SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Violence affects your health, NYPD drones, computer hacking

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Nashville Policing project results, Fortnite targeted by criminals, safer public housing, anti-violence programs that work, Florida prison population, beware of porch pirates, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

NYPD Has Been Quietly Revamping How It Treats Crime Victims. The Results Are Impressive. (Slate)

Chicago’s Safe Passage program costs a lot, but it may provide students safer routes to school (The Conversation)

The 25 NJ police departments that used kicks, pepper spray or other force the most, ranked (NJ.com)

What Happens in the Wake of The Policing Project? (Nashville Scene)

CRIME RATE

Study: Epileptic Adults in High-Crime Neighborhoods Have Seizures More Often (US News)

Johns Hopkins surgeon and other physicians tell U.S. lawmakers stories of harrowing gun violence (Baltimore Sun)

How Ring's Neighbors app is making home security a social thing (CNet)

How to Create Safer Public Housing Projects (CityLab)

How a Brownsville anti-violence group prevents shootings (AM New York)

'Fortnite’s' popularity has also made it a popular target for criminals (FoxNews)

Arrest in Costa Rica over missing Florida woman as ID pending on body found near her Airbnb (NBC News)

CRIM-TECH

NYPD to deploy drone fleet, stoking fears of Big Brother (NBC News)

Criminal investigations into computer hacking up 14% in one year (Information Age)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

Buffalo's Open Data portal wins state award (The Buffalo News)

PRISON REFORM

County liable for jailing woman 96 days without seeing judge (AP News)

Beyond crime and punishment: A movement to stop Florida’s endless prison cycle and heal communities (Florida Phoenix) see also: Despite record drop in crime, prison population projected to flatline, not decline (Florida Watchdog)

DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK

A Warning This Holiday Season: Beware Of ‘Porch Pirates’ (CBS2)

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