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THE FUTURE OF POLICING ISN’T IN HANDCUFFS 30 Jan 2013 | 11:46 am
There was a great article in the New York Times this past weekend that looked at the efficacy of spending criminal justice dollars on police versus spending it on incarceration. As the American prison...
CHARTS FROM THE 1800′S CENSUS COMPILED INTO A HANDSOME ATLAS 29 Jan 2013 | 06:00 pm
As a crime analyst, I spend a lot of time creating charts and graphs. With tools like Microsoft Excel, it’s pretty easy to create a legible chart with just a few clicks of the mouse. I’m always impres...
WHICH AMERICAN CITIES HAVE THIRD WORLD RATES OF VIOLENCE? 26 Jan 2013 | 11:46 am
The Atlantic Cities had a great piece that compared gun violence in American cities with the rates of gun violence in various nations around the world. Included in the story was this sobering bit: If ...
BEFORE THEY BLAMED VIDEO GAMES, THEY BLAMED PINBALL 25 Jan 2013 | 06:00 pm
I’m often surprised how our moral panics of years past sound quaint or even downright crazy years later. The Atlantic Cities had an interesting story on the 1940’s crusade against pinball machines tha...
THE REAL STORY OF LAPD’S GANGSTER SQUAD 24 Jan 2013 | 11:46 am
Back before Hollywood told the story of LAPD’s Gangster Squad, the Los Angeles Times did a series on the real LAPD Gangster Squad. They titled the series L.A. Noir: Tales from the Gangster Squad. Year...
TEXAS BUSINESS SAYS PRISONS AREN’T EFFICIENT AT SOLVING CRIME PROBLEMS 23 Jan 2013 | 06:00 pm
The Editorial Board over at the Austin American Statesman had a piece this past weekend that covered comments that the president of the Texas Association of Business made regarding the efficacy of inc...
NEW NIJ SOLICITATIONS COMING SOON 21 Jan 2013 | 08:46 pm
During the coming days and weeks, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) will begin releasing solicitations for fiscal year 2013. To find out more about these upcoming solicitations and to subscribe ...
REPORT EXAMINES ENCOUNTERS WITH POLICE 21 Jan 2013 | 08:46 pm
The Council of State Governments Justice Center has released “Statewide Law Enforcement/Mental Health Efforts: Strategies to Support and Sustain Local Initiatives.” This Burea of Justice Assistance-su...
JIM LYNCH DEPARTS BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS 21 Jan 2013 | 08:46 pm
On December 31, 2012, after serving two and a half years as director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), James P. Lynch left his position to become Chair of the Department of Criminology and Cr...
JANUARY IS NATIONAL STALKING AWARENESS MONTH 21 Jan 2013 | 08:46 pm
In recognition of National Stalking Awareness Month (January 2013), NCJRS offers the Stalking Awareness Special Feature. This resource provides links to materials and Web sites that address the preven...