Newtown Report Published
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this report is to identify the person or persons criminally responsible for the twenty-seven homicides…
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Shrink Cost Retailers $112 Billion, Averaging 1.4 Percent of Sales
“Shrink, comprised of shoplifting, employee or supplier fraud, organized retail crime and administrative errors, cost the retail industry more than…
FBI says violent crime increased 0.7% while property crime decreased 0.9% in 2012
“The FBI estimated that in 2012, the number of violent crimes increased 0.7 percent, according to the figures released today.…
Home Invasion Robbery
“Home invasion robbery has characteristics of both residential burglary and street robbery. Like residential burglars, home robbers must usually gain…
Assigning Police Officers to Schools
“Police agencies have long provided services to schools. It has only been in the past two decades, however, that assigning…
The Criminology of Place
“The study of crime has focused primarily on why particular people commit crime or why specific communities have higher crime…