The majority of victims in shootings by police—84 percent overall—were reported as armed with a firearm or other weapon, such as a knife or vehicle, during the six-year study period.
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New York City ranks in the top 15 percent safest of more than 800 U.S. cities, according to a pioneering new analysis from researchers at NYU Tandon School of Engineering, suggesting the effectiveness of the city’s efforts to mitigate homicides there.
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In a new study, social scientists and data scientists applied machine learning techniques to nearly two decades’ worth of police reports on rape cases.
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The funding will enable Montgomery County’s Police Department (MD) to handle cases with greater efficiency, process evidence more quickly and stay updated on advancements in forensic science.
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Seizures by law enforcement officials of psilocybin, a compound found in psychedelic mushrooms, have increased by 369% since 2017, a new study shows.
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Black women in the U.S were, on average, six times more likely to be murdered than their white peers for the years 1999 through 2020, according to an analysis of racial disparities in U.S. homicide rates released by Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
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Black adults across the United States suffer from sleep problems following exposure to news about unarmed Black individuals killed by police during police encounters, according to a new study.
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These examples underscore the need for collaboration across an investigation’s life cycle, so investigators and prosecutors have a full understanding of the evidence’s value to a case.
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The program consists of distributing child ID kits to families of first-graders throughout the state through sheriff’s offices and schools. Families can then complete the kits and have them on hand should a child in their care ever go missing.
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The new study shows that the impact on family members is even greater when a child suffers a firearm injury than when another family member is injured.
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