Civil forfeiture, FBI 2020 data and potential shutdown of use-of-force database, violence and relations to socio-economic structures, gun violence, body cams, justice-as-a-platform, tech and data help improve police transparency, access to police disciplinary records, data driven solutions in the justice, US public divided over prison sentences, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
Yes, police in most states can seize your money even if you’re not charged with a crime (11Alive)
The Emerging National Tragedy of Police Suicides (TheCrimeReport.org)
FBI may shut down police use-of-force database due to lack of police participation (Washington Post) see also: New report hits DOJ over lack of police shooting data (AXIOS)
Gender Differences in Law Enforcement Officer Stress and Coping Strategies (SagePub Journals)
Denver DA supports some recommendations in public safety task force report (9News)
Ron DeSantis calls for Florida state military guard that he would control (Independent)
The Criminal Police Officer: Understanding Factors That Predict Police Crime in the United States (SagePub Journals)
A closer look at Buckhead cityhood’s claims of public safety consulting and business deals (Saporta Report)
CRIME RATE
A tale of two thefts (Popular Information)
FBI Releases 2020 Incident-Based (NIBRS) Data (FBI.gov)
New York City Department of Correction data shows improvement in use of force, lower crime (ABC7 NY)
An Exploratory Study of Environmental Stress in Four High Violent Crime Cities: What Sets Them Apart? (SagePub Journals) see also: New Durham mayor says rising crime a ‘symptom of many social ills’ (WRAL) and also: ‘Anatomy of a Homicide’: LCSO murder analysis points to youth, poverty, data disconnect with TPD (Tallahassee Democrat)
More crime in cities? On the scaling laws of crime and the inadequacy of per capita rankings—a cross-country study (Crime Science Journal) see also ‘It’s just crazy’: 12 major cities hit all-time homicide records (ABC15)
‘I don’t feel like there is justice’: Less than half of violent crimes lead to an arrest (ABC11)
State issues new law to standardize collection, tracking of rape kits (ABC6 Action News)
‘I’M STILL HERE’ John Paul III was shot 10 times last year and now navigates immense physical challenges. It wasn’t the first time gun violence turned his family upside down. (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
What New Data On Gun Recoveries Can Tell Us About Increased Violence In 2020 (FiveThirtyEight) see also: ATF report shows increase in quick-turnaround criminal gun trafficking in Ohio (News5Cleveland) and also: Fayetteville leaders meeting to address gun violence (WRAL)
CRIM-TECH
Crime Prediction Software Promised to Be Free of Biases. New Data Shows It Perpetuates Them (Gizmodo)
Louisiana State Police to hire outside firm to review backlog of body-camera footage (Louisiana Illuminator) see also: Minneapolis State Patrol’s new body cameras ‘switched on’ next summer (KARE11)
Oklahoma Police Department Buys Drones for Crashes, Searches (GovTech)
“An absolute debacle:” As lawyers say county software issues still persist, Tyler Technologies defends product (EverythingLubbock.com)
Justice-as-a-Platform (MIT Computational Law)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Tech and Objective Data Can Help Improve Trust in Public Safety, Survey Finds (StateTech)
Sheriff Salazar wants body cam video released within 30 days (News4SanAntonio)
A private company asked Kansas to hide public information, so the state obliged (KCUR)
Maryland police navigate new law opening public access to disciplinary records (Washington Post) see also: New York Police Disciplinary Records (Democrat and Chronicle)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
Data-driven solutions to reverse decline in justice access (Open Access Government) see also: Data Driven Decision Making – How cities are leveraging data to make informed policy decisions at the curb. (Passport Inc)
U.S. public divided over whether people convicted of crimes spend too much or too little time in prison (Pew Research Center)
The Timing of Prison Sanctions and the Odds of Returning to Prison After Release (SagePub Journals)
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