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.
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2/23/25 – The Washington Post “Prisons are also mental health hospitals, physical health hospitals, substance abuse treatment facilities, educational facilities,” Bohmert said. “It’s not an area where you want to have rapid change.”
1/31/25 – Marketplace Anthony Pedro spent nine years in prison, and three of those years as a firefighter. When he got out, he got dropped off at the local fire department.
Approach Can Guide Policymaking and Program Investments, Yield More Credible Findings Experimental research is fundamental to criminology, but reaching consensus on rigorous evidence and using that evidence to determine what works remains an ongoing challenge to the field. In a new article, the former director of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) within the U.S. […]
1/27/25 – Phys.org Experimental research is fundamental to criminology, but reaching consensus on rigorous evidence and using that evidence to determine what works remains an ongoing challenge to the field.