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How Far Will California Take Criminal-Justice Reform?
The move sharpens the dynamics in an election that, in imitation of Presidential primary politics, already hinged upon the question ...
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NeighborhoodStat: Strengthening Public Safety Through Community Empowerment
The “tough on crime” policy agenda that rose to popularity in the 1980s and 1990s left a damaging and enduring ...
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New FBI Data: Violent Crime Still Falling
FBI data released Monday suggests that the violent crime rate in the U.S. remains on a decades-long downward trend, falling ...
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Justice sometimes needs a do-over
The prior generation of public officials doesn’t get do-overs, but the current generation can chart a different path ...
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NY Schools First To Have ‘Red Flag’ Power On Guns: Here’s What It Means
Schools statewide in New York began the academic year this month with a new tool to help prevent student suicides ...
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She Begged Them to Take Away His Police Revolver. He Died Anyway.
New York is facing a record number of police suicides, but has lagged in mental health initiatives for troubled officers ...
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Prophetic apologies are coming from a surprising source – law enforcement; churches should pay attention
As LaGrange’s chief of police, Dekmar discovered some very troubling information. It turns out, like many police departments around the ...
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Victims shouldn’t be forced to testify against partners
In a recent article, The Baltimore Sun reported that the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office had subpoenaed unwilling women to testify ...
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Cash Bail Will Mostly End in NY in 2020. Here’s What That Could Look Like.
"The blunt ugly reality is that too often, if you can make bail, you are set free," Gov. Andrew Cuomo ...
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NYPD stops of New Yorkers climbed in first six months of 2019 — but still down sharply from years past
Police are stopping, questioning and frisking more New Yorkers suspected of criminal activity, new data from the New York Civil ...
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Hidden costs push price of city’s gun violence into the billions
While calculations differ, the bottom line includes damage to the economy, culture and health of the city, as well as ...
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Neighborhood Peace Walk touted as ‘first step’ in bringing community together, deterring violent crime in Topeka
Despite overcast skies and rainy weather, more than a hundred community members showed up on Sunday afternoon to Betty Phillips ...
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