reported in many areas in 2020 and 2021, it is not surprising that there is...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 29, 20222 min read
Black Women's Homicide Rate Rise Exceeded Men's In 2020
In 2020, a year of rising homicides amid a devastating pandemic, the increase in the death rate for Black women rivaled that of Black...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 23, 20222 min read
Armed Robberies Of French Bulldogs Are Increasing
With perky ears, a please-pick-me-up-and-cradle-me gaze and their short-legged crocodile waddle, French bulldogs have become the “it” dog...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 13, 20222 min read
Rural Crime Spiked in 2020 Along With Violence in Cities
In Marion County, a swampy stretch of South Carolina, Sheriff Brian Wallace and his deputies worked nine killings in 2021, including the...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 25, 20222 min read
Transit Crime Increases Threaten Big Cities' COVID Recovery
Just as cities are trying to lure people back to formerly bustling downtowns, leaders are confronting transit crime rates that have risen...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 21, 20221 min read
With Inflation Rising, Small-Time Thefts Count As Felonies
Some states haven't changed their thresholds for felonies in years. Advocates are pushing them to update standards, arguing that outdated...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 18, 20222 min read
Public Transit Crime Rises As Overall Ridership Declines
Days after a gunman opened fire in a New York subway train, shooting 10, city officials are scrambling for new ways to protect riders....
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 23, 20221 min read
Mobile, Al., Officials Blame Trial Delays For Rising Violence
Mobile, Al., officials are criticizing the criminal justice system for contributing to a wave of violence that culminated this weekend in...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 8, 20222 min read
Pandemic Crime Trend: Fewer Offenses, More Victims Outside
Is the pandemic-era crime wave the most serious issue facing cities, or a media-driven distraction that threatens to quash social...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 7, 20222 min read
Liberal Seattle Struggles to Combat Big Rise in Gun Violence
Long one of the safest cities, Seattle had 612 shootings and shots-fired incidents last year, nearly double its pre-pandemic average. The...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 1, 20221 min read
Younger Teens Accused In Carjackings; 'It's a Game'
An armed teenaged carjacker took a BMW in Washington, D.C., in January from Tariq Majeed, who was cleaning it in an alley for client...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 24, 20221 min read
Violent Crime Victimization In U.S. Fell 15 Percent From 2019 to 2020
The percentage of Americans 12 or older who were victims of violent crime declined 15 percent between 2019 and 2020, the U.S. Bureau of...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 10, 20221 min read
Sharpton On NYC Crime Spike: 'They're Locking Up My Toothpaste'
The Rev. Al Sharpton is calling on New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a former police captain, to do more in addressing the city’s spike in...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 9, 20221 min read
Nearly Half of Americans Link 'Defund' Movement to Crime Rise
A new survey shows a solid majority of Americans believing that increasing police funding would have an impact on decreasing crime,...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 2, 20222 min read
Why Is Murder Up In Some Places, Down in Others? No One Knows
Murder totals rose nearly 30 percent nationally in 2020, and available data suggests a smaller percentage increase occurred last year. ...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 17, 20222 min read
With Slight Murder Rise, Atlanta Mayor 'Laser-Focused' on Crime
After a historically deadly 2020, Atlanta leaders hoped homicides would decrease last year. The opposite happened, reports the Atlanta...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 12, 20222 min read
South American Theft Groups Target Asian, Middle Eastern Family Homes
Detectives crept into the parking lot of a Virginia Days Inn in March and surreptitiously attached GPS trackers to a white minivan and a...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 11, 20221 min read
Miami Murders Down Despite National Trend Upwards
Murders in Miami-Dade County, with its 2.7 million residents, declined by more than 15 percent compared to the previous year, bucking a...
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