All posts tagged "FBI"
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Crime in America 2015: Top 10 Safest Cities Over 200,000
Check out the Top 10 Safest Cities with populations over 200,000 from Law Street.
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What the FBI Says About Its Uniform Crime Reports
Read what the FBI says about its Uniform Crime Reports.
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New FBI Report: Active Shooter Incidents on the Rise
The rate of “active shooter” incidents has been increasing since 2000, according to a new study from the...
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FBI: Animal Abuse Now Top-Tier Crime
The FBI is changing the way that it deals with animal abuse. The abuse of animals is going...
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Slideshow: America’s Safest and Most Dangerous States 2014
Law Street's state-by-state slideshow of America's Safest and Most Dangerous States details the violent crime statistics for every...
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$123 Million Facebook Lawsuit Could Mark Turning Point for Revenge Porn
It's unsurprising that revenge porn has started to make its way to social media sites.
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Arming the Police Against American Citizens, Part II
Recent media attention has shed light on many of the controversial aspects of police militarization, from excessive force...
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Operation Cross Country: A New Way to Fight Child Sex Trafficking
The FBI completed Operation Cross Country VIII last week, and it was definitely a success. Agents and officers...
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World’s Largest Cyber Crime Ring Disbanded
An international operation led by the United States caught a group of cyber criminals spearheading the largest cyber...
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Behind the FBI’s Crime Statistics
Here at Law Street, we focus a lot of attention on the FBI’s annual and semiannual crime statistics,...
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Hey, Glenn Beck It’s Time to Pay Up
Conservative media personality Glenn Beck has been known to make outrageous statements. But now, one of his assertions...
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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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Latest Data Shows Violent Crime Across America is Down
Violent crime in the United States was down by 5.4 percent in the first six months of 2013,...
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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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The Seedy Side of Bitcoin
Bitcoin — the cryptocurrency in the form of digital coins — allows financial transactions to be completed over...
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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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Redefining Rape: The FBI’s Latest Statistics
Law Street’s inaugural Crime in America rankings, based on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Uniform Crime Statistics,...
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Bitcoin: Why is it Prone to Criminal Activity?
For those of you who are behind the times, Bitcoin is a unique electronic currency developed five years...
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Remembering Aaron Swartz and His Battle With PACER
In September 2008, Aaron Swartz commissioned a friend to walk into a federal law library in Sacramento with...
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FBI Changes Mission Statement
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has changed its mission statement. For years, the primary mission of the agency...
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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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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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What the FBI Says About Its Uniform Crime Reports
Following is the full text of the FBI’s disclaimer about the use of its Uniform Crime Reports. The...
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Defining Rape: The FBI Takes Action
In 2011, a debate over the FBI’s definition of rape emerged. Each year, the FBI creates Uniform Crime...
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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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DOJ to Lavabit’s Levison: ‘Too Bad, So Sad’
In a highly anticipated statement, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) pilloried claims by secure email provider,...
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The Silk Road Shutdown: Why It’s Important
The Internet black market is a fascinating place. It relies on security, word of mouth, and above all,...
