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Popular Mechanics February 18, 2010 Tyghe Trimble |
Can Sophisticated Mathematical Models Help Police Fight Crime? Is it possible to predict crimes from studying human behavior? A new paper from researchers at the University of California shows how mathematical modeling may soon lead to truly predictive police work. |
Teacher Magazine August 2000 Gregory Michie |
And Justice For Some They were gang members, yes. But they were also our children. In the media, the gang label has become a sort of shorthand, a quick and easy answer for what's gone wrong in urban neighborhoods. But as I've observed my students over the years, I've come to see gangs more as effect than cause. |
IDB America March 2005 Charo Quesada |
Fresh Thinking About Gangs Experts already understand the factors that lead to Latin American gang-related violence; what eludes them is an effective prevention strategy. |
Reason March 2007 Radley Balko |
Prisoner's Dilemma After a nearly two-decade decline, violent crime in the U.S. has begun to inch upward again. So what's the solution? It probably isn't the "more laws, more prisons" approach that lawmakers typically adopt when crime goes up. |
Scientific American February 2009 Michael Moyer |
Will the Recession Spark a Crime Wave? The bad economy doesn't necessarily mean we're headed for armageddon, argue some researchers. But maybe they've been looking at the wrong data |
Salon.com April 14, 2001 Earl Ofari Hutchinson |
Cincinnati's killer cops Black leaders want the feds to investigate the city's trigger-happy police. They shouldn't hold their breath... |
Fast Company Ciara Byrne |
Drugs, Guns, And Selfies: Gangs On Social Media It turns out that the gangs, being young men, are very active on social media. |
Salon.com November 5, 2002 Janelle Brown |
The unexamined thug life Makers of an ill-fated indie film about L.A. gangbangers claim that a fear of unruly black audiences has prompted theater owners to shun their work. |
Sports Central April 15, 2008 Diane M. Grassi |
Loss of Jamiel Shaw's Life Transcends Sports Jamiel Shaw, Jr., who was slain last month, was not only celebrated for being able to run with a football or beat county records on his track team, but as one who also represented ideals for which every family strives. |
Salon.com June 28, 2000 Earl Ofari Hutchinson |
Race has everything to do with it In the wake of the Central Park assaults, it's time to pay attention to black violence against women -- and a murder rate that's still seven times that of whites. |
AskMen.com |
Crime Down In 2008: FBI Violent crime, property crime, murder and manslaughter all dropped in 2008. But there were some increases, too. |
ifeminists April 14, 2009 Carey Roberts |
Abuse Excuse: How Liberalism Keeps Women in their Place Liberals have become the unapologetic predators of women, gleefully playing on their fears and psychological vulnerabilities, all in the name of curbing domestic violence. |
Reason November 2002 Joyce Lee Malcolm |
Gun Control's Twisted Outcome Restricting firearms has helped make England more crime-ridden than the U.S. |
Searcher September 2003 Kenneth Fink |
Criminology Web Sites: An Annotated "Webliography" This list may serve as an introduction to the many Web sites devoted to both the prosaic and exotic in the field of criminology. |
Fast Company November 1, 2007 Mark Lacter |
Wi-Fi Meets The Wire Motorola's high-speed wireless networks give cops slick new tools to fight crime. |
Information Today December 15, 2015 |
Gale Debuts 19th-Century Crime and Punishment Collection Gale launched Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920, its new primary-source archive of more than 2 million pages of material on 19th-century history, literature, law, and criminal justice. |
Reason February 2003 |
Letters Gun Control Twists... True Patriots... |
ifeminists February 25, 2007 Stephen Baskerville |
Statistics from the Ministry of Truth The DOJ's recently declared that domestic violence has been cut in half over ten years. Men's advocates reply that the figures do not include violence against male victims. But larger issues are involved, like the manipulation of information (and us) by the government. |
Reason March 2001 Jib Fowles |
Missing Link The bum rap against TV violence... |
CIO February 15, 2004 Richard Pastore |
Taking IT to the Street How the Chicago Police Department used technology to fight crime and become the first Grand CIO Enterprise Value Award winner. |
ifeminists October 1, 2002 Wendy McElroy |
'Restorative Justice' Offers Battered Women More Options Some victims need an alternate method of handling domestic violence, which allows them to preserve their relationships while preventing future violence. |
AskMen.com Kyle Darbyson |
Underrated Gang Movies All men may love the idea of wreaking havoc together, but few actually do it. Rebel vicariously through these underrated gang flicks. |
CIO February 15, 2004 Richard Pastore |
Police Power Coming Up Behind You The Chicago Police Department is using technology to prevent crime and save lives, but its data warehouse could be dangerous if accessed by the wrong hands. |
InternetNews September 22, 2009 |
Canada Uses IBM BI Software to Fight Crime Edmonton police are the latest to use business intelligence apps to identify crime hot spots. |
Salon.com January 23, 2001 Ashley Fantz |
The jail from hell If you ever go to Memphis, you better walk right. A chilling report on one of the worst places in America... |
InternetNews May 13, 2010 |
One Gang Responsible For Most Phishing Attacks More than two-thirds of all phishing attacks in the second half of 2009 were the work of one gang, according to an anti-phishing group. |
Salon.com May 29, 2002 Amy Benfer |
Policing gangsta fashion Are "anti-gang" dress codes in malls a way to deter crime, or just another way to prosecute patrons for shopping while black? |
PC Magazine September 7, 2004 John Blazevic |
True Crime: Streets of LA True Crime is reminiscent of the Grand Theft Auto series, with its highly detailed cityscape and focus on driving, but here players stop crimes instead of committing them. |
The Motley Fool March 18, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Scooby-Doo and Dot-Com, Too The Web is helping crime sleuths in some rather intriguing ways. |
Reason February 2005 Town & O'Toole |
Crime-Friendly Neighborhoods How "New Urbanist" planners sacrifice safety in the name of "openness" and "accessibility." |
Salon.com February 25, 2002 Janelle Brown |
What family values? The director of the Child Witness to Violence Project argues that President Bush isn't doing enough for kids who see too much... |
AskMen.com Mr. Mafioso |
Mafioso: Toughest Cities Here are some of the world's toughest, most dangerous cities -- which makes some of the toughest, most dangerous towns in America look like weekend retreats at Canyon Ranch. |