The Crime Report

6 biggest lies about background checks

There's simply no logical defense for why the purchase of firearms in the US remains an anonymous transaction

Benjamin Hayes, The Crime Report Thursday, Jun 20, 2013 4:57 PM UTC 46
Business The Crime Report

A crusading newspaper takes on the NYPD

At question is whether cops should release granular crime data

Graham Kates, The Crime Report Monday, May 13, 2013 6:32 PM UTC
News The Crime Report, Crime

Can more armed guards keep our schools safe?

Some school security guards say those who oppose arming officers ignore the reality of violence in the classroom

Katti Gray, The Crime Report Tuesday, May 7, 2013 9:17 PM UTC 21
Social The Crime Report, Guns, schools

Can the physically disabled be protected from sexual abuse?

Research reveals that as many as 10 percent of abuse reports in 2009 were from children with disabilities

Cara Tabachnick, The Crime Report Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 8:50 PM UTC
Life The Crime Report, Child Welfare

Antonin Scalia, civil libertarian?

The Supreme Court justice has forged an unlikely alliance with Sonia Sotomayor on matters of criminal procedure

Caleb Mason, The Crime Report Tuesday, Apr 2, 2013 8:18 PM UTC 21
Social The Crime Report, Crime, law

Can elder abuse be stopped?

"Elder abuse forensic centers” are pioneering a new multifaceted approach to combat the widely-ignored crime

Katti Gray, The Crime Report Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 8:30 PM UTC
Technology The Crime Report, Elder Abuse

Will prisons ever open up to journalists?

Too often, public officials have the final say on how much the public knows about what happens in America's jails

Jessica Pupovac, The Crime Report Wednesday, Jan 2, 2013 4:53 PM UTC
Life The Crime Report, Prison

Re-inventing college for prisons

Two ex-inmates are trying to bring higher education to the incarcerated, one maximum security facility at a time

Graham Kates, The Crime Report Saturday, Dec 15, 2012 5:00 PM UTC
Life The Crime Report, Prison

Murder on the menu

In the exclusive Vidocq Society, law enforcement officials crack each other's toughest cases over a gourmet meal

Graham Kates, The Crime Report Thursday, Nov 22, 2012 2:00 PM UTC
Life Crime, Police, The Crime Report

Banned from voting booths: Ex-convicts

Despite government reforms, several states continue to disenfranchise former prisoners -- many of them men of color

Katti Gray, The Crime Report Monday, Oct 22, 2012 9:06 PM UTC
Politics 2012 Elections, D.C., Washington

Navajos’ bad medicine

Medicine man Francis Nez is accused of sexually abusing members of his own family. He's not the first

Joesph J. Kolb, The Crime Report Monday, Oct 8, 2012 6:15 PM UTC
Life Navajos

Thirteen and locked up for life?

States are applying punishments to juveniles normally reserved for adult sex offenders -- with grave consequences

Scott Michels, The Crime Report Tuesday, Oct 2, 2012 8:27 PM UTC
Life Juveniles, Prison, Incarceration

New York’s hidden crime wave

The city's crime rate continues to plummet -- except in its public parks

Attiyya Anthony, The Crime Report Monday, Sep 17, 2012 7:41 PM UTC
Life The Crime Report, New York, Crime

Death penalty opponents’ unlikely allies

Across the country, family members of murder victims have come out against capital punishment

Graham Kates, The Crime Report Monday, Aug 20, 2012 6:52 PM UTC
Life The Crime Report

Girls in Gangs

Gang membership is up 40 percent from 2009, with sex trafficking playing a significant role in expansion

Attiyya Anthony, The Crime Report Wednesday, Jul 25, 2012 1:52 PM UTC
Politics The Crime Report, Poverty, Crime

Juvenile sentencing needs further reform

The Supreme Court's decision to ban mandatory life sentences for juveniles convicted of murder is not enough

JoAnne Page, The Crime Report Tuesday, Jul 3, 2012 2:34 PM UTC
Life The Crime Report, Incarceration

Rethinking “tough on crime”

States across the country are reconsidering three-strikes laws, particularly for low-level drug crimes

Scott Michels, The Crime Report Sunday, Jul 1, 2012 6:00 PM UTC 10
Politics The Crime Report, Crime

‘Your dad’s in jail’

A tale of the ‘invisibles’

Shareka Newton, The Crime Report Tuesday, Jun 26, 2012 4:33 PM UTC
Life The Crime Report, Crime, Children

Protecting Detroit’s kids

Can the Motor City save its youth from each other?

Amber Hunt, The Crime Report Thursday, Jun 21, 2012 3:56 PM UTC
Politics The Crime Report

Neighborhood watch groups in the cross hairs

After the Trayvon Martin killing, neighborhood watch groups have come under renewed scrutiny

John Sodaro, The Crime Report Thursday, Jun 14, 2012 3:05 PM UTC
Politics The Crime Report

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