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Crime and Justice News
Feb 16, 20222 min read
Drug Arrests, Imprisonment Continue At High Rate
Fifty years ago, President Richard Nixon declared drug abuse “public enemy No. 1,” and Congress sought to expand treatment and research....
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 15, 20222 min read
Ohio's Karhlton Moore To Head U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance
Karhlton Moore, longtime director of the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services, was named director of the Justice Department's Bureau...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 11, 20222 min read
Prison, Jail Populations Rise As COVID-19 Reforms Are Abandoned
In its latest report on prison and jail populations during the pandemic, the Prison Policy Initiative says that the number of people...
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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...
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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 8, 20222 min read
Federal Panel Calls Opioid Epidemic National Security Issue
The U.S. needs a nimble, multipronged strategy and Cabinet-level leadership to counter the overdose epidemic, a bipartisan congressional...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 7, 20222 min read
Republicans Say Dems' Abandoning 'Defund Police' Won't Work at Polls
Democrats are looking to shake off the “defund the police” slogan, moving to be more visibly proactive in addressing rising crime rates...
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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...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 3, 20222 min read
Biden Anticrime Plan Shows Limits to His Powers to Act on Guns
The Biden administration is expanding a crackdown on untraceable guns and firearms trafficking along the East Coast “iron pipeline” and...
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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
Feb 1, 20222 min read
Biden Trip to NYC Designed To Show He 'Is Taking Crime Seriously'
White House press secretary Jen Psaki defended herself and the Biden administration after comments she made during a podcast drew...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 31, 20222 min read
Shootings of Police Officers Rising; 24 Incidents in January Alone
On Jan. 7, police officers in Farmington, N.M., responded to reports of a drunk driver. At a traffic stop, the suspect produced a gun and...
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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...
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Ted Gest
Jan 27, 20223 min read
How Much Will Public Officials Improve Poor Crime Data?
Ever since U.S. crime rates became a major public issue back in the 1960s, data on crime rates and on how the criminal justice system...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 26, 20222 min read
Homicide Total Rises More Slowly; Experts: Bloodshed 'Not Acceptable'
A survey by the think tank Council on Criminal Justice finds that the homicide totals in 22 U.S. cities were up five percent last year...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 25, 20222 min read
A Spike in Violent Crimes Against The Homeless During Pandemic
A 25-year-old Miami real estate agent was arrested last month for the fatal shootings of two homeless people. His alleged crimes are an...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 24, 20222 min read
Biden, Pressured on Criminal Justice Reform, May Sign Executive Order
President Biden is facing mounting pressure from civil rights groups to enact new criminal justice policies or risk failing to deliver...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 21, 20222 min read
Do Voters' Views on Public Safety Go Beyond The Role of Police?
As the crime problem continues to rank among voters’ pressing concerns, policymakers want to propose solutions that voters believe will...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 20, 20221 min read
De-Escalation Training For Police Reduces Use-of-Force Incidents
Incorporating de-escalation tactics in police training is one of the most recommended police reform measures but until now, no research...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 19, 20222 min read
University of Michigan To Pay Nearly $500M For Doctor Sex Abuse
The University of Michigan agreed to pay $490 million to more than 1,000 people who had accused a doctor who worked with football players...
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