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Former director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, James P. Lynch

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Tracking Our Crime Stats

By Ted Gest

Uncertainty about the federal budget has put the nation’s system for collecting and analyzing crime data in a “precarious” position, says departing BJS chief James Lynch

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Transferring Juveniles to Adult Court
New and Notable
The Battle to Open Prisons to Journalists

By Jessica Pupovac
Searching for Wanted Bank Robbers
New and Notable

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Austin Shifts to Sequential Lineups In Effort to Limit Wrongful Arrests

Austin police have altered how they conduct photo lineups to identify suspects, a long-used investigative technique that...

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Gov. Brown, Citing Prison Progress, Asks Court to Halt Inmate Cuts

Arguing that California has made substantial progress in solving its prison overcrowding problem, state officials asked a ...

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U.S. Spending on Immigration Policing Exceeds All Other Law Enforcement

The Obama administration spent nearly $18 billion on immigration enforcement last year, significantly more than its...

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Giffords, Kelly Begin Effort to "Balance The Influence Of the Gun Lobby"

Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and her husband, Mark Kelly, launched a political action committee aimed at...

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WA In Forefront of Move to Rethink Solitary Confinement, Cut New Violence

Washington state is at the forefront of a national re-examination of solitary confinement, reports the Seattle Times...

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Expert Panel Urges Drive Against Witness Intimidation in Philadelphia

Pennsylvania should give extra money to the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office to pay for a team of prosecutors and...

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Will Newtown Shootings Lead to Change in Underfunded Mental Health System?

States have cut at least $4.35 billion in public mental health spending from 2009 to 2012, or about 12% of their total...

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Drug Abuse Grows In OH Prisons; Officials Seek Ways to Keep Contraband Out

A state prison might be the last place you would expect to find illegal drug use, says the Columbus Dispatch, but Ohio off...

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How Mental Health Courts Offer Treatment-Based Alternatives to Jail

Judges point to the growing number of mental health courts that that offer mentally ill criminal defendants treatment-base...

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New Federal Law Could Help States Get Grants to Collect Suspects' DNA

One of the few criminal justice bills to pass the recently concluded congressional session was the Katie Sepich Enhanced...

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L.A. Police Numbers Top 10,000; Mayor Says Cops Driving Crime Decrease

For the first time in the city's history, Los Angeles' police force now exceeds 10,000 officers, reports the Los Angeles T...

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Baltimore Scraps Speed Cameras, Orders $450,000 Replacements After Errors

Baltimore is scrapping all 83 of the city's automated speed cameras and "methodically" replacing them with newer models, a...

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Viewpoints

Expert Opinions/Inside Voices

Plain View Searches: Gen. Petraeus’ Waterloo

By Caleb Mason

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Autism, Asperger’s and Crime

By Erik Roskes

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Time for Single-Issue Politics on Guns

By Mansfield Frazier

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Are School Massacres Preventable?

By Matthew T. Mangino

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After Newtown: Dealing With the Grief

By Mai Fernandez

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Domestic Violence is Also a Workplace Issue

By Robin L. Barton

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Oregon’s Eyewitness Decision: Back to Basics

By James M. Doyle

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Drug Traffickers: Is Prison Time a Deterrent?

By Caleb Mason

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3 Strikes Reform in CA: “Victory for Common Sense”

By Erwin Chemerinsky

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An Achievable Post-Election Justice Agenda

By Julie Stewart

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Can Faith Communities Act When Politicians Fail to Lead?

By Harold Trulear

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Legalizing Pot: One Step at a Time

By Mark Kleiman

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2012 Harry F. Guggenheim Conference on Crime in America

John Jay HF Guggenheim Prize for Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting 2011-2012

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