Reforming the System
Investigating the Puzzles Behind American Mass Shootings
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Experts gathered at Virginia’s George Mason University to discuss how to analyze mass violence incidents, react to them and possibly to stop them from happening.
Reforming the System
Fixing America’s Parole System: “Behavior Doesn’t Change Overnight,” Panel Told
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The way to reduce the number of Americans in prisons–and on parole–is to acknowledge that behavior doesn’t change overnight, experts say.
TCR Special Reports
The Silenced Voices at the U.S.-Mexico Border
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A chaotic system created by U.S. authorities keeps destitute asylum-seekers waiting weeks in Mexican border cities like Tijuana for permission to file their claims—effectively reinforcing Washington’s hardline immigration policies. A TCR special report tells their stories.
Policing
Face Up to Racist Legacy, Police-Community Relations Experts Say
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Cops need to recognize that a police badge represents a history of racialized policing whose legacy still feeds distrust in minority communities, the chief of the Stockton, Ca., police force told a conference at John Jay College.
Policy & Politics
DOJ Budget Aims at Opioids, Immigration, Cybersecurity
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Under the budget sent by the White House to Congress Monday, the Justice Department will be hit with a small decrease. But it would still fare better than many other federal agencies, which could lose more than 10 percent. One agency targeted for the chopping block: the Community Oriented Policing Services program (COPS).
Immigration
Trump Spins ‘Alternative Universe’ on Immigrant Crime: New Jersey AG
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Speaking at John Jay College, Gurbir Grewal charged that President Donald Trump’s distortion of crime statistics—particularly on crime allegedly committed by undocumented immigrants—is used to fit a “nationalist agenda” and undermines public safety.
TCR Special Reports
Justice for Domestic Violence Victims Depends on Where You Live
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A Crime Report investigation finds stark differences in how states and cities deal with domestic violence survivors. Some have developed innovative programs, but others are well behind the curve, with tragic consequences.
TCR Special Reports
Miami-Dade Sex Offenders ‘Forced to be Homeless’
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An ordinance that bans anyone convicted of a sex offense with a minor from living near schools effectively puts most of the county out of reach for hundreds of individuals. The ACLU argues the ordinance, like similar statutes elsewhere, is unconstitutional.
Media
How Well Does the US Media Cover Criminal Justice?
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The verdict is mixed, according to The Crime Report’s annual survey released Friday. Despite some bright spots, continued layoffs and closures have forced many smaller news outlets to reduce their coverage, leaving millions of Americans in the dark about the practices of local courts, law enforcement and justice agencies.
TCR Special Reports
After El Chapo: Ignore Drug ‘Kingpins’, say Experts
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As jurors begin deliberations this week in the trial of the Mexican drug boss, some observers fear a conviction, while welcome, could reinforce an outdated Washington strategy of going after “drug kingpins”—and complicate already dangerous power struggles in the deadly narcotics trade.