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A New York Police Department ambulance is parked on the right, with an officer on a motorcycle behind it. A officer's chest is out of focus in the foreground on the left.
Closing Argument October 8
The Problem With The FBI’s Missing Crime Data
Many police departments have not adopted the feds’ new reporting system, muddling the picture about national crime trends.
By Weihua Li and Jamiles Lartey
News Inside November 17, 2020
Subjects To Debate
News Inside knows that political debates are always taking place behind the wall, even after the presidential election. That’s why Issue 6 is full of information that will help folks inside strengthen their arguments.
By Lawrence Bartley
News September 25, 2020
Is Violent Crime Rising In Cities Like Trump Says? Well, It’s Complicated.
Trump speaks of "anarchy and mayhem" in cities. Here's what the data really shows.
By Weihua Li
News September 30, 2019
New FBI Data: Violent Crime Still Falling
2018 drop extends decades-long trend, but rapes rise for sixth straight year
By Jamiles Lartey and Weihua Li
Protesters participated in an immigration rally and march in San Diego in June.
Commentary August 2, 2018
In Trump Country, ICE May Chill Immigrants’ Crime Reports
Fewer calls on opioid abuse may mean sicker, and more dangerous, rural communities.
Tonyaa J. Weathersbee
The police patrol a residential neighborhood in east Baltimore minutes after a curfew law took effect in Baltimore in August 2014.
Justice Lab July 31, 2018
The Curfew Myth
How a ‘90s panic spawned an anti-crime measure that doesn’t make you safer.
By Ivonne Roman
The PREA hotline number for offenders to call is pasted on the floor under a bank of phones at the Washington Corrections Center For Women in Gig Harbor, Wash.
News July 25, 2018
Prison Rape Allegations Are on the Rise
But the accusations are still rarely found to be true.
By Alysia Santo
David Hayward attends a class at the Turning Leaf Project, a prisoner reentry program, in Charleston, S.C., in February.
News June 26, 2018
Training the Brain to Stay out of Jail
How one ambitious program aims to reduce crime by changing how repeat offenders think.
By Eli Hager
A new Bureau of Justice Statistics report finds that only 42 percent of violent crimes were reported to police in 2016.
News December 8, 2017
How Hard is it to Count Violent Crimes?
A new survey finds it’s more difficult than you might think.
By Yolanda Martinez
Crime scene investigators collect evidence after 13 people were injured in an attack at the Ohio State University campus in 2016.
Q&A November 15, 2017
Violent Crime: A Conversation
Is it rising or declining? Does it matter?
By The Marshall Project
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