The gunshots ripped through a house party before dawn on Chicago’s South Side. By the time the 27-year-old victim arrived by ambulance at a hospital, he was dead from multiple bullet wounds.
Chicago’s Project Safe Neighborhoods focused deterrence program is an effective crime reduction policy.
The state’s attorney promised to transform the office. Data shows she’s dismissed thousands of felonies that would have been pursued in the past.
In Stockton, California, city and law enforcement leaders are attempting to build trust between police and communities of color. Why is this so hard to do?
The League of Women Voters and Indiana University South Bend’s American Democracy Project invited municipal candidates to answer a series of questions at vote411.org.
Dutchess County plans to expand the services and tools by which it can address instances of domestic and sexual assault through increased funding…
The 15th annual program included bells rung for domestic violence victims, songs, prayers and several speakers. About 50 people attended.
The decision is an enormous victory for the groups advocating for a site in Philadelphia, and for advocates around the country. As Christopher Moraff wrote in Filter: “October 2…
The move sharpens the dynamics in an election that, in imitation of Presidential primary politics, already hinged upon the question of just how much…
The “tough on crime” policy agenda that rose to popularity in the 1980s and 1990s left a damaging and enduring legacy across the country…