Rafael A. Mangual testified in a hearing titled An Overview of the Problem and Policy Solutions. Watch the full testimony here. Chairman Van Drew, Ranking Member Crockett, and all other members of this distinguished body: Thank you for the opportunity to offer remarks on the all-important topic of public safety in America’s cities—an issue I have spent the […]
— Read on manhattan.institute/article/testimony-before-the-u-s-house-judiciary-subcommittee-on-oversight
Tag: Violent Crime
Brandon Scott’s Fight Against Violence in Baltimore Isn’t Over
In his first term, Mayor Scott went all in on violence reduction. Will his political foes topple the peace?
— Read on www.thetrace.org/2025/09/brandon-scott-baltimore-violence-safety/
Mass Shootings in 2025 | Gun Violence Archive
Access the data here:
— Read on www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass-shooting
Murder Officially Plunged in 2024 – by Jeff Asher
That and more takeaways from the FBI’s 2024 Reported Crime in the Nation report.
— Read on jasher.substack.com/p/murder-officially-plunged-in-2024
They were Abused at Florida’s Dozier School. Now They’re on Death Row | The Marshall Project
Michael Bell, set to be executed Tuesday, is among at least 34 boys from the Dozier School later sentenced to death. Did abuse make them more violent?
— Read on www.themarshallproject.org/2025/07/14/florida-death-row-teens-abuse
Why I Think Murder Is Plunging – by Jeff Asher
It’s complicated, but this is what I find compelling.
— Read on jasher.substack.com/p/why-i-think-murder-is-plunging
Homicide Victimization in the United States, 2023 | Bureau of Justice Statistics
Highlights
In 2023:
The rate of homicide victimization was 5.9 per 100,000 persons. This marks a decrease from the rate of 6.7 per 100,000 in 2022.
The male homicide victimization rate (9.3 per 100,000 persons) was 3.5 times greater than the homicide victimization rate for females (2.6 per 100,000).
The homicide victimization rate for black persons (21.3 per 100,000 persons) was more than 6 times the rate for white persons (3.2 per 100,000).
The largest percentage of homicide victimizations (39%) was committed by someone outside the family but known to the victim.— Read on bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/homicide-victimization-united-states-2023
Southport attack: Prevent Learning Review published | Counter Terrorism Policing
This is the first time I have ever seen a learning review. Check it out to see the difference from the American After Action Review.
“Elsie, Alice and Bebe, and all of those devastated by the tragic events in Southport in July, remain in our thoughts. This drives our determination to get the answers that all of those affected by what happened need and deserve.
“Immediately after the attack, Counter Terrorism Policing and the Home Office jointly commissioned a review to understand how referrals of Axel Rudakubana into the Prevent system were handled.
”Ahead of the public inquiry that will look at the role of the public authorities involved in the case, we have taken the unprecedented step of publishing the review.
“It describes decisions made in line with policy in place at the time, in a system that was not equipped to deal with emerging risks that were very different to those it had been built to address.
“In this case, there were at least 15 contact points with public services – health, education and social care systems, and the police.
“We want to see a system where every one of those contacts counts, and where the sum total of all of them taken together is seen as the red flag that it should be.
— Read on www.counterterrorism.police.uk/southport-attack-prevent-learning-review-published/
Vital City | Vital Signs: The State of Crime in New York City at Midyear 2024
A sluggish recovery with three warning bells for the quality of city life
— Read on www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/the-state-of-crime-in-new-york-city-at-midyear-2024
Vital Signs: The State of Crime in New York City at Midyear 2024 |Vital City
A sluggish recovery with three warning bells for the quality of city life.
An excellent concept discussed is VOLUME OF CRIME. Volume of crime is probably what the citizens feel and is the reason why when “experts” claim that the crime rate decreased in NYC citizens continue to feel unsafe.
— Read on www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/the-state-of-crime-in-new-york-city-at-midyear-2024