SpotCrime Weekly Reads

Baltimore’s crime plan, tracking hate crimes across the US, officers involved in fatal shootings get jail time, fentanyl and the opioid epidemic, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

Officer who fatally shot Walter Scott, Jr sentenced to 20 years in prison (DOJ) See also: OKC police officer charged with second-degree murder after DA finds deadly shooting unjustified (NewsOK.com)

Police officer adopts homeless mother’s opioid-addicted newborn (Fox61.com)

Some Police Departments Are Adding Staff for the First Time in Years (Governing.com)

Crime-Reporting Failures Persist Across All The Pentagon's Armed Services (NPR)

CRIME RATE


Community and the Crime Decline: The Causal Effect of Local Nonprofits on Violent Crime (SAGE Journals)

How Governors Across America Are Getting Smart on Crime (DailySignal.com)

Fentanyl Spread ‘Alarming,’ Washington Hearing is Told (TheCrimeReport.com)

Hate Crimes Up? Some Clarification is Necessary (CrimeinAmerica.net) See also: Urbana council discusses causes of racial disparity in traffic stops (The News-Gazette) And Also: Black people stopped and searched in Asheville more in 2017, report says (WLOS.com)

Why We Can’t Be Sure If Violent Crime Is On The Rise (FiveThirtyEight)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY


‘CRIM-TECH’

Black Box Justice. Richard Berk designs computer algorithms that predict crime (TheOpenGazette.com)

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