the crime report

Way back in 1988, the federal government recognized that minority youths were more likely to be incarcerated than white youths for the same offense, and mandated that states “access and address” the issue. So how are we doing? A new, interactive data set and map from the W. Haywood Burns Institute breaks the information down by state, and further by offense, race and more. The site includes graphs on the state’s one-day incarceration count, and provides contact information for local decision makers and advocates.

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President

American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada

Nevada

siegel@unr.edu

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A 2009 Tennessee Bureau of Investigation report, released only to law enforcement, found gang activity in schoolyards across the state, reports The Tennessean in the second in a series. Local gang recruitment efforts are part of a national problem on the rise this decade, says the 2009 National Gang Threat Assessment. The gangs instigate fights, frighten and intimidate students, and disrupt normal activities. In some schools, classroom instruction has been lost to the threat of violence and resulting grief when violence occurs. In other schools, gangs are not on the radar until something happens. (more…)

Overwhelmed police officers admit gangs have taken hold in all corners of Tennessee to sell drugs, steal, and kill, reports The Tennessean in the first of a series. What was once largely an urban crisis has spread to suburban and rural communities. The gangs are no longer just graffiti-spraying  delinquents. They are armed and dangerous criminal enterprises that recruit young people with the allure of fast money, street status, and a sense of belonging — even if the group they join may get them killed or sent to prison. (more…)