November 2017 Articles

Community Outreach
Indiana IMPD to Host Event to Help Public Understand How Homicide Cases are Investigated   Read
Fox 59 (10/10/2017)
District Attorney Ryan Addresses Medford Seniors on Middlesex District Attorney's Partnership with Project Linus   Read
Middlesex, Massachusetts DA Press Office (10/11/2017)
Indiana District Attorney Plans to Implement Lifesaver Program for Dementia Patients   Read
Indiana Gazette (10/12/2017) 
Officer Involved Shootings
Salt Lake District Attorney Asks FBI to Probe Fatal Police Shooting   Read
Deseret News Utah (10/10/2017)
Funding
County Rejects Michigan County Prosecutor Kimble's Request for More Staff Help   Read
The Daily Reporter (10/11/2017) 
Drugs
Medical Marijuana a Concern for Michigan Prosecutor's Office   Read
Cheboygan Daily Tribunal (10/11/2017)
Juvenile Justice
Study Finds 'Significant' Increase in State Juvenile Justice Reforms   Read
The Crime Report (10/11/2017) 
Domestic Violence
Immigration Crackdown Interfering with Domestic Violence Cases, Says Kane County Illinois State's Attorney   Read
The Chicago Tribune (10/12/2017)

Technology
More Police Departments and Other First-Responders are Using Drones   Read
The Economist (10/12/2017)

April Articles 2

   Technology
     In Wake of Attack, U.K. Officials to
     Push Against Encryption Technology  Read  
       The New York Times (03/27/2017)

     Smile! You’ve Just Been Identified by Face Recognition  Read  
       New York Daily News (03/27/2017)

   Drugs
    Largely White Opioid Epidemic Highlights
    Black Frustration with Drug War  Read  
     USA Today (03/27/2017)

   The Children Left Behind:
   As One Generation Dies, The Next One’s in Peril  Read  
     Portland Press Herald (03/29/2017)

   Crime
    Federal Criminal Prosecutions Fall to
    Lowest Level in Nearly Two Decades  Read  
     Pew Research Center (03/28/2017)

   The Prison Scam That Leads to Violence  Read  
     The Crime Report (03/28/2017)

   Prevention
    How Truckers, Hotel Workers Can Fight Sex Trafficking  Read  
      The Pew Charitable Trusts (03/28/2017)

  Policing
   NYPD ShotSpotter Gunfire Sensors
   Improve Rate of 911 Calls  Read  
     New York Daily News (03/28/2017)

  Procedure
   Justice Department Watchdog Finds
   DEA Cash Seizure Program May Pose Risk to Civil Liberties  Read  
     Los Angeles Times (03/29/2017)

   Making Freedom Free — Some of the nation’s district attorneys are using their power to  end the cash bail system.  Read  
   Slate (03/29/2017)

 

These articles and more are available in the PCE Policy Library which resides on Prosecutors’ Encyclopedia (PE). The PCE Policy Library is a resource that contains thousands of articles and reports on topics impacting prosecutors, including ethics, technological developments, social science, innovative law enforcement practices, and evolving trends in crime. Prosecutors with a PE account can access these resources at: http://pe.nypti.org/wiki/Prosecutors_Center_for_Excellence_Policy_Library. Prosecutors can request an account at www.NRCFP.com.

April Articles

   Procedure
   Bevin Signs Contentious Blue Lives Matter Law  Read  
   Courier-Journal (03/22/2017)

   Should Prosecutors Chastise Those They Don’t Charge?  Read  
   The New York Times (03/24/2017)

   Collateral Consequences:
   Protecting Public Safety or Encouraging Recidivism?  Read  
   The Heritage Foundation (3/7/2017)

   Prevention
   In Chicago and Philadelphia, the Difference a Park Makes  Read  
   The New York Times (3/12/2017)

   Criminologists Urge Trump Administration
   Not to Cut Science from Crime Policy  Read  
   The Washington Post (03/23/2017)

  Policing
  How to be a 21st Century Cop  Read  
   The Crime Report (03/23/2017)

  Forensics
  Judge Permits Bite Mark Evidence for Ross Retrial  Read  
   Altoona Mirror (03/25/2017)

  Worthy Lauds Processing of Thousands of Rape Kits  Read  
   The Detroit News (3/2/2017)

  Drugs
  2 of a Farmer's 3 Children Overdosed.
  What of the Third — and the Land?  Read  
   The New York Times (3/12/2017)

  Juveniles
  The Contagious Spread of Violence
  Among US Adolescents Through Social Networks  Read  
   The American Journal of Public Health (July 2017)

 

   These articles and more are available in the PCE Policy Library which resides on Prosecutors’ Encyclopedia (PE). The PCE Policy Library is a resource that contains thousands of articles and reports on topics impacting prosecutors, including ethics, technological developments, social science, innovative law enforcement practices, and evolving trends in crime. Prosecutors with a PE account can access these resources at: http://pe.nypti.org/wiki/Prosecutors_Center_for_Excellence_Policy_Library. Prosecutors can request an account at www.NRCFP.com. 

 

March Articles

Prosecutors
Interview with Mike Herring,
Commonwealth Attorney for the City of Richmond, VA​  Read
Richmond Justice (10/21/2016)
Prevention
Goodwill Fighting Recidivism in Arkansas
by Building Trust to Fight Crime  Read
THV11 (2017)
Policing
Police Bias, Use of Deadly Force,
Public Outcry — Vicious Cycle?​  Read
American Society of Criminology (2017)
Survey Reveals Disconnect
​Between Police and Public Attitudes  Read
The Washington Post (01/11/2017)
Kentucky State Police to
Investigate Shootings Involving Police  Read
The Courier-Journal (02/15/2017)
Ethics
Pennsylvania AG Releases New Code of
Conduct for AG’s Office Employees  Read
PennLive (01/19/2017)
Pennsylvania AG Code of Conduct  Read
Office of Pennsylvania Attorney General (2017)
Juvenile Justice
What We Can Learn from the Amazing
Drop in Juvenile Incarceration  Read
The Marshall Project (01/24/2017)
Crime
Traffic Deaths Soared Past 40,000 Last Year
for the First Time in Decades  Read
The Washington Post (02/15/2017)
Victims and Witnesses
In Connecticut, Calling for Help Carries Risks
for Victims of Domestic Violence  Read
ProPublica (02/16/2017)

These articles and more are available in the PCE Policy Library which resides on Prosecutors’ Encyclopedia (PE). The PCE Policy Library is a resource that contains thousands of articles and reports on topics impacting prosecutors, including ethics, technological developments, social science, innovative law enforcement practices, and evolving trends in crime. Prosecutors with a PE account can access these resources at: http://pe.nypti.org/wiki/Prosecutors_Center_for_Excellence_Policy_Library. Prosecutors can request an account at www.NRCFP.com. 

February Articles

Technology What DA’s Battle with Facebook Could Mean for Your Privacy  Read   New York Post (01/07/2017) Policing The Wrong Side of History — Police Training in the Holocaust Museum​  Read  Chicago Magazine (01/31/2017) Mass Incarceration Study: Mass Incarceration System Costs At Least $182 Billion per Year  Read   The Crime Report (01/26/2017) Prevention After Prison, Davontae Sanford Steers Teens from Crime  Read   The Detroit News (01/31/2017) Drugs Seattle, King County Move to Open Nation’s First Safe Injection Sites for Drug Users  Read   The Seattle Times (01/27/2017) Procedure What is a ‘Violent Crime’? For California’s New Parole Law, the Definition is Murky - and it Matters  Read   Los Angeles Times (01/27/2017) Crime America’s Oldest Crime Victims  Read   The Crime Report (01/30/2017) Judge Acquits Two Men in Perjury Case Over Recanted Testimony in 1993 Gentilly Murder  Read   The New Orleans Advocate (01/30/2017)   These articles and more are available in the PCE Policy Library which resides on Prosecutors’ Encyclopedia (PE). The PCE Policy Library is a resource that contains thousands of articles and reports on topics impacting prosecutors, including ethics, technological developments, social science, innovative law enforcement practices, and evolving trends in crime. Prosecutors with a PE account can access these resources at: http://pe.nypti.org/wiki/Prosecutors_Center_for_Excellence_Policy_Library. Prosecutors can request an account at www.NRCFP.com.