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Illinois Scores Top Rank in Reintegrating Ex-Incarcerees, Alaska is Lowest

The Crime Report

Many of the latest improvements were driven by economic necessity, the CCRC said, noting that the pandemic has driven home the concept that communities need to “support, train, and recruit workers who are essential to rebuilding the small businesses that are the lifeblood of healthy communities while supporting themselves and their families.”

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The Loki Effect: How Crime Became the Latest Crisis Blamed on the Pandemic

JonathanTurley

Whole stores have been ransacked by gangs, and the crime is sweeping large and small businesses alike. In some cities, like San Francisco, police largely stopped responding to shoplifting calls after state law was changed to make the theft of merchandise worth $950 or less just a misdemeanor. That damned Loki.