Amid new reports of violent crime rising in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic, the FBI said Monday in its annual report for 2019 that reported violent crime in the nation dropped slightly last ...

Commentators argue that African Americans in law enforcement can play a primary role in tackling the historic legacy of police racism. But first they have to get in the door. Interviews with criminal ...

Richard M. Aborn has been a player in the New York City criminal justice world since 1979, when he began his legal career as a prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. In the 1990s, ...

Civil asset forfeiture gives police officers the right to seize cash, cars and homes from people who haven’t been convicted of a crime, which is why it’s time to end this exploitative practice by ...

Organized crime is very active throughout both the private and public sectors. From banks to major retailers, federal governments to small businesses, fraudsters aren’t discerning when choosing which ...

People with a record frequently experience challenges in obtaining or maintaining housing. For those who have been incarcerated, on supervision, charged, and/or arrested, the background check for ...

The warnings about Florida student Nikolas Cruz seemed to flash like neon signs: expulsion from school, fighting with classmates, a fascination with weapons and hurting animals, disturbing images and ...

Discipline in New York’s prison system has only gotten more unequal. New York’s Inspector General Lucy Lang confirmed a significant racial disparity exists between the discipline of white incarcerated ...

As a result of a lawsuit filed last year by the ACLU of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia’s court leadership has agreed to changes that could lead to many more people being released before trial. Now, it’s ...

Placing young people behind bars has been a “catch-all response” to a multitude of problems experienced by youth—one reason the U.S. has registered one of the world’s highest rates of youth ...

Teenagers are increasingly at risk of overdose as fentanyl overdose deaths sweep the country and, as they return to school, experts warn they may run into the substance more in unexpected ways, Axios ...

Why would a Kentucky newsroom 2,000 miles from the headquarters of a ruthless Mexican drug lord named “El Mencho” spend nine months; commit 21 staffers; travel to Mexico, 15 American cities and five ...