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Crime and Justice News
Aug 30, 20242 min read
Cars Most Often Hit Pedestrians on ‘Stroads’ -- and in Rural, High-Poverty Counties
Pedestrian deaths have dropped recently but are still 14% higher than they were pre-pandemic. The deaths are clustered in areas mostly in...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 29, 20242 min read
Nationwide Survey: Reliable Crime News is Critical, But Hard to Find
The more news about crime that Americans receive, the more likely they are to be concerned, angry or feel personally at risk, but large...
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By Heaven LaMartz
Aug 28, 20243 min read
The Complex Connection Between Immigration and Crime
How immigration may influence crime rates in the U.S. is a topic of ongoing debate, most prominently in the presidential campaign. As the...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 27, 20242 min read
Are We Spending Too Much On Minimum Security Prisons?
Of the nearly 160,000 prisoners in federal custody in the United States, 24,000 of them are housed in minimum security facilities. Most...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 26, 20242 min read
Study: Troopers Barely Use Dashboards Meant to Discern Traffic-Stop Disparities
Traffic stops are the most common way citizens encounter the police, and Black drivers often feel that officers use stops to target...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 23, 20243 min read
Democrats' Platform: Some Justice Reform, No Death Penalty Opp
In 2016, the Democrats became the first major political party to call for abolishing the death penalty. The party’s platform, released...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 22, 20243 min read
Presidential Candidates Rely on Different Crime Data, Avoid Mention of Justice Reform
Two recent Washington Post opinion pieces parse the discussion of crime in the presidential race, which has thus far largely focused on...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 21, 20242 min read
The F.B.I.’s Strategy To Combat Rising Domestic Violent Extremism
Around 2018 the F.B.I. began seeing an increase in racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists—in particular, “individuals...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 20, 20243 min read
The Problem Of 'Wandering Cops' After Misconduct Persists
One reform growing out of the murder of George Floyd in 2020 was that recalcitrant states with strong police unions passed...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 19, 20242 min read
Is Harris Repositioning To A 'Tough On Crime' Agenda?
When Kamala Harris published a book in 2009 recounting her experience as a California prosecutor, she called it “Smart on Crime.” That...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 16, 20242 min read
Youth Arrests, Imprisonment Have Dropped Sharply In This Century
Youth arrests and incarceration increased in the latter the 20th century but have fallen sharply since. Public opinion often lags behind...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 15, 20242 min read
Trump Claims On Crime Rates 'At Odds With Reality'
If the early days of the Trump-Harris presidential campaign are any indication, the public can expect a few months of misleading,...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 14, 20242 min read
Amid Police Hiring Struggles, Young People Say Risks Outweigh Benefits
The Miami Police Department has had 809 applicants on a police officer recruitment list this year . A decade ago, they would’ve had that...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 13, 20243 min read
Fight Crime By Dropping Ineffective Punitive Policies, Travis Urges
The U.S. has an "unprecedented opportunity to usher in a new approach to crime" but only if the nation comes to terms "with the damage...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 12, 20242 min read
Permitless Concealed Carry Laws Fail To Deter Shootings
Removing permit requirements for carrying concealed weapons was supposed to make people safer. That’s what gun rights proponents said as...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 9, 20242 min read
A Decade After Michael Brown Shooting, Reform Record Is Mixed
Friday marks a decade since Michael Brown was killed in a Ferguson, Mo., police shooting that led to crucial conversations about...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 8, 20242 min read
Even Single Day in Jail Causes ‘Immediate, Long-Lasting Harms’
Recent research suggests that the onset of the social and economic harms caused by pretrial detention is earlier than previously...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 7, 20242 min read
Tim Walz' Record On Criminal Justice
Vice President Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate, and now voters will turn their attention to his...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 6, 20242 min read
U.S. Gun Death Total Falls For Second Consecutive Year
Gun deaths fell again in the U.S. last year, say provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in July – except...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 5, 20242 min read
Harris Record As Prosecutor Gets More Attention
Vice President Kamala Harris' prosecutorial record is facing fresh scrutiny now that she's running for the White House. Harris is...
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