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COVER STORY: "Atlanta's drug war - Cops say gangs are driving the city's crime surge." John Sugg, Creative Loafing, December 12, 2007.

bullet REPORT: "Detroit Leads U.S. In Danger. Atlanta shows up in 22nd place on the list, but the controversial analysis of FBI statistics has been attacked as 'irresponsible." David Goodman, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, November 19, 2007.
bullet "The price of big-city life: As crime rises, some Atlantans say more police needed on beat." Eric Stirgus, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, October 6, 2007.
bullet"Adjusted homicide rankings put Raleigh farther up list." Marlon Walker, The News & Observer, September 26, 2007.
bullet"Study find silver lining: Police work may offset effects of high poverty, unemployment." Gregory Korter, The Cincinnati Inquirer, February 12, 2007.
bullet"Taking Another Look At Murder Statistics." Carl Bialik, The Wall Street Journal, January 19, 2007.
bullet"Homicide lull: just 4 slayings this year." Becky Pallack, Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Arizona, February 24, 2006.
bullet"We're No. 1!" Martin Kuz, San Francisco Weekly, San Francisco, California, February 16, 2006.
bullet"Fewer St. Louisans are murdered than naysayers think." Jeremy Kohler, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri, December 13, 2005.
bullet "Silly crime rankings versus real numbers." Richard Rosenfeld, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri, December 6, 2005.
bulletRosenfeld, Richard, Robert Fornango, and Eric Baumer. 2005. “Did Ceasefire, Compstat, and Exile Reduce Homicide.”  Criminology and Public Policy 4:419-450.
bullet "CrimeMATRIX: An Effective Regional Law Enforcement Information Sharing System." Colonel Jerry Lee and Sergeant Mark Daugherty, St. Louis County (MO) Police Department. CALEA Update, No. 89, October. 2005.
bullet"What Rape?" Jeremy Kohler, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri, January 16, 2005.
bullet"Police Departments as Learning Laboratories," Edward R. Maguire, Ideas In American Policing, Police Foundation, Number 6, August, 2004.
bullet"Atlanta gets a bad rap for crime rate, criminology study shows," Sarah Rubenstein, Atlanta Business Chronicle, Atlanta, Georgia, June 18, 2004.
bullet"FBI eyes locally developed program for nationwide distribution," Jon Gillooly, Marietta Daily Journal, Marietta, Georgia, June 14, 2004.
bullet"Research Refines Homicide Statistics; L.A. fares better than many cities in a study that takes poverty into account when assessing killings per capita." Jill Leovy, Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California, June 4, 2004. 
bullet"A Businesslike Approach To Solving Crime," Larry Kahaner, Government Enterprise, April 5, 2004.

 

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