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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.

Survivors of domestic and sexual violence can break their leases early in some states

05-15-24

KJP Says Violent Crime Is Historically Low Thanks to Biden. Let's Look at the Data.

05-14-24

By Mia Cathell

Sununu signs bill giving tenant rights to domestic violence victims, part of national trend

05-14-24

Trump's Bogus Attack on FBI Crime Statistics

05-04-24

By Robert Farley

To reduce Black-on-Black crime, two criminal justice experts explain why offering monthly stipends to people at risk makes sense

05-01-24

By ArcaMax Publishing, Inc.

4 law enforcement officers were killed in shooting at a home in Charlotte, North Carolina. 4 other officers are hospitalized

05-01-24

By CNN

FBI data shows America is seeing a 'considerable' drop in crime. Trump says the opposite.

04-30-24

The biggest political deception of 2024

04-30-24

By Judd Legum

'Stunning Turnabout': Voters and Lawmakers Are Reversing Criminal Justice Reform

04-29-24

By Matthew McIntosh

Media Outlets Are Misrepresenting Crime Stats to Biden's Benefit

04-29-24

By Admin

As some states ease police pursuit restrictions, others tighten their grip in ongoing police reform discussion

04-29-24

By Sarah Akey

'The bane of retail.' To prevent theft, many big chains now lock up all kinds of merchandise

04-28-24

By Marisa Gerber

Detergent, diapers, razors behind security walls turn retailers and grocers into 'inconvenience' stores

04-28-24

Culture of Policing and Police Reform

04-27-24

U.S. Attorney's Office launches carjacking task force

04-27-24

CCJ Report Finds Sentencing Reforms Had Little Impact on Racial Disparity in Imprisonment

04-23-24

By 4 minutes

Central Ohio theft ring appears to be part of larger issue, law enforcement says

04-22-24

By Ava Boldizar

In reversal, more areas allow high-speed police chases

04-22-24

'Employees don't feel safe,' says business pro as theft prompts store closures with locked-up items and hiring struggle

04-22-24

Shoplifting spikes on Long Island as retailers lock up items, pull back self-checkout

04-20-24

By Tory N. Parrish

Bad Data From the FBI Mislead About Crime

04-19-24

By Constitutional Nobody

Voters think crime is up and the economy is bad. The data says otherwise

04-18-24

By Gustaf Kilander

National Policing Institute Issues Report on Strengthening Lost and Stolen Firearm Reporting Policies

04-18-24

By PR Newswire

Why do voters think crime is up and the economy is bad when the data says otherwise?

04-18-24

By Gustaf Kilander

'Right Out of a Television Show': Shocking Daylight Kidnapping of Florida Woman Linked to Another Murder of Man Who Was Shot 100 Times the Day Before, Police Say

04-17-24

By Grace Jidoun

Right-wing media falsely claim FBI, Biden administration are "cooking the books" on crime data

04-17-24

Sentencing Law and Policy: "State Sentencing Reforms Had Little Impact on Racial Disparities in Imprisonment, Analysis Finds"

04-17-24

CCWF incarcerated firefighter warns of DUI dangers

04-16-24

By Don Chaddock, Inside CDCR editor

'Tough-on-crime' policies are back in some places that had reimagined criminal justice

04-15-24

A College Student's Reality Amid DC Crime

04-15-24

By Noah Slayter

'Run, run, run': Chaos at a Sydney mall as 6 people stabbed to death, and the suspect fatally shot

04-14-24

By RICK RYCROFT Associated Press

'Run, run, run': Chaos at a Sydney mall as 6 people stabbed to death, and the suspect fatally shot

04-13-24

By RICK RYCROFT Associated Press

More than 100 bills sent to Nebraska Gov. Pillen for approval in legislative voting spree

04-12-24

By Zach Wendling

What is 'organized retail crime,' exactly?

04-12-24

Tool Used by Burglars to Shatter Windows Makes Smash-And-Grab Crimes Easy, Armitek Security Film Offers Protection

04-12-24

99 Cents Only Stores Latest Victim Of Retail Crime, Forced To Close All Locations As Retail Theft Grows By 16%

04-11-24

By Caleb Naysmith

Car Insurance Rates Soar Even Faster, Up More Than 22% In A Year; Why Is This Happening?

04-11-24

By Dawn Nici

FACT CHECK: Fact Checking Trump's Claim About US Crime Statistics

04-11-24

By Christine Sellers

No, crime has not 'skyrocketed' under Joe Biden

04-09-24

Dem mayor says St. Louis business owners need to be 'held accountable' for crime on their premises

04-08-24

By Constitutional Nobody

Student's killing reflects broader danger, but it isn't 'immigrant crime'

04-08-24

'Crossroads' of Criminal Justice Reform – U.S. Urged to Learn from Past Failures of Mass Incarceration

04-07-24

By Shaolien Chen-Graf

Bad data from the FBI mislead about crime

04-05-24

By Mark Morgan and Sean Kennedy

Memphis Mayor Paul Young Launches Black Mayors' Coalition on Crime

04-04-24

By Larry Buford

San Diego crime fell overall in 2023, but some areas spiked

04-04-24

By https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-lyndsay-winkley-staf

Sen. Schumer calls on feds to curtail organized retail theft

04-03-24

Trump attends wake of slain New York officer, calls for 'law and order,' to show contrast with Biden

04-02-24

Opinion: Laken Riley's killing does reflect a broader danger. But it isn't 'immigrant crime'

04-01-24

Louisville carjackings in 2023 still up over 80% from pre-pandemic levels: Here's the data

04-01-24

Commentary: Rethinking Tennessee Justice to Put Us on a Path to Public Safety and Fiscal Responsibility

04-01-24

By Admin

Trump attends wake of slain New York officer, calls for 'law and order,' to show contrast with Biden

03-31-24

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and PHILIP MARCELO - Associated Press

Shocking video shows Walgreens shoplifter nabbed by horse-riding cop after spree

03-31-24

By Dinniah Bartholomew

""Tough-on-Crime" Policies are Back in Some Places That Had Reimagined Criminal Justice" - by Amanda Hernandez

03-30-24

By View all posts by James Iswavie

'Really fun,' brags Walmart shoplifter who stole more than $1,000 in goods

03-30-24

By Emma Crabtree

Overland Park Police say shoplifting has become a 'crisis.' But what does the data say?

03-28-24

NY lawmakers debate effectiveness of harsher penalties for retail crime in NYC

03-28-24

Coroner called to Upstate highway crash

03-28-24

By A.J. Davis

Car break-ins and thefts on the rise nationwide and in parts of the Upstate

03-28-24

By Peyton Furtado

States Seek Ways to Keep Veterans Out of the Criminal Justice System

03-27-24

San Diego crime inched down in 2023, marking a second year of decreases

03-27-24

What Border Crisis? Krugman Suggests Immigration 'Secret' to US 'Success'

03-26-24

By Smit Lesley

Big-city crime is down, but not in Memphis. A coalition of America's Black mayors will look for answers.

03-26-24

Republicans' Soft-On-Crime Blueprint: Defund Law Enforcement

03-26-24

By Jo Walker

New York's Lax Laws Have Spawned a Billion-Dollar Shoplifting Industry

03-26-24

By Jeff Charles

House advances bill to end 3 strikes law for thefts

03-26-24

By Randy Billings

Major city mall with 70 stores built for a $1BN just ten years ago planning to shut down blaming theft epidemic

03-25-24

By https://www.facebook.com/internewscast

OKLAHOMA VOICE: 'Tough-on-crime' policies are back in some places that had reimagined criminal justice

03-25-24

By AMANDA HERN&Aacute;NDEZ

Shop lifting a billion dollar business in New York

03-24-24

Weekly Wonk: Fact Check: Has Oklahoma's larceny rate skyrocketed since SQ 780 was passed in 2016?

03-24-24

By Annie Taylor

US violent crime decreased in 2023, continuing to reverse pandemic-era spike, FBI data shows

03-24-24

In context: How to judge Milwaukee's crime rate

03-23-24

By ReportWire

Are these two recent statements about crime in Milwaukee fair and accurate?

03-23-24

In The Know: DA says charges not warranted in Nex Benedict school fight

03-22-24

By Dave Hamby

Peter Moskos: What Does Good Policing Look Like?

03-21-24

New York's $4.4B Shoplifting Shadow Economy Revealed - Fueled By eBay, Facebook

03-21-24

By Joseph Curl

Nearly four years after the death of George Floyd, criminal justice reforms are being rolled back across the country. Critics warn the new laws could harm black communities news

03-21-24

By 5 minutes

Editorial: What's Behind the "Recall Charles Allen" Campaign?

03-21-24

FBI data shows that violent crimes in the U.S. decreased in 2023

03-21-24

By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

Criminal Justice and Philanthropy's Response

03-20-24

Legislator: Retail theft is anything but a hoax (Guest Opinion by Will Barclay)

03-20-24

Target makes a major self-checkout-policy change

03-20-24

By Jena Warburton

NEW: Record Decrease in Crime Under President Biden

03-20-24

By Shelby Reese

Biden vs. Trump: Two of the biggest recent election lies on immigration debunked

03-19-24

'Tough-on-crime' policies are back in some places that had reimagined criminal justice

03-19-24

Legislation Seeks to Address Historic Rise in Violent Crime Throughout the Country

03-19-24

'Appalling' Crime At Edison Grocery Prompts Call For Tougher Laws

03-19-24

By Pat McDaniel

Rolling Danger: Man In Wheelchair Stabs Multiple People In NYC

03-19-24

By Daniel Johnson

Why was last year DC's most violent in decades?

03-18-24

By Tim Rice

Clarence Page: With immigration on our minds, politicians seize opportunity

03-18-24

By CLARENCE PAGE

Multiple Taco Bell locations in Oakland have closed dining rooms because of crime concerns

03-16-24

By Jordan Valinsky

Denver sees decline in homicides, youth shooting victims - but a sharp jump in multi-victim shootings

03-15-24

By Shelly Bradbury

Opinion: Democrats' gaslighting about Biden's record cannot change facts (or minds)

03-15-24

Biden claims that crime decreased considerably, but did it?

03-14-24

By Leonard Sipes Law Enforcement Today

Auto insurance rates rise for 26th straight month; Repair Costs, Time and Crime – Forbes Advisor

03-14-24

By admin

When 911 sends police and a social worker

03-14-24

Bloomington police chief says retail theft charges are up thanks to new policy

03-14-24

By Kyle Brown

Car Insurance Rates Rise For the 26th Straight Month-Here Are 5 Ways To Lower Your Cost

03-14-24

By Dawn Nici

In The Know: #OKLeg seeks to overhaul Oklahoma's judicial selection process

03-13-24

By Annie Taylor

America's Suburban Crime Problem

03-13-24

Biden hails crime decrease, but the numbers tell a more violent story

03-12-24

By By Jeff Mordock

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