In a new report, researchers document trends in shooting victimizations in Lansing, MI, before and after implementation of a program geared toward reducing cyclical and retaliatory gun violence and promoting community healing. Overall, shootings in Lansing fell after the implementation of the project, with some variations between years and communities. The report, by researchers at […]
Police reports of hate crimes in 42 major U.S. cities declined 2.7% in 2024, hovering around modern records, according to preliminary data from a new multi-city survey by an emeritus researcher from California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB). But anti-Jewish hate crimes rose 12% and anti-Muslim hate crimes increased 18%, part of an upward trend. […]
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3/12/25 – Governing Understaffing means officers often only have time to meet incarcerated people’s basic needs — providing food and medicine — but not to transport them to classes, exercise opportunities, therapy or other programming, for example, says Christine Tartaro, professor of criminal justice at Stockton University.
3/3/25 – USA Today “It’s not that crisis has declined … this may be a coiled spring, where the prejudicial stereotypes that are now so widely circulated, one of them is going to spark something,” Levin said.