Justice Strategies       "Youth crime in the United States remains near the lowest levels seen in the past three decades, yet public concern and media coverage of gang activity has skyrocketed since 2000. Fear has spread from neighborhoods with longstanding gang problems to communities with historically low levels of crime, and some policy makers have declared the arrival of a national gang “crisis.” Yet many questions remain unanswered. Youth crime in the United States remains near the low... Read Full Story

  Sentencing Law & Policy                                                                       Do we want crack dealers out on the streets earlier? Are they more dangerous than a powder cocaine addict? Read below:  Post:    "I am pleased to be able to post a new opinion from a district court that provides a thorough and thoughtful account of why the court has adopted a 1:1 ratio for crack sentence cases.  Here is the openning paragraph and one key passage from US v. Gully, No. CR 08-3... Read Full Story

Annie Cossins University of New South Wales - Faculty of Law British Journal of Criminology, Vol. 48, pp. 359-378, 2008 UNSW Law Research Paper No. 2008-43 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1398603 "Abstract:      Restorative justice advocates have made a number of claims about the effectiveness of restorative justice in relation to sexual assault crimes, such as its ability to defuse power relations between the parties and heal the harm. This article examines whether or no... Read Full Story

  Point of View                                                                               According to Fox News today, "Michael Jackson still had a faint pulse and his body was warm when his doctor found him in bed and not breathing, a lawyer for the doctor told The Associated Press on Sunday. . . Chernoff told the AP that Murray was at the pop icon's rented mansion on Thursday afternoon when he discovered Jackson in bed and not breathing. The doctor immediately began administering CPR,... Read Full Story

American Thinker      Thomas Lifson"A new and even more scandalous rape allegation has surfaced at Duke University. Yet the usual media and campus PC crowd are keeping mighty quiet. Identity politics apparently trumps all sense of outrage. . . Of course, after the disgraceful media and university reaction to the phony allegations against Duke Lacrosse team members, it is wise avoid jumping to conclusions, but the comparative silence on the current case is nonetheless remarkable, considering h... Read Full Story

Dave Stratton's Insurance Defense Blog is an excellent resource for those researching information regarding insurance cases. The following include excerpts and links: Failure to order complete trial transcript results in dismissal of Virginia appeal of $8.3 million verdict April 21, 2009 "A simple clerical error -- failing to order the... Read Full Story

The following are excerpts and links to excellent articles on Health Care Fraud from: FraudBlawg New Medicare Fraud: “Spinning” Blood at HIV Clinics June 11, 2009 "DOJ recently busted a Miami, FL-based ring who fraudulently bilked taxpayers by “spinning” patients’ blood to falsify lab results, fooling CMS into paying for... Read Full Story

Medical News Today Article Date: 29 May 2009 - 0:00 PDT "Elderly people who live below the poverty line and perceive their neighborhoods to be dangerous are more likely to have a mobility disability. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health suggest that even perceiving one's neighborhood... Read Full Story

All About Forensic Psychology Richard L. Ault, JR. & James T. Reese Originally Published In The: FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin (March 1980) FOREWARD Inside the Criminal Mind: A Forensic Psychology eBook Collection Special "In the early 1970s, Special Agent Howard Teten and others in the FBI began to apply the... Read Full Story

New York Times By WALECIA KONRAD Published: June 12, 2009        " Brandon Sharp, a 37-year-old manager at an oil and gas company in Houston, has never had any real health problems and, luckily, he has never stepped foot in an emergency room. So imagine his surprise a few years ago when he learned he owed thousands of dollars worth of emergency-service medical bills. Mr. Sharp, as it turned out, was a victim of a fast-growing crime known as medical identity theft  At the time, Mr. Shar... Read Full Story