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Crime
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Uh-oh: BJS reporting significant spike up in violent and property crime for 2012
Main October 24, 2013Uh-oh: BJS reporting significant spike up in violent and property crime for 2012 Given the historic and unprecedented declines in US crime rates over the last 20…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Intriguing research and debate surrounding talk of increasing mandatory minimum sentence for illegal gun possession in Chicago
Main October 14, 2013Intriguing research and debate surrounding talk of increasing mandatory minimum sentence for illegal gun possession in ChicagoThis new Chicago Sun-Times article, headlined "U. of C. study bolsters…
Cruise Law News
Cruise Crime & Missing People: Are Cruise Lines Telling You the Truth?
By Jim Walker
The non-profit International Cruise Victims (ICV) organization released an interesting press statement today. Earlier this year, the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee convened a hearing about protecting cruise ship passengers.…
PropertyProf Blog
Neighbors Really Hate Abandoned Homes
By propertyprof
A news story out of Buffalo drives home the importance or order to people's happiness:For a dozen years, Theresa Anderson was the queen of Deshler Street. The unassuming woman owned…
The Right Coast
Yale searches for stinker adding feces to dryers – Yahoo News
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) Yale University hopes to solve a case of whodungit by identifying the stinker who has been soiling students' laundry by sticking human feces inside clothes dryers.The…
Sentencing Law and Policy
FBI releases 2012 crime statistics showing stability in relatively low crime rates
Main September 16, 2013FBI releases 2012 crime statistics showing stability in relatively low crime rates As explained in this official press release, today the FBI released its accounting of 2012…
Education Law Prof Blog
The Cost Savings of Improving Education
By Derek Black
Last week, I posted on a law enforcement organization's support for pre-k as a way to reduce crime and save money. This week, the Alliance for Excellent Education has released…
Cruise Law News
Cruise Ship Law – Lawsuits Against Royal Caribbean Cruise Line in Miami, Florida
By Jim Walker
Our law firm handles cases on behalf of injured passengers and crew members against cruise lines. Other law firms handle auto accidents, dog bite cases and whatever may walk in…
Sentencing Law and Policy
New National Academy of Sciences effort seeking to unpack the crime decline
Main August 11, 2013New National Academy of Sciences effort seeking to unpack the crime decline As reported via this helpful piece at The Crime Report, some really important and smart…
ImmigrationProf Blog
From the Bookshelves: Desperado: A Mile High Noir By Manuel Ramos
Desperado: A Mile High Noir By Manuel Ramos(Author) This gritty novel set in Denver features blackmail, murder and gang warfare Gus Corral can’t quite believe it when an old high…