Crime Statistics, Media Toolkits & Additional Resources for Journalists
Media Toolkit
Media oriented criminal justice statistics news and resources for journalists
Crime Drop? How Data-Driven Reporting Fueled an Investigation of the Milwaukee Police Department’s Flawed Data
Feeding the Beast
The Bullpen
News For and About Crime and Justice Reporters
Reporter Handbooks
Guide and tips for covering criminal justice issues
Crime Drop? How Data-Driven Reporting Fueled an Investigation of the Milwaukee Police Department’s Flawed Data
Feeding the Beast
Gun Violence Expert Resource Guide
Reporting Case Studies
Behind the scenes of some of today’s best criminal justice coverage
Crime Drop? How Data-Driven Reporting Fueled an Investigation of the Milwaukee Police Department’s Flawed Data
Feeding the Beast
Crime Reporting Case Study: Online Investigation Scripps Howard "Murder Mysteries"
TCR at a Glance
Re-Abuse Common for Teens Who Seek Orders of Protection
new & notable May 20, 2013
Researchers who studied 1,200 incidents of dating violence in New York found brief Orders of Protection and repeat abuse
Guns and the Media
May 17, 2013
A conference on gun violence this week raised questions about whether journalists are focusing on the wrong things
Can ‘Smart Gun’ Technology Change the Stalemate Over Gun Violence?
May 16, 2013
The mayors of Philadelphia and Minneapolis challenge gun manufacturers to consider biometrics and other technological fixes in a New York...
Violence and 'Civil War-Level' Trauma in the Inner City
May 15, 2013
Should the debate on guns be framed in a public health context?
Dannel Malloy: 'The NRA is holding a gun to the head of every Republican' Senator
May 14, 2013
In a wide ranging conversation on the politics of guns, Connecticut's governor said the media is letting the National Rifle Association d...
Study: American Youth Exposed to High Rates of Violence
new & notable May 14, 2013
From maltreatment to assaults and physical and emotional bullying, a survey of children found that violence is a fact of life for America...
A Crusading Newspaper vs the NYPD
May 13, 2013
The nation’s largest police force was trailing behind other cities in making neighborhood-by-neighborhood crime data publicly avail...