Introduction
An innovative gang outreach program in Boston, Mass., claims dramatic results (Photo Credit: Boston Community Centers)
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Crime has been going down in the United States since 1991. In New York, Fort Worth and other cities, police are cracking down on quality-of-life offenses like public drinking and aggressive panhandling and claiming credit for the big drops in violent crime that follow. But New York, traditionally a high-crime city, is responsible for a big chunk of the nationwide decline. Skeptics credit the declining statistics to the improving economy, the fading of the crack wars and the maturing of the baby boomers, rather than new policing tactics. The only way to drive down crime in the long run, these experts argue, is to mend the nation's social fabric, especially racial and class disparities in education and employment.
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May 27, 2022 |
Crime in America |
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Feb. 10, 2017 |
Forensic Science Controversies |
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Feb. 05, 2016 |
Restorative Justice |
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Jan. 30, 2015 |
Central American Gangs |
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Aug. 29, 2014 |
Transnational Crime |
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Aug. 09, 2013 |
Sexual Assault in the Military |
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Oct. 26, 2012 |
Mexico's Future |
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Apr. 20, 2012 |
Criminal Records and Employment |
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Apr. 19, 2011 |
Honor Killings |
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Sep. 2010 |
Crime in Latin America |
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Jul. 16, 2010 |
Gangs in the U.S. |
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Jul. 17, 2009 |
Examining Forensics |
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Apr. 17, 2009 |
Wrongful Convictions  |
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Feb. 08, 2008 |
Fighting Crime |
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Oct. 11, 2002 |
Corporate Crime |
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Apr. 04, 1997 |
Declining Crime Rates |
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Dec. 10, 1982 |
Arson: America's Most Costly Crime |
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May 07, 1982 |
Helping Victims of Crime |
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Mar. 13, 1981 |
Violent Crime's Return to Prominence |
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Jul. 15, 1977 |
Crime Reduction: Reality or Illusion |
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Jan. 19, 1972 |
Crime of Rape |
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Jan. 22, 1969 |
Street Crime in America |
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Jan. 17, 1968 |
Burglary Prevention |
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Sep. 22, 1965 |
Compensation for Victims of Crime |
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Feb. 17, 1965 |
Criminal Justice and Crime Control |
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Oct. 18, 1961 |
Control of City Crime |
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Jun. 20, 1929 |
Crime and the Courts |
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