SpotCrime Weekly Reads: barriers to FOIA, guns and domestic violence

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Right to carry leads to increase in crime, juvenile crime rates, mass incarceration and the 1994 crime bill, license plate readers lead to crime decrease, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

Task Force Focuses On Guns And Domestic Violence Convictions (WCBE)

Wilmington’s crime rate has soared — so has its police spending (TowardsDataScience.com)

NIBRS (National Incident-Based Reporting System) is a powerful tool for law enforcement. But for agencies transitioning to NIBRS, the system presents new challenges around data collection and reporting. (Mark43)

San Francisco police union calls on chief to resign after raid on reporter's home (NBC News)

Private property seized by Jackson police isn't being reported as required by law (Clarion Ledger)

Police misconduct may spread like a contagion, new study suggests (ScienceMag.org)

CRIME RATE

Raw Data: Mass Incarceration and the 1994 Crime Bill (MotherJones)

Rape is the least investigated violent crime in America (WJLA)

Does the Rise of Neighborhood Social Media Stoke Fear of Crime? (PostandCourier.com)

Right-to-Carry Laws Are Associated With an Increase in Violent Crime Rates

Senior-living communities were Dallas serial killer's hunting grounds, families' lawsuits say (DallasNews.com)

Four-day school weeks, a nationwide symptom of tight budgets, lead to more youth crime, study finds (ChalkBeat.org) see also: As juvenile crime spikes in New Orleans, officials initiate curfew and plan to use more detention (TheAdvocate.com)

CRIM-TECH

Baton Rouge 'ahead of the curve' in use of software to predict where crimes most likely to occur (The Advocate)

License plate readers credited for bringing crime rate down in Flagler County (ClickOrlando.com)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

State’s Attorney Kim Foxx Goes Public with Crime Data (The Chicago Citizen)

High price tags and records exemptions remain consistent barriers to access. (MuckRock)

New Florida Law Bans Release Of Mass Shooting Recordings (WGCU)

PRISON REFORM

Georgia stops voting by felons using broadest reading of law (ABC News)

DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK

Man allegedly hiding drugs in butt accidentally shoots himself in testicles, report says (Fox5DC)

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