Real-Time Crime Index Launched
On Wednesday, crime analyst Jeff Asher launched The Real-Time Crime Index (RTCI) , which aims to presents a new way of looking at crime...
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Crime and Justice News Archive
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Crime and Justice News
- Aug 27
- 2 min
Carjackings Appear To Be Falling Again In 2024
New data from the FBI points to an improving national trend in carjackings this year following an apparent sizable increase between 2019...
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Crime and Justice News
- Aug 22
- 3 min
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 12
- 2 min
Is Violent Crime Being Reported Less Often?
Whether crime is going down or if changes in reported crime statistics simply reflects lower reporting patterns is a critical challenge...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jul 29
- 2 min
Editorial: We Should Invest In Better Crime Data
After a spike in both violent crime and property offenses after the pandemic-and-protest year of 2020, statistics show that crime is...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jul 19
- 2 min
To Reduce Crime, Tap Into Forces That Make Cities Vibrant
“It is not that crime must be low for a city to work, but that a city must work for crime to be low,” write John K. Roman and Elizabeth...
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By Ted Gest
- Jun 25
- 3 min
Experts Seek Better Crime Data Should Mean Better Policymaking
Urgent action is needed to improve national data on crime, says a working group convened by the think tank Council on Criminal Justice....
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Crime and Justice News
- May 30
- 1 min
Chicago-Based Center Starts Live Crime Tracker With New Data
NORC at the University of Chicago’s Center on Public Safety and Justice has launched a Live Crime Tracker. The center says that, "Much...
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Crime and Justice News
- May 24
- 1 min
2021 Homicide Victimization Rate 27 Times Higher For Black Teens
Among teens ages 15 to 19, the rate for Black homicide victims in 2021 was 27 times the rate for white victims, concludes a new analysis...
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By Mark Obbie
- May 7
- 3 min
Documentary Seeks to Put the 'Sexy' Into Crime Data
In the 13 years since it formed as a non-profit helping local police, courts and prosecutors to get better at capturing and reporting the...
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Crime and Justice News
- Apr 24
- 1 min
Why Greenwood, S.C., Is Not U.S. Murder Capital
In the FBI's Uniform Crime Report for 2022, some of the usual suspects, like New Orleans and St. Louis, rank near the top of murder rates...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 25
- 2 min
Small Police Agencies Need Help To Report Detailed Crime Data
The National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) was started in the 1990s to add depth to the FBI's historic system of collecting...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 6
- 1 min
Liberty University fined $14M for Federal Crime-Reporting Violations
The U.S. Department of Education has fined Liberty University a record $14 million for violating a federal law that requires colleges to...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 6
- 1 min
State UCR Data For 2023 Shows Drop in Murders, Violence
Several months ahead of the federal release of Uniform Crime Report data, crime analyst Jeff Asher took a look at newly released UCR data...
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Crime and Justice News
- Oct 27, 2023
- 1 min
Incomplete FBI Data Gives 'Distorted' Picture of Crime Trends
Crime-trend reports based on FBI data are often distorted by the erratic reporting from local law enforcement agencies’ who don’t – or...
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