Violent crime
Just Science: DNA: Just the Golden State Killer
Ceremony Honors Victims' Rights Advocates
An unexpected hero who stopped a shooter in a diner, a lawyer dedicated to delivering services to victims in remote Indian County, a mother who lost her 18-year-old daughter to murder.
These are three of the 12 extraordinary individuals and one team honored during the annual ceremony for the National Crime Victims' Service Awards, which took place in Washington, DC, April 12. The Department...
Report on Sexual Victimization in Prisons, Jails, and Juvenile Correctional Facilities: Review Panel on Prison Rape
Implementation Sites Project
A quasi-experimental synthetic control evaluation of a place-based police-directed patrol intervention on violent crime Journal of Experimental Criminology
Evaluating the Los Angeles Crime Gun Intelligence Center
Evaluation of the Milwaukee Police Department's Crime Gun Intelligence Center
Crime Gun Intelligence Center Practices: Lessons Learned From the Field
Investigating Violent Crime: The Prosecutors Role - Lessons Learned From the Field
What is a Crime Gun Intelligence Center? Overview for Local Law Enforcement
Homicide Investigation Case File Profile: The Los Angeles Police Department Murder Book
Examining Factors Associated With Program Completion Among Women Participants in a Statewide Drug Court Program
Offenses Known to Law Enforcement in Large Cities, 2018
Public Safety Partnership - West Memphis Police Department
The Public Safety Partnership provides an innovative framework for the Department of Justice to enhance its support of state, tribal, and local law enforcement officers and prosecutors in the investigation, prosecution, and deterrence of violent crime, especially crime related to gun violence, gangs, and drug trafficking. Video run time: 6:52 min.
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National Institute of Justice, Annual Report 2017
National Gang Center: Rescuing Youth, Restoring Communities
Jakeem Everett was 11 years old when members of a Fort Pierce, Florida, gang began to ensnare him. An A student who attended church faithfully with his mom and six siblings, he was an unlikely candidate for gang involvement.
"I got tired of being picked on," Jakeem, now 21, says. "So I started hanging out with these kids in a gang known as the...
Gangs
There is no single definition of a gang, but there are a number of widely accepted criteria for classifying groups as gangs (Decker and Curry, 2003; Esbensen et al., 2001; Klein, 1995; Miller, 1992; Spergel, 1995). This review used the following criteria: (1) the group has three or more members, generally aged 12-24; (2) members share an identity, typically linked to a name and/or symbols...
Children Exposed to Violence
A study of a national sample of American children found that over the past year 60 percent were exposed to violence, crime, or abuse in their homes, schools, and communities. Almost 40 percent of American children were direct victims of 2 or more violent acts, and 1 in 10 were victims of violence 5 or more times. Children are more likely to be exposed to...
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