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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

After Surging During Pandemic, Homicides Fall Significantly

The Wall Street Journal

New York Has Cut Violent Crime. Making Residents Feel Safe Is Trickier.

National Public Radio

Public safety groups face an uncertain future months after federal grant cuts

media inquiries
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
Some good news on crime
03-10-26
By APB Team
These reforms could transform criminal justice for people - and they cost almost nothing
03-10-26
By Bryan Walsh
With proposed 3-strikes law, Iowa is 'zagging' against national trend
03-10-26
By Stephen Gruber-Miller, William Morris
Crime in the U.S. was lower in 2025, but problems still exist
03-10-26
As federal immigration enforcement expands, local police struggle with cooperation
03-09-26
What's behind the 'historic collapse' in homicide and violent crime rates in major US cities
03-08-26
By Mark Morales
Amid all the statistics, Arkansas overachievement
03-06-26
By Dana Kelley
Madison Police Department reports drop in crime rates in 2025 due to new community outreach programs
03-05-26
By Zoe Pagonis
12 safest states to live in the U.S. for 2026
03-05-26
By Yvonne Gabriel
Insha Rahman to Serve as Next President and Director of Vera Institute of Justice and Vera Action
03-05-26
Ruby Ridge Reckoning Reveals Lessons for ICE
03-04-26
By Marc Levin Khalil Cumberbatch
Murder behind bars - Maryland's hidden crisis
03-04-26
By Nora Demleitner
Pittsburgh police radio breach wouldn’t take much money or skill, experts warn
03-04-26
By TribLive
CBS Admits It: Trump Was Right
03-03-26
East St. Louis had the fewest homicides in 45 years in 2025, Illinois State Police say
03-03-26
By St. Louis Public Radio, Will Bauer
Lafayette homicides drop 44% in 2025 after record-setting 2023 spike
03-01-26
By Stephen Marcantel
Tough talk won't make Iowa safer and will cost us millions
02-27-26
By Rachel Zimmermann Smith
Experts dispute White House claims mass deportations improve Americans' lives
02-27-26
Why Commercial Building Security Still Fails at the Door – Connecticut Chronicle
02-27-26
Editorial: Falling crime numbers a good news boost
02-27-26
By Editorial
Legal experts react to Trump's SCOTUS clash tariff pivot in fiery SOTU
02-26-26
By Breanne Deppisch
How Bexar County can get out of double magistration double trouble
02-26-26
By Marc Levin
The 13 Most Dangerous Places to Vacation in the United States
02-26-26
By Gene Patterson
Trump accused of 'unprecedented corruption' after State of the Union
02-26-26
Legal experts react to Trump's SCOTUS clash and tariff pivot in fiery SOTU
02-25-26
By Breanne Deppisch
Fact checking Trump's 2026 State of the Union address and Spanberger's response
02-25-26
Try As He Might, Trump Can't Take Credit for the Nation's Murder Drop
02-25-26
By Jennifer Mascia, Chip Brownlee
Fact checking Trump's 2026 State of the Union address and Democrats' response
02-25-26
By Laura Doan, Steve Reilly, James Laporta, Jui Sarwate, John Kel
Make fraudsters fund services for crime victims
02-25-26
By Marc Levin, Khalil Cumberbatch
Opinion - Make fraudsters fund services for crime victims
02-25-26
By Marc Levin, Khalil Cumberbatch
DC woman sentenced to 70 months in prison for 'violent' armed carjacking
02-25-26
By Tim Kunken
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