SpotCrime Weekly Reads
The great American gun debate continues, violence drops in NYC neighborhoods, police are using computer algorithms, blockchain has massive potential in government, the broken bail system, and more...
POLICE CONDUCT
President Johnson's Crime Commission Report, 50 Years Later (NPR)
Sessions relaunches Bush era crime-fighting plan (Boston Herald)
Big Drops in Gun Crime Reported in NYC Neighborhoods Where ‘Violence Interrupters’ Patrol (TheTrace)
The effects of ‘pulling levers’ focused deterrence strategies on crime (Campbell Collaboration)
Byrne Grants Did Not Improve Police Effectiveness: Study (TheCrimeReport.org)
Quantifying underreporting of law-enforcement-related deaths in United States vital statistics and news-media-based data sources: A capture–recapture analysis (PLOS Medicine)
CRIME RATE
When Men Murder Women (TheCrimeReport.org)
Who’s Right on Crime? (CrimeInAmerica.net)
A Drug Cop. A Daughter On Opioids. One Family’s Story Of Addiction. (WAMU)
More Than 800 People Have Been Shot in America Since the Las Vegas Massacre (TheTrace)
How to Prevent Gun Deaths? Where Experts and the Public Agree (NYTimes) See also: Gun violence in America, explained in 17 maps and charts (Vox) And also: Quietly, Congress extends a ban on CDC research on gun violence (PRI)
Group Therapy Is Saving Lives in Chicago (Politico)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Word on the Street: Transparency has been key in aftermath of Peoria police shooting (PJStar.com)
‘CRIM-TECH’
The Police Are Using Computer Algorithms to Tell if You’re a Threat (Time.com)
The Blockchain Policy Puzzle (Governing)
How Technology Can Help Police Departments Address Racial Bias and Be More Effective (Governing)
AMERICA’S PRISON SYSTEM
The Fight to Fix America's Broken Bail System (Governing)
DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK
At this juvenile justice program, staffers set up fights — and then bet on them (Miami Herald)Don't forget to sign up for your local crime alerts at SpotCrime.com |
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