6/28/24 – thehill.com Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has placed himself at the center of the fiercely partisan debate over gun control with his declaration this week that firearm violence in the U.S. is a public health crisis.
6/28/24 – thehill.com Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has placed himself at the center of the fiercely partisan debate over gun control with his declaration this week that firearm violence in the U.S. is a public health crisis.
6/28/24 – stateline.org Criminologists caution that the story may be different in individual cities and neighborhoods.
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View the first briefing in the new series Foundations for Justice: Research to Enhance Public Safety, which took place on May 21 at 1:30 pm ET: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9oVpLqfy7g
5/9/24 – usatoday.com Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over Trump’s New York hush money trial, threatened jail time after ruling Trump violated a gag order 10 times by commenting on potential witnesses and jurors.
5/9/24 – baltimoresun.com The exchange through a Ring doorbell was brief, and the door never opened.
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4/22/24 – scienmag.com Criminal legal system contact has emerged as a key event for understanding family life, childhood well-being, and patterns of inequality. Scholars have found many problems for families that are linked to mass criminalization and effects tend to be concentrated among the most marginalized segments of society. But few studies have considered the […]
4/21/24 – thehill.com Homicides are falling across the U.S. And that shift could impact the role crime — often a top voter concern — plays as an issue in November’s election.
4/12/24 – stateline.org Supporters of policy rollbacks say police pursuits can reduce crime; some experts aren’t so sure.