- A cautionary tale about measuring racial bias in policing (Phys.org)
- LAPD captain accuses department of twisting crime statistics to make city seem safer (Los Angeles Times)
- Fewer Crimes Get Counted When Police Are Slow To Respond (FiveThirtyEight)
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Are You In a Gang Database? (The New York Times)
Crime Data Analysis
- The Myth That Crime Rises as Prisons Shrink (Governing)
- 1 in 55 U.S. Adults Is on Probation or Parole (Pew Trust)
- U.S. Crime Rate Rises Slightly, Remains Near 20-Year Low (U.S. News & World Report)
- 5 Facts About Crime in the U.S. (Pew Research Center)
- Violent crime is rising. But that’s not the most provocative finding in the FBI’s big new report (Washington Post)
- The Great Crime Decline (The New Yorker)
- What Caused the Great Crime Decline in the U.S.? (The Atlantic)
Crime Data, Race and Ethnicity
- Unprotected, Underserved: The (False) Criminalization of Black America (The Root)
- Black neighborhoods still see most bike tickets (Chicago Tribune)
- Study Shows Shortfalls in Tracking Race and Ethnicity in U.S. Criminal Justice System (Teen Vogue)
Crime Data, Socioeconomic Status
- Poverty Is Down. So Why Is Crime Up? (Daily Beast)
Hate Crime Data
- Drivers of hate in the U.S. have distinct regional differences (Science X)
- Hate Crimes Up In 2016, FBI Statistics Show (NPR)
Crime Data, Physical Violence
- What’s the Homicide Capital of America? (The Trace)
- The surprising factors driving murder rates: income inequality and respect (The Guardian)
- Why We Can’t Be Sure If Violent Crime Is On The Rise (Five Thirty Eight)
- Study Finds Mass Killings Not On The Rise Over Past Decade (CBS Chicago)