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When Brute Force Fails: How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment

Mark Kleiman | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Jails, Jail, Crime Rate, Crime Reduction, Incarceration, Incarceration Rates, Politics News
Mark Kleiman

Could the United States have half as much crime and half as many prisoners a decade from now? Yes. But not the way either liberals or conservatives normally think about the problem.

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NYC Crime Down 40 Percent From Same Time In '01

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 11.18.2009 | New York

Read More: Nypd, Crime Rate, Crime, New York City, New York Crime Rate, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, New York News

NEW YORK — More New Yorkers are out of work, and the cash-strapped city isn't graduating a new class of police cadets this year. And yet crime i...

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Crime and Punishment: Perception vs. Reality

Mark Olmsted | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prosecutors, Chino, Crime Rate, Beyond Thunderdome, Bill Bratton, Prison Reform, Cook-County-Public-Defenders-Office, Prison, Ozzie and Harriet, Tv Criminals, Media and Crime, Tv and Crime, Politics News
Mark Olmsted

Stressing education, drug treatment and job placement isn't about "coddling" criminals; it's about expanding the tax base and reducing the poverty that causes the majority of crime in the first place.

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Welcome to my neighborhood: Indianapolis cop gets shot

Bil Browning | Posted 07.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Indianapolis, High Crime Years, Crime, Police, Crime Rate, Crime Reduction, Police Shooting, Cops, Living News
Bil Browning

I've been blogging repeatedly about the overwhelming crime problem plaguing my neighborhood. When our car was stolen or when the windows were smashed...

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