Crime Trends
S.F. Car Burglary Rise Prompts Calls for Crackdown
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San Francisco saw car burglaries spike by 24 percent from 2016 to 2017. Prosecutors say they should not have to prove that a car’s doors were locked at the time of a break-in.
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DOJ Plans to Tackle ‘Unacceptable’ Levels of Violence Against Native Women
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After meeting with native leaders in Montana, Attorney General William Barr announced the federal government will spend $1.5 million for coordinators in U.S. Attorney’s offices in 11 states to develop protocols for improving law enforcement response to reports of missing or murdered persons.
Crime Trends
Shoppers Complain of Crime at Food-Stamp Stores
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Many residents of East St. Louis, Il., and other low-income communities are fed up with the violence around their neighborhood stores, even as officials in Washington turn a blind eye to the storefront gunbattles.
Crime Trends
Police Accused of Mishandling Transgender Murders
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At least 22 transgender people killed in 2019 will be honored at Transgender Day of Remembrance vigils on Wednesday.
Crime Trends
New Forecasting Method Shows Inmate Release Won’t Increase Crime, Experts Say
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Two criminologists are developing a more nuanced crime-forecasting method which they argue will demonstrate to state legislators that releasing more prisoners will not lead to more crime. Their method suggests that violent crime rates in the U.S. should remain flat for the next few years.
Crime Trends
Gang Crimes Help Raise NYC Murder, Shooting Total
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Murders are up three percent this year and shootings rose nearly five percent. Still, Mayor Bill de Blasio said crime remains at historically low levels. His police commissioner, James O’Neill, is leaving to join Visa.
Crime Prevention
Do Theme Parks Increase the Risk of Crime?
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A study of crime patterns in the neighborhoods surrounding the Universal Studios theme park in Orlando found high concentrations of criminal activity outside a one-mile radius of the park—but lower crime inside the park itself.
Crime Trends
Why Drones Cause Problems for Law Enforcement
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They are widely available, lightly regulated and can be flown remotely far away from crime scene. They have been put to many nefarious uses, from smuggling contraband into prisons to swarming FBI agents preparing for a raid.
Crime Trends
Critic: Trump ‘Dead Wrong’ on Chicago Crime Trends
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President Donald Trump was wrong to say that Chicago’s crime decline is lagging the national trend, says Ames Gawert of the Brennan Center for Justice. Still, the city’s per capita murder rate is more than four times the national average.
Crime Trends
Killings Up in Baltimore, Bucking National Trend
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As the national murder total fell, Baltimore’s is rising again. Seventeen people were shot last weekend, four of them fatally.