SpotCrime Weekly Reads: private prisons, violent crime increase, surveillance state
California bans private prisons, violent crime rate rising, life in the rising surveillance state, fighting opioid addiction, red light cameras banned in Texas, and more...
Seattle Mayor Durkan proposes more mental health workers for 'person in distress' 911 calls (KOMO News)
Central Texas sees a spike in critically injured first responders this year (Fox 7 Austin)
'Talking to Strangers' by Malcom Gladwell: SpotCrime was cited in Malcolm Gladwell's latest book about how the world doesn't know how to talk to strangers, inviting conflict and misunderstanding in ways that have a profound effect on our lives and world
Recovered heroin addicts say DART program saved their lives (Toledo Blade) see also: Investigators Use New Strategy to Combat Opioid Crisis: Data Analytics (Wall Street Journal)
Baltimore Police lack necessary technology to properly track sexual assault cases, report finds (Baltimore Sun)
Air pollution linked to increases in violent criminal behavior (Medical Xpress)
Thieves target pot industry across CA — and L.A. — in new crime wave (LA Weekly)
US mass shooters exploited gaps and errors in background checks, criminologist says (Fox 8 Cleveland)
The Invisible Crime: Are we failing victims of sexual violence? The Sydney Morning Herald investigation maps the journey of survivors through the criminal justice system. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Cybercrime: Ransomware attacks have more than doubled this year (ZDNet)
Do Algorithms Have a Place in Policing? Some see predictive policing, which uses algorithms to forecast crime, as mere math. Others see it as inherently racist. (The Atlantic) see also: Beat by beat, street by street, Birmingham police use algorithms to fight crime in age of analytics (AL.com)
Texas is the latest state to ban all red-light cameras. (Governing)
Half of all the criminal records in Pennsylvania are about to be sealed. (Governing)
Denmark frees 32 inmates over flaws in phone geolocation evidence (The Guardian)
POLICE CONDUCT
Wichita police receives $750K grant to combat gun violence (KWCH12)Seattle Mayor Durkan proposes more mental health workers for 'person in distress' 911 calls (KOMO News)
Central Texas sees a spike in critically injured first responders this year (Fox 7 Austin)
'Talking to Strangers' by Malcom Gladwell: SpotCrime was cited in Malcolm Gladwell's latest book about how the world doesn't know how to talk to strangers, inviting conflict and misunderstanding in ways that have a profound effect on our lives and world
Recovered heroin addicts say DART program saved their lives (Toledo Blade) see also: Investigators Use New Strategy to Combat Opioid Crisis: Data Analytics (Wall Street Journal)
Baltimore Police lack necessary technology to properly track sexual assault cases, report finds (Baltimore Sun)
CRIME RATE
Violent Crime in America Increases By Twenty-Eight Percent (CrimeInAmerica.net) see also: There's A Continued Uptick In Violent Crime, According To Federal Survey (NPR)Air pollution linked to increases in violent criminal behavior (Medical Xpress)
Thieves target pot industry across CA — and L.A. — in new crime wave (LA Weekly)
US mass shooters exploited gaps and errors in background checks, criminologist says (Fox 8 Cleveland)
The Invisible Crime: Are we failing victims of sexual violence? The Sydney Morning Herald investigation maps the journey of survivors through the criminal justice system. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Cybercrime: Ransomware attacks have more than doubled this year (ZDNet)
CRIM-TECH
Should You Buy a Ring Doorbell Camera? (ACLU) see also: This Interactive Map Tracks Our Growing Surveillance State (VICE)Do Algorithms Have a Place in Policing? Some see predictive policing, which uses algorithms to forecast crime, as mere math. Others see it as inherently racist. (The Atlantic) see also: Beat by beat, street by street, Birmingham police use algorithms to fight crime in age of analytics (AL.com)
Texas is the latest state to ban all red-light cameras. (Governing)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Data Collection And Sharing Are Newest Tools To Fight Opioid Abuse (WVTF)PRISON REFORM
California bans private prisons – including Ice detention centers (The Guardian)Half of all the criminal records in Pennsylvania are about to be sealed. (Governing)
Denmark frees 32 inmates over flaws in phone geolocation evidence (The Guardian)
DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK
Drunk Woman Sentenced To 12 Days In Prison After Calling Police To Report An Intoxicated Driver While Driving Herself (Daily Caller) |
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