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The Council’s research, analyses, members, and independent task forces and commissions are featured regularly in the press. The stories listed below appeared in a wide range of national and regional news outlets.

The New York Times

What’s Behind the Staggering Drop in the Murder Rate? No One Knows for Sure.

Fox News

Murder rate drops to lowest level since 1900 across major US cities nationwide

CNN

Teen takeovers: The chaotic gatherings that are spurring curfews and crackdowns

media inquiries
A Man Was Beaten With Guns and Robbed Right Outside His Own Apartment in Memphis
06-05-26
By Maxie Nolan
Controversial 287g programs increasing
06-04-26
Immigration enforcement deals between feds and local agencies accumulating
06-03-26
By Sandra Sanchez
Special courts helps veterans stay out of jail ‑ but staffing losses at VA and cuts to government programs are threatening their work
06-02-26
By Jamie Rowen, Political Science, UMass Amherst
Iowa's "three strikes" bill would be a billion-dollar blunder
06-01-26
By Marc Levin, Khalil Cumberbatch
Trump's cuts to intervention programs could increase violent crime, experts say
05-31-26
Trump's cuts to intervention programs could increase violent crime, experts say | US news
05-31-26
Houston police at their biggest numbers in 20 years, matching U.S. trend, experts say
05-31-26
By Matt de Grood
Vancouver Woman Was Targeted Twice at Her Own Home Before Police Showed Up and Shot the Suspect
05-30-26
By Emily Johnson
Veterans Caught in the Justice System Need Support, Not Neglect
05-30-26
Inside the 'Clean Slate' record-sealing movement growing in both red and blue states
05-30-26
ACLU Lawsuit Accuses Memphis Task Force of Harassing Residents Who Film Police
05-30-26
By James Carter
Historic Drop: U.S. Murder Rate At 125-Year Low
05-29-26
By Tiffany Chartier
Washington, D.C.'s crime decline and its lessons for American policing
05-28-26
By Erich Battistin
Study Warns AI Tools in Criminal Justice Could Deepen Bias and Rights Violations
05-27-26
Special courts helps veterans stay out of jail, but staff losses and cuts are threatening their work
05-25-26
By Jamie Rowen
Preliminary FBI data shows a sharp drop in violent crime • Ohio Capital Journal
05-24-26
By 2 minutes
Opinion: Violent crime is decreasing, but not hateful attacks. Why?
05-22-26
By Bill Slomanson
2 of Northeast Wisconsin's major cities follow nationwide trend as violent crime drops
05-21-26
By Rachel Charniak
After years of criminal justice reform wins, Trump-era federal rollbacks are putting communities at risk
05-21-26
By panamadjackson
Special courts helps veterans stay out of jail - but funding cuts to VA and government programs are threatening their work
05-19-26
By Jamie Rowen
Peer cities embrace surveillance tech that Nashville rejected: report
05-19-26
The Road Warrior's Reckoning: From Albuquerque Alley to California -
05-18-26
By Editorial Desk
Arizona Auto Thefts Decrease 6.6% in 2023
05-18-26
Home Burglary Statistics in 2026
05-18-26
Teen takeovers: The chaotic gatherings that are spurring curfews and crackdowns
05-09-26
By Eric Levenson
Chicago Teen Charged in Armed Robberies, Griddle 24 Burglary
05-09-26
Americans' views on crime often diverge from actual crime trends, report says
05-08-26
By Kansas Reflector
Violent crime is at its lowest in a century but the funding that helped reduce it is disappearing
05-07-26
Las Vegas chase ends with taxi carjacking and arrest
05-03-26
By Olivia Rivera
An AI Crash Is Coming. What Then?
05-03-26
By Anne Kim
KPD expands its community-based violence prevention to a new neighborhood
04-30-26
By , Knoxville News Sentinel
Faith leaders call for affordable housing, solutions to homelessness, gun violence
04-29-26
By Allison Campbell
Criminal Justice Reform Advances Beyond the Headlines
04-29-26
By Kadie Park
Essential Insights into Crime in San Francisco: What You Need to Know
04-29-26
Veterans in the Criminal Legal System
04-29-26
The 10 Most Dangerous Cities in the U.S., According to 2025 Crime Statistics
04-27-26
By Nathan Spencer
Criminal Justice Reform Isn't Dead
04-27-26
By Marc Levin
Translational Criminology Magazine
04-26-26
NYC Thieves Destroy A McLaren (And More) When Luxury Car Heist Goes Wrong
04-26-26
By Shane O'Neill
DC murder rate sees astonishing turnaround as Trump team credits federal crackdown
04-25-26
By timebulletin.us
The 10 Safest U.S. Cities for Foodies, According to Data
04-24-26
By Debi
The 20 Questions That Can Prevent Domestic Violence Homicide
04-24-26
By New York Times
Trump's DOJ has cut thousands of law-enforcement jobs while vowing to get tough on crime
04-24-26
By hthnone
Military Service as a Mitigating Factor in Criminal Sentencing
04-23-26
By Haley Fuller
Exclusive-Trump's DOJ has cut thousands of law-enforcement jobs while vowing to get tough on crime
04-23-26
DOJ readies up to $3.5 billion in law enforcement grants, 1 year after steep cuts
04-22-26
New York City is beating the postpandemic shoplifting scourge
04-22-26
7 things everyone needs to know about Houston's immigration fight
04-22-26
By Houston Chronicle Editorial Board
Trump loses third cabinet member, FBI boss sues over 'problem drinker' story
04-20-26
By Michael Koziol
Is Denver's 16th Street Too Dangerous for Children?
04-20-26
By Hannah Metzger
John Whitmire calls fighting Greg Abbott over ICE policy a 'waste of time.' Legal experts disagree.
04-19-26
By Matt de Grood
5 U.S. Cities Raising Safety Questions in 2026
04-17-26
By Kit Kittelstad
Residents want more police presence after deadly north Denver shootings
04-16-26
By Deborah Grigsby
Advocates press for preventive programs, VA benefits for struggling vets
04-16-26
By Patricia Kime
Should veterans get a 'second look' at long prison sentences after military service?
04-16-26
By Patty Nieberg
5 of the Most Dangerous Cities to Retire In
04-16-26
By Lauren Wellbank
Memphis youth voice concerns about safety, opportunities amid ongoing violence
04-16-26
By Joyce Peterson
An Inconvenient Fact in 'Gun Violence Epidemic'
04-14-26
By Tom Knighton
The return of executions
04-13-26
By The Week US
The Political Noise is Blinding, Don't Let it Be
04-11-26
By Booker Scott
Crime is down: A trend to continue
04-10-26
By Dana Kelley
San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins makes her case as a compassionate crime-fighter
04-10-26
By Jesse Alejandro Cottrell
San Diego Police identified suspects for almost every murder in 2025, but one family needs answers
04-09-26
By Katy Stegall, Esmeralda Perez
AI framework aims to help criminal justice agencies adopt the tech responsibly
04-08-26
By Kaitlyn Levinson
The Impact of Surveillance Technology on Investigations
04-08-26
By Matthias Binder
9 Crime Trends Affecting Major Cities Today
04-08-26
By Matthias Binder
Marc Levin on Reforming Texas' Criminal System
04-07-26
By Lone Star Standard
AI And Criminal Justice: How Does It Work?
04-07-26
By John Werner
How many guns must be stolen from cars before we get a plan? | Opinion
04-07-26
By James E. Causey
Zohran Mamdani's $1.1 Billion 'Defund-Adjacent' Dream? Inside The Radical Plan To Sideline NYPD
04-06-26
By Alan Hume
As Democrats Try to Defend Cities from Trump, Have They Finally Learned Their Lesson on Crime?
04-06-26
By William Green
The "No-Go" List: 7 U.S. Destinations Travelers Now Say Aren't Worth the Risk
04-04-26
By Debi
Why is crime down in D.C. and Baltimore? The answer isn't simple.
04-03-26
By Stella Canino-Quinones
Donald Trump Fires Pam Bondi as Attorney General
04-02-26
By Todd Spangler
Examining juvenile car thefts in Utah after Ogden crash kills two young boys
04-02-26
By Wendy Halloran
The 11 most dangerous U.S. vacation spots, according to experts
04-01-26
By Diana Rose
Why is crime down in Baltimore and DC? The answer isn't simple.
04-01-26
By Capital News Service
Exploring the latest Cincinnati crime rank and safety data
04-01-26
By Nina Oliverio
New federal data reinforces nationwide drop in crime since pandemic peak
03-31-26
Mamdani Sinks $260 Million Into Office of Community Safety, Where Social Workers Replace Cops, as Big Apple Faces Historic Budget Crisis
03-31-26
Washington, Oregon among states with higher property crime rates despite national decline
03-31-26
AI in Criminal Justice: Why Governance Matters and How to Make It Work
03-27-26
Are video games and phones helping to reduce crime?
03-27-26
By Justin Fox
Trump says his Cabinet officials were mugged in DC
03-26-26
By Sarah K. Burris
Everyone's Pointing Out The Same Weird Thing In Kash Patel's Crime Chart Post
03-25-26
By Matt Stopera
The Internet Is Roasting Kash Patel Over This One Big Thing In A Chart He Posted
03-25-26
By Matt Stopera
National Guard troops in Memphis, D.C., to get full benefits as task force racks up thousands of arrests
03-25-26
By Cassie B
SF's crime collapsed. So did its resistance to surveillance
03-25-26
By Cyrus Farivar
FBI eviscerates 'soft-on-crime' Newsom for lauding drop in murders as a win for Dems | USA Times
03-24-26
By News Room
'He isn't welcome': Memphis leaders slam Trump amid military deployment and visit highlighting public safety – News On Media
03-24-26
SFPD sees biggest hiring surge in years after recruitment slump. This is why
03-22-26
By David Hernandez
WSJ: Crime Across the United States Continues Trending Downward
03-20-26
The likelihood that someone would purposefully take an item at self-checkout without scanning actually increased with income
03-18-26
By Cyril Morong
The Future of Local Justice Innovation
03-17-26
Pennsylvania Auto Thefts Drop for 2nd Straight Year | NewsRadio 790 WAEB
03-17-26
Most violent crime on the decline in San Antonio
03-17-26
By Russell Contreras, Megan Stringer
Do you live in one of America's worst-run cities? See all 20, based on 2025 data
03-16-26
As US locks up fewer men, more women wind up behind bars
03-14-26
By 7 minutes
Lehigh Valley homicides continue to drop. What's behind the trend?
03-13-26
By Christopher Dornblaser
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