by Wendy Davis March 2, 2018 City Limits … Just a few years ago, it’s likely that a family court
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Pacific Daily News — Analyst: Violent crime rate will go up
by Jasmine Stole / jstole@guampdn.com Guam Police Department’s chief of police said violent crime declined from 2015 to 2016. Experts
Sex Offender Stigma: An Exploration of Vigilantism against Sex Offenders
The current study compiles open-source news reports involving vigilantes who targeted individuals because of their status as a sex offender (SO) or their suspected involvement in a sex offense. The Sex Offender-Vigilante database includes 279 separate incidents of vigilantism against SOs, ranging from the dissemination of unsanctioned fliers to murder. Results indicate that the stigmatization that convicted SOs experience is so pervasive that it extends even to individuals suspected of having committed a sexual offense.
The Trace — States Set Aside Millions of Dollars for Crime Victims. But Some Gun Violence Survivors Don’t Get the Funds They Desperately Need
Elizabeth Van Brocklin The Trace … A resource does exist to help vulnerable crime victims, including gunshot survivors, though many
Bloomberg — NYC Dives Into Tough Neighborhoods, Emerges as Safest Big City
At Tompkins, in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, crime is down 45 percent since 2013, with no murders and just two shootings in each of the last two years. In an era when most major American cities are reporting less crime, New York’s 85 percent drop in violent offenses since 1990 outperforms them all.
Positive Outcomes
Youth justice systems can rely on positive outcomes rather than recidivism to measure their effectiveness.