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‘Consistent Parenting’ Reduces Likelihood of Criminal Behavior: Study

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A new study by researchers at the University of Georgia and Mississippi State University has found that youth whose parents monitored them, were consistent in their parenting, and had high levels of behavioral control were at lowest risk for adult crime, reports Phys.org.

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Black Advocates Sense Racial Undertones in GOP Crime Debate

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Ads criticizing Democrats as too soft on crime, while directed at some white candidates, are using the issue of race to ignite fear in Black candidates like Stacey Abrams in Georgia and Mandela Barnes in Wisconsin, critics say. Still, critics say, the GOP uses the issue of race to ignite racial fears and hostility, reports Cheyanne M.

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The World’s Top Jailers: 24 U.S. States

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It was followed, respectively, by Mississippi, Oklahoma (which was the world’s top jailer last year), Georgia, and Arkansas. Its incarceration rate of 1,094 per 100,000 was nearly double the overall U.S. average of 664 per 100,000. The first foreign nation appearing on the list, in the number 37 slot, was El Salvador at 562.

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Mail Theft On the Rise Nationwide

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No longer the actions of lone wolf criminals, mail theft is now part of larger criminal organizations targeting mail carriers specifically for “arrow keys,” which unlock multiple blue drop boxes and other collection boxes throughout a community, reports Keith BieryGolick for the Cincinnati Enquirer and USA Today.

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Nationwide Movement to End Unpaid Prison Labor Tackles the ‘Slavery Loophole’

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Incarcerated individuals across the country are forced to work for cents on the dollar, with five states, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi and Texas, offering no wages, reports the Guardian. . Photo by mksfly via Flickr.

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Over Half of State Prisoners Serve Sentences of 10+ Years

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Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, and Trey Gowdy , a long-time federal and state prosecutor who served four terms in the House of Representatives. The Task Force, launched in 2022, is co-chaired by former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, who was also U.S.

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Stop ‘Locking Up’ the Drug Problem, Prosecutors Told

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. “Drugs in the black community have been treated very differently than drugs in the white community,” acknowledged Sherry Boston, district attorney for the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit in DeKalb County, Georgia. “The truth is it’s all a public health crisis.

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