Articles Tagged with ''crime''

The NY City Council passed two bills to rein in the NYPD’s use of stop and frisk. 

The majority of foreign and domestic companies in Mexico say security has either improved or remained unchanged from last year, and almost half expect more improvement within five years.

One way to understand what motivates and deters burglars is to ask them.

A new report on employee theft and embezzlement reveals that 2012 had both the largest corporate and municipal embezzlement cases in US history.

University research funded by the Alarm Industry Research and Educational Foundation (AIREF) provides a look into the mind of a burglar by examining the behaviors of convicted offenders in three states.

The Armed Citizen Project, a nonprofit group that arms residents living in high-crime cities, reportedly hopes to put shotguns in the hands of residents living in Chicago.

Chicago's first 80-degree day in seven months brought a wave of violence, with an average of one shooting per hour at one point.

Three months after Chicago notched the most murders in the nation, officials are touting a dramatic downturn in crime.

Seattle is poised to become the first in the nation to provide direct funding for research into the causes and effects of gun violence.

The New York Police Department's practice of stopping, questioning and frisking people on the street is facing its biggest legal challenge with a federal civil rights trial on whether the tactic unfairly targets minorities.