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NEWS ABOUT: violent crime

violent crime stories: 10 news summaries

 Daily Sweets Linked to Violence 

Violent adults are more likely to have eaten candy as kids, study finds

Oct 1, 09 6:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Think twice before buying your child that chocolate bar—new research by psychiatrists shows that children who eat candy every day are more likely to grow into violent adults. The research, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, found that 69% of children in the study later convicted of a... More »

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violence • chocolate • candy • violent crime • sweet tooth

 Mexican Drug Violence 
 Seeps Into US 

Cartels' reach extends to Canada

Mar 23, 09 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Drug violence has killed more than 7,000 in Mexico since January 2008—and now it’s spreading into the US, the New York Times reports. Home-invasion investigators in Arizona have seen 200 cases since their squad formed last year, and violence has reached across the continent: there have been... More »

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drugs • Mexico • United States • drug cartel • violent crime

 Japan's Seniors Turn to Crime 

Violence surges among over-65s

Oct 17, 08 9:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's not the kids who are causing hand-wringing in Japan these days, but the elderly, who are responsible for a crime wave, the Daily Telegraph reports. With some 49,000 people over the age of 65 convicted of crimes ranging from petty theft to murder last year—more than triple... More »

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elderly • crime • Japan • violent crime • seniors

 Life Imitates Depp:
 Caribbean Piracy on Rise 

Yacht crowd comes under increased attack from armed buccaneers

Jun 2, 08 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pirates of the Caribbean is becoming all too real for yachters, the Los Angeles Times reports, with crime against visiting boats on the rise—and “it's becoming more violent,” one analyst says. The attacks are prompting businesses to advise caution—but they worry that overstating the problem could... More »

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theft • Pirates of the Caribbean • piracy • Caribbean • pirates • violent crime • armed robbery • yachts

Ex-Cop Guilty
of Murdering Girlfriend, His Unborn Child

Jury can recommend life or death sentence

Feb 15, 08 11:59 AM CST
(Newser) - A former police officer faces the death penalty after a jury convicted him today of murdering his girlfriend and their unborn child, CNN reports. The jury in Canton, Ohio, didn't buy Bobby Cutts Jr.'s argument that he accidentally killed Jessie Davis, who was 9 months pregnant, then panicked. Cutts,... More »

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murder • jury • Jessie Davis • murder trial • violent crime • Bobby Cutts, Jr. • verdict • Myisha Ferrell

Cops Closing Doors on
Cold Cases

Funding to crack unsolved mysteries declined 40% in '07

Feb 3, 08 11:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Amid shrinking budgets and shifts in focus, US police departments are downsizing their cold-case divisions, USA Today reports. Federal funding for the units dropped 40% in 2007, and departments are reducing the hours devoted to long-unsolved cases—and even eliminating the positions entirely. Experts in the field worry that such... More »

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law enforcement • murder • violent crime • police department • cold cases

Teens Kill 7-Year-Old With Mortal Kombat Moves

Charged with as adults with felony child abuse

Dec 20, 07 3:40 PM CST
(Newser) - A 16-year-old girl and her boyfriend beat to death her little sister while imitating moves from the Mortal Kombat  video game, Colorado police say. Heather Trujillo and Lamar Roberts, 17, kicked, punched, and body-slammed 7-year-old Zoe Garcia until she was unconscious, CNN reports. They have been charged as adults... More »

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killings • violent crime • juveniles • Mortal Kombat • teenager • video games

Violent Crime Rate Down in
Several Cities

Mid-Atlantic region still grappling with rising murder rate

Nov 29, 07 10:33 AM CST
(Newser) - The crime surge of the last two years seems to be petering out, according to a new study by a police research group. The 2005-2006 rise in violent crime rates had been the first sustained jump in over a decade, but the new report shows that the numbers of murders,... More »

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Minneapolis • crime • Boston • Washington DC • police • Denver • Detroit • Los Angeles • Houston • Baltimore • US cities • violent crime

Filling Jails Doesn't
Cut Crime

Study concludes that  longer sentences don't make streets safer

Nov 20, 07 6:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Getting tough on criminals through longer prison terms—at an annual cost of tens of billions of US taxpayer dollars—hasn't made a major impact on crime, concludes a study released yesterday. The US prison population has increased 800% since 1970—giving the nation has the world's highest incarceration rate—... More »

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Department of Justice • prison • crime • prison system • Drug Enforcement Administration • drug abuse • violent crime • prison population

Stressed Out at 7 Years Old

Kids fret about global warming, terrorism and friendships

Oct 12, 07 2:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Children as young as 7 years old are stressed out about issues such as global warming, violent crime and international terrorism, as well as personal problems, according to a new study in Britain. The research, based on 700 in-depth interviews with children aged 7 to 11, found that kids live... More »

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terrorism • global warming • UNICEF • children • Community Soundings • Cambridge University • Howard League for Penal Reform • Robin Alexander • Wolfson College, Cambridge • violent crime

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