Is that going to be in the public's best interest? I'm thinking not. Accident victims, dead children, rape victims with kits sitting on shelves, potential homicides, suicides, ODs, ... these people's families (and the courts) deserve better than months of waiting for an answer. And we...
Noland worked with Tampa police for 12 days to help them identify and catch Bobby Joe Long. Long's connection to a string of homicides in the area was made clear when red carpet fibers found on Noland's clothing matched those of homicide victims. She told them her abductor had stopped to...
We piloted a survey instrument in fall of 2021 with 56 undergraduate students at a public university on the West Coast of the US. The pilot had three purposes. First, it verified that moving between levels of vignette severity (see Table1) resulted in significantly different levels of participa...
Drug overdose is now the leading cause of non-medical death in the United States. As of 2021, it was only slightly less deadly than all homicides, suicides, and motor-vehicle fatalitiescombined. Drugs still cause addiction, of course, and addiction still hurts addicts and society. But, likely...
Similarly, through access to data in the NVDRS, detail on the number of suicides by firearm and homicides by firearm is now more widely available in terms of intentional injuries, and these two mechanisms account for the second and third leading causes of deaths in the age group 15–24 with...
The majority of states do not require sellers or their agents to disclose occurrences like homicides, felonies, suicides, or natural deaths that occurred on a property or any rumored paranormal activity associated with it. Some states even say a seller or agent cannot be held legally liable for...
like homicides. the board also made violations of the policy a fireable offense. williams was arrested four months later for shoplifting. the policy includes requirements for random audits and annual reports reviewing use of the technology. a coalition of civil rights and community groups, including...
Suicide rates in this country have now hit their highest levels since World War II. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports there are nowtwice as many suicidesashomicides, That's despite the tens of millions of dollars being spent to combat it. ...
RUSHING MAN: Hi! I’m your public defender. Unfortunately, I’ve been assigned so many defendants that introducing myself is all the time I have for your case this month. RUSHING MAN: See you at your trial! PANEL 4 This panel is colored in shades of blue, except for the cash, which...
But what CAP found is that in addition to Philadelphia, Detroit, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Milwaukee and Columbus, Ohio, saw at least 10 fewer victimizations per 100,000 residents year to date. And general gun homicides are down in the U.S. by 13.1 percent. And gun violence victimiza...