DSS Takes Heat Over Alleged Caseload Reduction Policy
... Takes Heat Over Alleged Caseload Reduction Policy Greene cited numerous instances of inappropriate referrals: “Parents who have tested positive for cocaine, allegations of choking children, parents who have histories of mental illness and are not treated, parents who have… Continue reading
Even With Changes, US Prisons Might Stay Overcrowded: Report
... with changes, US prisons might stay overcrowded: report The United States incarcerated 2.2 million people in state and federal institutions in 2011, the most recent year for which the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics has published data. The huge… Continue reading
To Curb Disease, Program to Give Free Drug Needles
... be run many times with slight changes in the starting conditions, resulting in estimates of the statistical likelihood that the cloud seeding really was responsible. It will be fascinating to see what they find. Perhaps they really … Read… Continue reading
Gun Crime Has Plunged, but Americans Think It's Up, Says Study
... crime has plunged, but Americans think it's up, says study The number of gun killings dropped 39% between 1993 and 2011, the Bureau of Justice Statistics reported in a separate report released Tuesday. Gun crimes that weren't fatal fell… Continue reading
Rare Execution of US Woman Scheduled for Tuesday
... execution of US woman scheduled for Tuesday It was among three slayings linked to Ms. McCarthy, a former nursing home therapist who had been addicted to crack cocaine. Her lethal injection is scheduled for Tuesday … Federal Bureau of… Continue reading
What Exactly Are the Dangers of Cocaine?
... epidemic (beginning in 1985 and peaking in 1988) violence in crack-infested neighborhoods increased dramatically. Young people with few other opportunities were lured by the power and money of being crack dealers; most carried guns and many were murdered in… Continue reading