SpotCrime Weekly Reads
DOJ grants funding for community policing, questioning accuracy of police tech, opioid epidemic tops half a trillion dollars, rethinking view of female inmates, and more...
POLICE CONDUCT
DOJ Targets 29 'Sanctuary Cities' in Latest Salvo (USNews)
Judge limits St. Louis police tactics like chemical agents used in protests (St Louis Dispatch)
Attorney General Sessions Announces $98 Million To Hire Community Policing Officers (DOJ)
CRIME RATE
Violent crime: a conversation (TheMarshallProject)
This is where hate crimes don’t get reported (ProPublica)
The Serial-Killer Detector (The New Yorker)
To study violence after fun shows, researched turn to an unlikely source (Wired)
White House: True cost of opioid epidemic tops $500 billion (Associated Press)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Why we should treat public data like water (Civicist)
Ohio Bill To Outline When Police Body Camera Footage Is Public Record (WOSU)
‘CRIM-TECH’
Does Your Age, Sex, and Location Make You a Target for Cybercrime this Cyber Monday?(Private Tunnel) See also: Prep and watch: Cybersecurity experts offer tips for retailers this holiday season (Crains)
Is shot spotter reliable enough? Critics question human equation behind technology (Democrat & Chronicle)
It seemed like we had defeated electronic junk mail. Then the spammers rose from the dead. (TheOutline)
What is the Future of Policing? (The Excelsior)
GovEx, GeoThink launch open data standards directory (CivSource) See also: SpotCrime Open Crime Data Standard (SOCS)
AMERICA’S PRISON SYSTEM
We have no standard for measuring recidivism (TheHill)
Demographic Differences in Sentencing: An Update to the 2012 Booker Report (US Sentencing Comission)
'Bad moms' or women in need of help? Oklahoma rethinks view of female inmates. (Christian Science Monitor)
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