top of page
Crime and Justice News Archive
Welcome to the Crime and Justice News Archive. You can browse through all the recent posts, click on the tags below, or search the archive for something in particular!
Search
Crime and Justice News
Aug 17, 20222 min read
How Infusion Of New Federal Aid Can Help Stem Gun Violence
The American Rescue Plan’s (ARP) $350 billion in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds is helping provide local leaders with...
59 views
Crime and Justice News
Aug 10, 20222 min read
Conspiracy Theorists Promote Violence After Mar-a-Lago Search
For months, right-wing agitators with millions of followers have contended that a moment was coming soon when violence would become...
19 views
Crime and Justice News
Jul 22, 20222 min read
'120' Group of D.C. Colleges Seek Ways To Reduce Gun Violence
Leaders at Washington, D.C.-area colleges and universities will spend the next several months researching solutions to reduce gun...
15 views
Elena Santa Cruz
Jul 21, 20222 min read
Community Violence Interventions Need More Investments
Cities where community anti-violence initiatives are operating are reporting promising results, but experts believe they are not yet...
110 views
Crime and Justice News
Jun 30, 20222 min read
U.S. Latinos Concerned About Gun Violence; Will They Vote Blue?
Gun violence and crime surged past inflation to become the most cited top concern for U.S. Latinos this month, found the latest...
14 views
Crime and Justice News
May 13, 20222 min read
Violence Interruption Groups Can Suffer Erratic Funding, Burnout
As calls for alternatives to policing intensify, several cities have focused on violence interruption to solve the problems of gun...
35 views
Crime and Justice News
May 3, 20221 min read
Tucson Police Adopt 'Street-Corner Problem Solvers' Approach
Sixty percent of Tucson's shootings in 2020 occurred in four percent of the city's geographic area, which police are addressing by acting...
27 views
Crime and Justice News
Apr 25, 20223 min read
Five Experts Offer Reason to Hope in Fight Against Gun Violence
From New York to Pennsylvania to Florida, from Nevada to California to Oregon, eight people were killed and dozens injured during at...
33 views
Crime and Justice News
Apr 22, 20221 min read
Chicago Antiviolence Program Reports Success in Cutting Arrests
A new study of a Chicago antiviolence program has provided evidence that there are ways to tamp down violence among members of the city's...
16 views
Crime and Justice News
Apr 18, 20221 min read
Baltimore Mayor Pledges More Help for 'Safe Streets' After Criticism
After Baltimore's Safe Streets program lost three interrupters to violence last year, many questioned whether the approach was worth it....
20 views
Crime and Justice News
Mar 29, 20222 min read
FL Spring Breakers Turn Violent; One City's Police Seize 75 Guns
Rowdy spring break crowds have forced curfews and led some businesses to close their doors from Miami Beach to Florida’s Panhandle. Law...
15 views
Crime and Justice News
Mar 23, 20222 min read
Are Last Weekend's Mass Shootings 'Ominous Harbinger' of Summer?
Last weekend, there were at least nine mass shooting events — defined by at least four people shot — around the U.S. and many more with...
23 views
Crime and Justice News
Mar 21, 20221 min read
27 Wounded, 1 Killed in Arkansas Car Show Gunfight
A gunman wounded 27 people, including six under 18 during a car show event in Dumas, Ar., the Associated Press reports. The family event...
11 views
Crime and Justice News
Mar 4, 20222 min read
After Third Homicide, Questions About Baltimore Safe Streets
Since the January 2021 killing of one of Baltimore's best known violence prevention workers, two more dispute mediators from the city's...
15 views
Crime and Justice News
Feb 10, 20222 min read
How Cities Are Fighting Violence With Efforts Going Beyond Policing
With a rise in homicides in more than a dozen major U.S. cities, local leaders are trying to strike a balance between relying on law...
86 views
Crime and Justice News
Feb 9, 20222 min read
Many Mayors Say Violent Crime Is Among Their Top Concerns
A survey of 25 mayors, from deep-red pockets of the South to liberal flagships in the West, found that crime was one of the major issues...
24 views
Crime and Justice News
Feb 9, 20221 min read
Red Flags Trailed Ex-UCLA Professor Arrested For Threatening Violence
A trail of red flags about his behavior toward women followed Matthew Harris on an academic journey that took him to three prestigious...
24 views
Crime and Justice News
Feb 4, 20222 min read
Biden, Mayors Try to Combine Policing, Other Anticrime Tactics
President Biden, facing pressure to show he’s taking a tough approach to the rising murder rate, visited New York City’s police...
22 views
Crime and Justice News
Jan 28, 20222 min read
Will NYC Anticrime Plan Get The Support of Liberal Critics?
This week, New York City Mayor Eric Adams released “The Blueprint to End Gun Violence,” with the purpose of alleviating a “public health...
28 views
Crime and Justice News
Jan 18, 20222 min read
Short-Term Anti-Violence Remedies Called 'Mainly Punitive'
Urban gun violence around the U.S. has had relatively little attention from the news media. Anna Harvey, a public safety researcher at...
31 views
bottom of page