All posts tagged "Crime in America"
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Startling Effects of Repeated Sexual Assault
A new study conducted by the University of Missouri finds that those who experience repeated sexual assault are...
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Jessica’s Law Should be Law of the Land
Jessica’s Law focuses on increasing the monitoring of sex offenders and lengthening their sentences. The original bill was...
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Criminals Availing in Cyberspace
Security breaches among major companies such as Target, eBay, and Neiman Marcus dominated news headlines this past year...
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NYPD Reigniting the Graffiti Wars
A new NYPD anti-graffiti directive compels officers to spend resources covering up graffiti throughout the city, even as...
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What’s New: Police Brutality is the Norm in Oakland
Recently, an independent investigation into 22 years worth of court filings revealed a history of misconduct by the...
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Crime Drops 20 Percent in St. Louis; Hot-Spot Policing Credited
St. Louis has consistently been ranked one of the most dangerous cities in America over the last several...
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Latest FBI Data is Mixed Bag for Top 10 Safest Cities
The FBI’s latest data shows crime dropping nationally; however, the results for the Top 10 Safest Cities were...
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Liar, Liar Pants on Fire
This week Law Street broke the story of the FBI’s latest violent crime data — if you haven’t checked...
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New FBI Data for Dangerous Mid-Sized Cities: Crime Drops, Flint Stands Out
Mirroring the national trend of declining violent crime, the majority of Law Street’s Top 10 Most Dangerous Cities...
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Felony Disenfranchisement: Collateral Consequences
The effect of crime on society is often — and justifiably so — more victim-focused than offender-focused. We...
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BREAKING: Real Life Lady Dexter Confesses to Between 22 & 100 Murders
So, apparently Dexter might be a real thing. This week, 19-year-old Miranda Barbour confessed to killing at least...
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Crime in America 2014
On February 18, 2014, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released preliminary crime statistics for the first six...
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New FBI Data Shows Crime Dropping; Some Top 10 Dangerous Defy Trend
Violent crime across the United States continues its downward trend, according to data released today by the Federal...
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Infographic: Crime Dropping Across the US
Kevin Rizzo Kevin Rizzo is the Crime in America Editor at Law Street Media. An Ohio Native, the...
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Is America Ready to Fight Cybercrime?
In the 21st century, many people do not consider how vulnerable their high-tech gadgets are to outside hackers....
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Presumptions
The presumption of innocence prior to a definitive adjudication of guilt is fundamental to our Constitutional system. In...
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The Crime Blog Really Makes You Think
It’s been a busy few weeks here at Law Street Media as we launched our crime rankings last...
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Texas Handles Rape Case Without Slut Shaming, Cue Applause
Good morning, loves! Happy turkey week! Thanksgiving is my all-time favorite holiday. I am a Thanksgiving super-fan. So,...
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Aggravated Felonies Lead to Deportations
Deporting immigrants with criminal records, in theory, seems like it makes sense. Often, those up for deportation have...
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Crime in America 2013
In the United States, more than 80 percent of our citizens reside in cities and suburbs, and the...
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Why We Rank: The Public’s Right to Know
America is a nation of lists. We rate and rank colleges and universities, hospitals, school systems, governmental entities,...
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Crime Ranking Methodology
Law Street’s Crime Team used the FBI’s four major violent crime categories – murders, aggravated assaults, robberies, and...
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Prosecutors as Modern Superheroes
Here at Law Street, we’ll be donating a lot of time to the bad guys in the next...
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Criminal Trials on TV: What’s the Verdict?
Sensational criminal trials on TV are becoming the norm, from OJ Simpson to Jodi Arias. But should they...
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Stop and Frisk: Did Ending it Make a Difference?
Stop and frisk has been largely abandoned. Were proponents right and crime has gone up or are we...
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Mass Shootings in America: LAX Airport
A TSA employee was fatally shot on Friday morning inside terminal three at Los Angeles International Airport when...
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Steubenville Continues
The nightmare of the Steubenville Rape Case isn’t quite over for the small Ohio town. On October 7,...
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Jury Deliberations Begin in Whitey Bulger Trial
The jury will start its third day of deliberations on Thursday in the trial of James “Whitey” Bulger...
