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2010
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The costs associated with five crimes – murder, rape, armed robbery, aggravated assault, and burglary – are determined. “The average cost per murder exceeded $17.25 million” (p. 501).... Read More
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2009
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This report "examines whether residing in neighborhoods exposed to BIDs [business improvement districts] reduces a youth's risk to neighborhood violence and improves the overall social environment of one's neighborhood compared to living in similarly... Read More
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2009
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The "intersection of media coverage of youth crime, public perception, public policy, and true trend and issues in youth crime" in Dallas, Washington, DC and San Mateo (CA) is examined (p. ii). Sections of this report after an executive summary inclu... Read More
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2009
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2009
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While "[l]ife without parole for the very worst juvenile offenders is reasonable, constitutional, and (appropriately) rare . . . its continued viability is at risk from misleading lobbying efforts in many states and court cases that seek to substitut... Read More
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2008
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"This review identifies a range of types and examples of factors and interventions for reducing violent crime, highlighting some of the key issues that emerge across this range" (p. ix). Chapters following an executive summary are: contexts and fact... Read More
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2008
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The relationship between public housing reform in Memphis (TN) and the city's rising crime rate is investigated. It appears crime and gangs have left the razed housing projects and moved into suburbia.... Read More
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2008
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Access can be found at this website to a webcast, witness testimony, and member statements for the Senate Judiciary Committee's Official Hearing "New Strategies for Combating Violent Crime: Drawing Lessons from Recent Experience."... Read More
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2008
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Information regarding violence prevention can be found at this website. Points of entry include: news section; evidence base resources; links; Violence Prevention Alliance; UK Violence and Injury Prevention Focal Point; TEACH-VIP; Violence Indicator... Read More
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1997
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Results of a survey to determine states which have statutes providing for civil commitment of convicted sex offenders upon their release indicate that 19 have no current, pending, or previously introduced statutes. The remaining respondents report st... Read More
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1996
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This document is a summary of an NIC-sponsored symposium addressing issues related to violent offenders, held in Longmont, Colorado in May 1995. Presentations made at this symposium detailed research on causes of violence and on treatment, described ... Read More
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1995
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This document provides state-by-state profiles of enacted truth-in-sentencing laws and pending truth-in-sentencing laws and pending truth-in-sentencing legislation. Also included is a list of each state's contact person and a table illustrating curre... Read More
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1988
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The purpose of the Criminal Violence Program is to significantly reduce the violent behavior of program inmates during and after incarceration. Also included in this packet of material is a lesson plan outline (1989) on treating the criminal personal... Read More
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