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Marijuana legalization leads to less crime, using data to fight crime, the opiod epidemic, jail populations in rural America grows, police transparency, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

Changes in criminal procedure rule could expand the government’s investigative net (ABA Journal)

Gov. Hickenlooper signs controversial civil asset forfeiture bill, calls it “important first step” in addressing problems with practice (Denver Post)

900 High School Students in Georgia Groped by Officers During Warrantless Drug Sweep, Lawsuit Says (KTLA)

When Opioid Addicts Find an Ally in Blue (NYTimes)


CRIME RATE

By one definition, the GOP baseball shooting is the 154th mass shooting this year (WaPo)

Is Legal Pot Crippling Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations? The Effect of Medical Marijuana Laws on US Crime (Wiley Online Library) See also: Going to pot? The impact of dispensary closures on crime (ScienceDirect)

Refuting fear: immigration, youth, and California’s stunning declines in crime and violence (Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice) 

Massachusetts House's plan to overhaul the state's legal marijuana law (MassLive)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

Shooting death prompts calls for police transparency (Missourian)

Mesa’s new police chief touts transparency, outreach (East Valley Tribune)

Police body camera footage is becoming a state secret (The Verge)

‘CRIM-TECH’

We use big data to sentence criminals. But can the algorithms really tell us what we need to know? (The Conversation) See Also: The law and big data (Eureka Research Repository)

Using Data to Fight the Opioid Epidemic (GovTech)

Police surveillance would target Northside from the sky (Miami Hearald)

Police Force Turns to Internet Memes, Social Media for Better Public Engagement (GovTech)

Harnessing Technology and Data for Justice for St. Louis Residents (NNIP)




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