Topic
Crime
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Sentencing Law and Policy
“Crime not on presidential contest radar”
Main September 28, 2012"Crime not on presidential contest radar" The title of this post is the headline of this notable new USA Today piece, which includes these excerpts: Presidents and…
Land Use Prof Blog
Trees and Crime
I've been stumbling across a lot studies lately about the links (or lack thereof) between vegetation and crime.I remember back in grad school when I was studying Landscape Architecture, we…
The Faculty Lounge
In the Shadow of the Gallows
University of Toronto English Professor Jeannine DeLombard's most recent book, In the Shadow of the Gallows: Race, Crime, and American Civic Identity, has just appeared from the University of Pennsylvania…
The Right Coast
Drug-addicted British billionaire couple lived like paupers, turned $100 mansion into crack den before wife s death – NYPOST.com
They were billionaires but lived like paupers in a $100 million London mansion.They were one of Europe s glamour couples, friends of Prince Charles, but retreated from ornate ballrooms and…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Still more (and still puzzling) crime rate declines reported by FBI
Main June 11, 2012Still more (and still puzzling) crime rate declines reported by FBIThis press release from the FBI, which carries the exciting title "FBI Releases Preliminary Annual Crime Statistics…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Golden anniversary of the greatest escape from the greatest prison
Main June 10, 2012Golden anniversary of the greatest escape from the greatest prisonThis morning's New York Times has this new article discussing an old mystery still surrounding a long-closed (but…
PropertyProf Blog
Do Trees Deter Crime?
By propertyprof
If they're well groomed:In the June issue of Landscape and Urban Planning, a team of environmental researchers led by Austin Troy of the University of Vermont report an inverse relationship…
Cruise Law News
U.S. State Department: Crime In Nassau, Bahamas Is Critical
By Jim Walker
Bad news for our friends in the Bahamas and cruise passengers intending to vacation there. The U.S. State Department's 2012 "Crime and Safety Report" has labeled New Providence island's (including…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Could Justice Breyer’s affinity for sentencing guidelines make him a crime magnet?
Main May 17, 2012Could Justice Breyer's affinity for sentencing guidelines make him a crime magnet?The question in the title of this post is my silly reaction to this notable news…
Cruise Law News
Celebrity Cruise Passenger Robbers Face Trial in St. Kitts
By Jim Walker
The alleged robbers of a bus load of Celebrity cruise passengers in St. Kitts are facing trial for a crime committed during an excursion in St. Kitts in November 2010.…