Critics Question Value of D.C.'s 'Safe Passage' Program
Amid an alarming surge of youth violence, one of Washington, D.C.'s most well-known efforts to protect students on their commutes to and...
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Crime and Justice News
- 6 days ago
- 2 min
Weary Residents' Skepticism Greets Philly Policing Strategy
In what could be called Philadelphia's Bullet Belt, four police districts stretching across the city accounted for 43 percent of all...
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Crime and Justice News
- 6 days ago
- 2 min
Mass Shootings Pose Challenge to Media to Report on Broader Context
The nation's most recent mass shootings triggered a fresh round of recriminations about journalists' failures to put such incidents in...
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By Gerald Eastwood
- Dec 7, 2022
- 2 min
A Call To Focus on Gun Offense History In Violence Treatment
Gun violence is one of the most prominent public health issues facing the U. S. today. One way the criminal justice system has tried to...
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Crime and Justice News
- Oct 7, 2022
- 2 min
New Approaches for Gun Violence Reporting in Philadelphia
At the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting‘s Better Gun Violence Reporting workshop last week, reporters looked for different...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 2, 2022
- 2 min
As Holiday Violence Looms, Reports Take Stock of America's Daily Toll
As Americans head into a holiday weekend marking the end of a turbulent summer, police in cities nationwide are bracing for a...
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Crime and Justice News
- Aug 30, 2022
- 1 min
Philly Official Questions Anti-Violence Spending
Despite pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into anti-violence programs, Philadelphia's spending program is focused almost entirely...
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Crime and Justice News
- Aug 30, 2022
- 1 min
Hopes Fade for Rapid Drop in Violence
Despite a slight dip in big-city gun violence overall, some of the worst trouble spots see violence persisting for a third summer since...
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Crime and Justice News
- Aug 19, 2022
- 1 min
Biden to Host Unity Summit to 'Heal' Nation After Gun Violence
President Biden will host a White House summit next month aimed at combating a spate of hate-fueled violence in the U.S., as he works to...
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Crime and Justice News
- Aug 12, 2022
- 3 min
Amid Furor Over Mass Shootings, What About Local Gun Violence?
The 20-year-old son of Janet Rice in Hartford, Ct., was shot and killed in a fight in 2012. “Since losing my son, I’ve lost a nephew on...
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Crime and Justice News
- May 25, 2022
- 1 min
311,000 Children Have Been Exposed To School Violence Since 1999
The Washington Post has spent years tracking how many children have been exposed to gun violence in school since the Columbine High...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 1, 2022
- 1 min
Racial Gap in Young Gun Violence Deaths Widening, Study Finds
Gun deaths of young people as old as 19 rose from 3.6 per 100,000 population in 2001 to 4.2 per 100,000 in 2019, found a new study of...
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