The Crime Report (https://thecrimereport.org/category/crime-trends/)
A study by the Data Collaborative for Justice (DCJ) at John Jay College of Criminal Justice found that in 2018, there were 5.8 enforcement actions against Black people for every one enforcement against a white person.
St. Louis is contending with a homicide rate that by year’s end likely will be the worst in a half-century. Most killings are unsolved, and the pandemic is making police work tougher.
A representative survey of 4,000 Americans released by the Alliance for Safety and Justice found at least six in ten voters support alternatives to incarceration and early releases instituted since COVID-19. The support crossed party lines and geographic differences.
Cook County, Il., has recorded more homicides this year than in all of 2019, 95 percent of which are people of color.
An FBI compilation from about two-thirds of the nation’s police departments found both murders and aggravated assault reports up in the first six months of 2020, while robberies and rapes declined.
The annual crime victimization survey found a notable decline last year after several years of rising crime. This year’s results may differ markedly under changed conditions during the pandemic.
Attorney General William Barr says the federal Operation Legend is cutting Chicago homicides. Mayor Lori Lightfoot says his account is “factually inaccurate.” Meanwhile, Chicago’s August homicide toll is high.
Some 275 people were shot in August, by far the highest total for a single month since at least 2007.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city was experiencing a “perfect storm” of issues brought by the coronavirus pandemic.
Speakers at the Republican convention blamed Democrats for rising urban crime. Nonpartisan experts say the season and effects of the pandemic may be mostly responsible.