SpotCrime Weekly Reads

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Things are getting worse in Mexico, FBI releases first half 2017 prelim stats, hate crime data woes, rural areas experience mass incarceration, crime prediction software comes into question, school gun violence, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

Sheriff’s office data show Wells Branch crime initiative worked (Statesman.com)

Baltimore Police officer who turned off body camera charged with tampering with evidence; others cleared (Baltimore Sun)

“Get Out of Jail Free” Cards (MarginalRevolution.com)

Poor crime reporting could cost Mississippi law enforcement agencies federal funds (Clarion Ledger)

No cops to be charged in 2016 shooting of Paul O’Neal (Chicago Sun Times) see also: Punishing Police Won’t Curb Officer-Involved Shootings: Study (TheCrimeReport.org)

Confusion, varying thresholds keep many Minnesota agencies from reporting hate crime data (Star Tribune)

CRIME RATE

School Shooting in Kentucky Was Nation’s 11th of Year (NYTimes)

Mexico’s drug cartels, now hooked on fuel, cripple the country’s refineries (Reuters) see also: Mexico reports highest murder rate on record (WTVA/WLOV)

FBI crime reports show decrease in violent crimes in first half of 2017 (ABC57)

TSA discovered 77 firearms over the last week in carry-on bags, 72 were loaded and 23 had a round chambered (TSA.gov)

#MeToo and the most unreported crime in America (Fox News)

'CRIMTECH'

The AI That Prepared Astronauts for Space Could Now Help Fight Crime (Futurism)

Data is better at determining a defendant's risk (Des Moines Register) See also Study Finds Crime-Predicting Algorithm Is No Smarter Than Online Poll Takers (Gizmodo) and also New Research Casts More Doubt on Risk Assessment Tool (TheCrimeReport.org)

Fake apps can steal your information. Here's how to detect them (Poynter.org)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

CBS4 Investigation: Hundreds Of DPD Crime Reports Downgraded (CBS Denver)

AMERICA'S PRISON SYSTEM

Ignoring rural areas won't solve America's mass incarceration problem (USA Today)

Prison Population Declines Need Explanation (CrimeInAmerica.net)

DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK

Larry Nassar gets 40-175 years in sex abuse scandal, issues apology (Detroit Free Press)

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