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Increased gun violence in Pittsburgh has spurred city officials and residents to look for ways to combat the problem. A Carnegie Mellon University criminologist is recommending an approach that has generated controversy and debate elsewhere. Daniel Nagin, a professor of public policy and statistics at Carnegie Mellon, is calling for

Each year, government spends billions of dollars trying to address a host of social problems.   Crime is but one example of the high costs of social breakdown.  The U.S. Department of Justice estimates that federal, state, and local governments spent $167 billion on police protection, judicial, legal and correctional activities in one year alone.   Victims’ medical expenses, lost earnings, and assistance programs cost an estimated $105 billion more.

A programme where young people could visit seasoned gang members who would try to draw them away from antisocial behaviour was among suggestions made at a talk last night. Presenters also highlighted ...

As children, the ways in which we were raised have undoubted effects on the ways in which we interact as adults. For those of us who were made to feel small, didn’t receive adequate attention or were...

Ideas on the causes and solutions to murders among young Black Bermudian men will be presented during the second half of a lecture series on violent crime. Murder in Paradise, a Bermuda College le...

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This week, EFF's Atlas of Surveillance project hit a bittersweet milestone. With this project, we are creating a searchable and mappable repository of which law enforcement agencies in the U.S. use surveillance technologies such as body-worn cameras, drones, automated license plate readers, and...

/PRNewswire/ -- University of Detroit Mercy lost cherished Jesuit, Fr. Gerald F. Cavanagh, S.J., on Nov. 8. He was 91. University of Detroit Mercy loses...