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Election 2024 June 27
Crime Rates and the 2024 Election: What You Need to Know
As crime data again becomes a flashpoint in the presidential campaign, experts push for better national statistics.
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A new Bureau of Justice Statistics report finds that only 42 percent of violent crimes were reported to police in 2016.
News December 8, 2017
How Hard is it to Count Violent Crimes?
A new survey finds it’s more difficult than you might think.
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A woman diagnosed with bipolar disorder sings “Mary Had a Little Lamb” to herself in her cell in the women’s acute mental health unit of the Bexar County Jail in San Antonio.
News June 22, 2017
The Mental Health Crisis Facing Women in Prison
A new study shows a striking disparity between incarcerated men and women.
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News May 23, 2017
The New Tool That Could Revolutionize How We Measure Justice
A small nonprofit gathers criminal justice statistics, one county at a time.
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Analysis October 20, 2016
Chipping Away at the Crime Wave Myth
This time, a survey of crime victims
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Aging inmates eat lunch in the dining hall at Devens federal prison in Massachusetts in 2015.
Quiz May 19, 2016
Are Older People Getting Harsher Sentences? Take Our Quiz to Find Out.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics takes a close look at our aging state prison population.
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A police cadet works on a computer in the 1980s. Despite rapid advances in technology, few departments are capable or even willing to collect and share important data.
Analysis May 15, 2016
13 Important Questions About Criminal Justice We Can’t Answer
And the government can’t either.
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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 14: Members of DC Mayor Muriel Bowser’s entourage walk past an inmate’s cell as she tours DC Central Jail after announcing policy changes to support employment for inmates during and after incarceration in Washington Monday September 14, 2015. (Photo by J. Lawler Duggan/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Analysis March 9, 2016
Seven Things to Know About Repeat Offenders
A new report looks at recidivism among inmates released from federal prisons.
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Youth offenders at the Lucas County Juvenile Justice Center in Toledo, Oh., in January.
Justice Lab November 18, 2015
Our Prisons in Black and White
The race gap for adults is shrinking. Why is it widening for juveniles?
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News August 4, 2015
Why Jails Have More Suicides than Prisons
A new report and a growing phenomenon.
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