In The News: Department of Criminal Justice
On a flight to Las Vegas earlier this month, a Florida family discussed how they planned to react in the unlikely event that they had to flee from an active shooter in a crowded place.
On a flight to Las Vegas earlier this month, a Florida family discussed how they planned to react in the unlikely event they found themselves having to flee from an active shooter in a crowded place.
On a flight to Las Vegas earlier this month, a Florida family discussed how they planned to react in the unlikely event they found themselves having to flee from an active shooter in a crowded place.
For decades, Philadelphia police have wrestled with managing the crowds that squeeze through South Street. Some residents and merchants says the neighborhood has taken on an air of lawlessness.
To many observers, the grim discovery inspired a callback to a darker Las Vegas past.
To many observers, the grim discovery inspired a callback to a darker Las Vegas past.
Law enforcement is a career that is always in the public eye, whether for heroic reasons or scandal. Currently, our nation's 800,000 law enforcement officers have even more of a spotlight than usual, though. To start, for the past two years they have been in charge of enforcing COVID-19 restrictions. In addition, there have been quite a few recent high-profile police brutality cases, including officers found guilty for federal civil rights violations leading up to the death of George Floyd. President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech also called for the nation to “fund the police” with better training and resources.
Place-based policing is one of the most evidence-based and scientifically supported approaches police can take to prevent crime in their communities
Over the last couple years, many cities in the U.S. have seen an increase in the number of homicides.
At least nine jurisdictions either plan to or have adopted the crime-reduction strategy known as ‘place network investigations’ — a model that examines geographic connections that allow crime to flourish.
U.S. News & World Report recognized 23 UNLV programs, including 13 from the William S. Boyd School of Law, in its annual list of top graduate and professional schools.
During the six hours Trent Leach was hiding in an abandoned church in downtown Las Vegas on Sept. 21, police said, he fired 20 rounds, striking a SWAT vehicle and the window of an occupied apartment.