University of Michigan-Dearborn Criminology & Criminal Justice

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It's Early, But Murder Is Falling Even Faster So Far In 2024 Interpreting what an early decline in murder might mean.

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FBI Quarterly Data Points to Declining Crime in 2023 The FBI released Q4 data yesterday so that means two posts in one week.

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Apply for a Student Travel Scholarship to Attend the 2024 NIJ Conference The National Institute of Justice is pleased to invite undergraduate and graduate student travel scholarship applications for the 2024 NIJ National Research Conference. The 2024 conference will take place September 16-18, 2024, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. NIJ will support the travel costs for up to...

The Cold Case Unit is a partnership with UMD CCJ program and the Monroe County Sheriff's office. Here are the 5 students in the Winter 2024 semester unit, together with their advisors Professors Shelton, Shuraydi and Osowski.

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Most people think the U.S. crime rate is rising. They're wrong. Almost 80 percent of Americans, and 92 percent of Republicans, think crime has gone up. It actually fell in 2023. An expert blames a familiar culprit for the mistaken impression.

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Michigan Enacts Laws to Reform Its Juvenile Justice System In the aftermath of revelations from ProPublica, a government task force pushed for changes. New laws aim to keep low-level offenses out of court, provide more resources to young offenders and eliminate fines.

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You Didn’t Kill Anyone. So Why Are You Charged With Murder? A distinctly American legal doctrine holds getaway drivers and lookouts as responsible for a death as the actual killer. California is having second thoughts.

The UMD CCJ cold case unit with Monroe Sheriffs detectives and faculty

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Cash bail policies are under fresh scrutiny - Stateline Cash bail is undergoing a reckoning as policymakers debate its disproportionate effects on underserved communities and people with low incomes who sometimes can’t afford bail — as well as just how much the system truly keeps the public safe.