Topic: Crime
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5 Common-Sense Ideas to Combat Crime
Measures that have been empirically proven to effectively lower crime and reduce the costs associated with it.
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Why People Perceive Some Cities as Safer Than Others
There are reasons why places like Boston have tended to think of themselves as relatively safe compared to say, New Orleans.
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Mixed-Use Neighborhoods May Be Safer, Too
New research from Los Angeles finds that crime rates are lower in communities with both commercial and residential uses.
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The Myth of the Commuting Criminal
Research has repeatedly shown that crime doesn't necessarily accompany transit, but that lingering fear still threatens new transportation projects.
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Videos
In Oakland, Citizens Learn to Treat Gunshot Wounds
The People's Community Medics can turn anyone into a first responder.
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The Problem With Police Line-Ups
False eyewitness identifications are the leading factor in wrongful convictions. Washington, D.C., wonders if it can fix that.
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Maps
5 Ways of Visualizing Crime in Philly
This is what happens when a city releases its data.
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The Study That Could Upend Everything We Thought We Knew About Declining Urban Crime
An NYU sociologist now says New York's famed police tactics had nothing to do with the city's turnaround.
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How Mexico City's Drunk Driving Crack Down Is Making the City Safer
Innovative programs have helped turn the city from one of the world's most dangerous places into one of the safest areas in Mexico.
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Finding Beauty in the Hypnotic Sound of Police Scanners
A window into the steady rhythm of first responders in a major city.
