Building a criminal case from drug overdose deaths, unarmed 911 teams reshaping public safety, crime prevention and mental health, youth crime down in Detroit, things to know about the end of cash bail in Chicago, marijuana arrest statistics, how deepfakes are used to commit crimes, new police social media monitoring tech, transparency on license plate readers, Coast Guard calls for more transparency on sexual assaults, bias in guilt, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
How investigators build a criminal case from drug overdose deaths like Hayden Panettiere’s (CNN)
How unarmed 911 teams are reshaping public safety in nearly 100 cities (NPR)
Madison Police Department to create new department section (WMTV)
Deputy on leave after allegations he created Facebook page to harass woman he arrested (WSBTV)
FBI warned ICE agents could be targeted by fake ‘tradwife’ dating profiles, memo reveals (The Guardian)
CRIME RATE
Crime Prevention and Mental Health Spending May Have Contributed to Drop in Violent Crime (Brennan Center for Justice)
“Teen Takeovers” on the Rise? Evidence Shows Youth Crime Down in Detroit (Citizens Research Council of Michigan)
Three things to know three years later about the end of cash bail in Chicago (IllinoisPolicy.org)
Every 2.6 Minutes: How THE RECORD Turned an Annual Marijuana Arrest Statistic Into a Clock (Stupid Dope)
How Flock is trying to take credit for the post-pandemic crime drop (Institute for Justice)
The Intended and Unintended Effects of a Crime-Deterrence Experiment on Academic Outcomes: Evidence from High-Intensity Streetlights (NYU Furman Center)
CRIM-TECH
How Deepfakes Are Used to Commit Crimes (and How to Spot Them) (TRM Labs)
An inside look at Henrico Police’s new social media monitoring technology (Henrico Citizen)
How ATF’s cutting edge tools are helping reduce gun violence nationwide (ATF)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
DC Councilmember pushes for transparency from MPD on Flock cameras (WJLA)
Arlington police launch crime tracking platform with local tech company (Herald Net)
Former Coast Guard Academy coordinator calls for more transparency on sexual assault prevention (NBC Connecticut)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
The face of guilt: bias in perceptions of guilt and innocence (Taylor and Francis Online) see also: Beauty bias: the perception of responsibility of female victims of violence and male perpetrators (Taylor and Francis Online)
