While it’s a surprise to no one, it’s good that the subject of the CompStat numbers has finally come up and is being aired publicly.

I know that some people are like, “so what else is new,” and they don’t believe this is a big deal since crime is, in fact, genuinely down.  But it is [...]

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I have to say something.  Recently it’s been acknowledged that some of the NYPD’s earlier numbers are inaccurate.  I keep reading that 1963 is the year when they started getting it right.  I’ve always had a lot to say about the homicide numbers, but I just didn’t feel like getting into it. But when I [...]

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I love things like this (thank you for bringing this to my attention, you know who you are!).  It’s an interactive map of murders in the city from 2003-2009 that was recently published in the New York Times.  Great job whoever compiled this!
This is an undated picture from a crime scene from the past.

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There’s a great article by Matt Stiles and Terri Langford in the Houston Chronicle called “Murder figures can be hard to solve.”
From the article:
Dr. Charles Wellford, professor of criminology and criminal justice at the University of Maryland, pointed out how a police “cold case” unit in Kansas City brought another 15 solved cases for a [...]

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