The national decline in violent crime has paved the way for the urban revival, and the urban revival has in turn help to stabilize neighborhoods and make them safer and better places to live, Patrick Sharkey, author of a new book on the crime decline...
Killings in Camden, N.J., have fallen to the lowest level in more than three decades, offering some hope that change is finally on the horizon for a city long plagued by violent crime, reports the Wall Street Journal. There were 23 murders in the city...
Advocates of stricter restrictions on gun ownership believe they can notch new wins in state legislatures this year, after Republicans in some states signaled they would be willing to break with the National Rifle Association to support new rules, The Hill reports. Advocates cited Massachusetts...
The popularity of Raise-the-Age reforms, which have increased the age at which juvenile offenders can be tried in adult court, illustrates a long-overdue policy shift across the U.S. away from punishment and towards the rehabilitation of young offenders. Now, some states, like Connecticut, Illinois and Vermont,...
The first execution of 2018 in Texas and the nation is expected to take place Thursday evening for Houston’s “Tourniquet Killer.” reports the Texas Tribune. Anthony Shore, 55, is a confessed serial rapist and strangler whose murders went unsolved in the 1980s and 1990s. With...
Those who fear that the good ideas Trump champions will be tainted by his unsavory character are not thinking politically. In response to: The Price of Trump: Year One Reflections on an Unconventional Presidency More Responses He’s Good and Bad on Foreign Affairs, Good and Bad on the...