SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Pandemic effects on prison release, crime rates, and policing

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Are COVID19 related jail releases effective and fair, crime rates slowly crawling back to 'normal', cybercrime increases dramatically during pandemic, using drones to enforce social distancing, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

What is Known About the Effectiveness of Police Practices in Reducing Crime and Disorder? (Academia.edu)

Tickets for speeding in excess of 100 mph surge 87% amid coronavirus shutdown, CHP says (LA Times)

While patrolling reopened beaches, Florida officers find man wanted for homicide (WFLA)

CRIME RATE

Portland police say commercial thefts, shootings on the rise; crime rate trending back to normal Calls for service initially decreased since Gov. Brown's emergency declaration, but crime is now trending back to normal or above normal levels. (KGW8)

Some Crimes Are Spiking in America’s Major Cities Lack of social interaction leads to overall decline in crime (Bloomberg)

FBI says cybercrime reports quadrupled during COVID-19 pandemic (ZDNet)

CRIM-TECH

Connecticut suburb deploys ‘pandemic drones’ to try to enforce social distancing (The Verge)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

A call for transparency and open government (NewsPress.com)

PRISON REFORM

Legitimacy of corrections as a mental health care provider: perspectives from US and European systems (Academia.edu)

More Than 200 Cook County Correctional Officers Have Tested Positive for COVID-19 (NBC 5 Chicago)

Corrine Brown released from prison over coronavirus fears Ex-congresswoman claimed underlying health conditions put her at risk of dying if she gets COVID-19 (News4Jax)

Woman released from jail under rule related to COVID-19, back in jail 2 days later (Modesto Bee)

DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK

Woman Arrested After Moms Stage 'Playdate Protest' Over Idaho Stay At Home Order (Boise State Public Radio)

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