SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Crime data, school shootings, jail data
Shielding police, lower murder rate with more cops, national crime data reporting needs improvement, ATF gun crime report, school shooting data, violent crime and youth, corporate white collar prosecutions at all time low, streamlining sharing of criminal justice data, impact of COVID on arrests, observing bail review hearings, and more... POLICE CONDUCT In Shielded, Joanna Schwartz Dissects Policing’s Legal Environment (TheCrimeReport.org) Study estimates 1 murder averted for every 11 cops hired: Report (NOLA.com) Former police chief heading to trial in DUI, hit-and-run case (York Dispatch) CRIME RATE New Crime Trends Working Group Aims to Improve National Crime Data Reporting (TheCrimeReport.org) 6 major takeaways from the ATF's first report in 20 years on U.S. gun crime (NPR) Elementary School. High School. Now College. Michigan State Students Are No Strangers to Mass Shootings. (NYTimes) see also: Nashville startup, nonprofit release school shooting data on 5th annivers