City Journal
Jan 22, 2003
In The News: For the best conservative, feel-good take on crime in New York, check out City Journal, published quarterly by the think-tank The Manhattan Institute. The Spring and Summer issues
Civilian Complaint Review Boards
Jan 12, 2003
THE LOWDOWN: It has been a winter of reckoning for the NYPD. Last December, Justin Volpe pleaded guilty to sodomizing Abner Louima. A second trial in the Louima case is drawing Last Updated (Friday, March 15, 2013 08:21 AM)
Old Issues Are New Again: Parole, Central Park Jogger Case, Rape
Nov 01, 2002
The first criminal justice issue of the New York gubernatorial campaign came up in the final few weeks -- parole of violent felons. But this isn't the usual substantive discussion
Two Heinous Crimes Unresolved
Oct 01, 2002
As former police officer Charles Schwarz heads back to prison to start his five-year sentence for perjury, New Yorkers have come to realize they may never know who besides imprisoned Last Updated (Friday, March 15, 2013 09:37 AM)
Police Pay: What's Fair?
Sep 01, 2002
The starting salary of police officers in the NYPD is $31,305 -- too low to support a family of four in most city neighborhoods. How did this happen to cops Last Updated (Friday, March 15, 2013 09:36 AM)
Capital Punishment, Parole, And More
Aug 01, 2002
CARNEGIE DELI KILLERS SENTENCED The two men convicted in late June of killing three people and wounding two others in an execution-style murder and robbery above midtown's Carnegie Deli have been
Drug Law Reform Failed Again
Jul 01, 2002
 A year in which the governor and all 211 legislators are up for reelection is generally not the politically preferred time to introduce legislation perceived as soft on crime. Nonetheless, in
Operation Spotlight, etc.
Jun 01, 2002
Last fall's post-September 11 headline in the satirical newspaper the Onion read: "Rest of country temporarily feels deep affection for New York." But it is still holding on. Despite forbidding Last Updated (Friday, March 15, 2013 09:49 AM)
Back To The Bad Old Days?
May 01, 2002
Nobody wants to go back to the bad old days when the very name New York City was associated with crimes so brutal they entered the American lexicon. The Central Last Updated (Friday, March 15, 2013 09:46 AM)
Alternative Juvenile Court
Apr 01, 2002
It was Tuesday afternoon at the Red Hook Community Justice Center and a teenage girl accused of robbing a classmate at school stood before judge Alex Calabrese. She had one |