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10/25/2020
USA Today
'A fanciful reality': Trump claims Black Lives Matter protests are violent, but the majority are peaceful
10/14/2020
Fox Philadelphia
Newtown Police seek suspect in connection with credit card theft
10/7/2020
Freakonomics
Is New York City Over? (Ep. 434)
10/6/2020
NY Times
The Pandemic Has Hindered Many of the Best Ideas for Reducing Violence
10/6/2020
ABC San Francisco
Professor Abrams on ABC7 News
9/27/2020
Columbus Dispatch
Gunshots and sirens are daily signals of life and death in some Columbus neighborhoods
9/25/2020
Vox
The truth about violent crime in American cities, explained in 11 charts
9/25/2020
Marshall Project/VOX
Is Violent Crime Rising In Cities Like Trump Says? Well, It’s Complicated.
9/17/2020
NPR - 1A
How The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Affecting Crime
9/11/2020
The Sacramento Bee
Supervisors reject calls to ‘defund’ Sacramento County sheriff in $6.4 billion budget
9/8/2020
Anchorage Daily News
Anchorage homicide rate drops significantly so far this year as police say most types of crime are trending downward.
9/2/2020
ABC Nashville
As the Crime Rate falls across the country, homicides in nashville are on the rise
8/28/2020
Salon
Republican leaders threaten to freeze property tax revenues for cities that cut police budgets
8/28/2020
Washington Post
GOP portrayal of urban mayhem doesn’t always match reality
8/27/2020
Vox
The rise in murders in the US, explained
8/24/2020
Legal Examiner
Crime rate often dropped as coronavirus took over
8/18/2020
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Trying to make sense of Atlanta crime in the coronavirus era
8/18/2020
Texas Tribune
Gov. Greg Abbott, other Texas leaders want to freeze property tax revenues for cities that cut police budgets
8/18/2020
Syracuse Post-Standard
Syracuse crime and coronavirus: Shootings soar, murders rise, overall crime drops
8/11/2020
The Crime Report
U.S. Violence Surge Continues With Grim Shooting Milestones in NYC, Washington D.C.
8/11/2020
New York Times
In the Wake of Covid-19 Lockdowns, a Troubling Surge in Homicides
8/7/2020
The Texan
More Than 50 Murder Cases In Harris County Involve Suspects Out on Felony Bond, Says Victim’s Advocate
8/6/2020
Harris County Commissioners Court
Professor Abrams Testimony to Harris County Commissioners Court
8/3/2020
The Appeal
Arrests on Nonviolent, Concealed Carry Weapon Charges are Soaring in Detroit Amid Pandemic
8/2/2020
Vox
The murder spike in big US cities, explained
7/30/2020
The Conversation
Some crimes have seen drastic decreases during coronavirus — but not homicides in the US
7/24/2020
Voice of America
What Pandemic, Lockdown and Weather Are Doing to US Crime Rate
7/23/2020
The Economist
Fears that America is experiencing a serious crime wave are overblown
7/22/2020
Wharton Business Radio
Professor David Abrams, on Wharton Business Daily host Dan Loney to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on crime.
7/21/2020
The Crime Report
Puzzling Variance in Crime Trends During Pandemic
7/21/2020
Miami Herald
Coronavirus has ‘massive’ impact on US crime rates: Here are some of the big changes
7/21/2020
Newsweek
How Chicago Shootings Compare With Other U.S. Cities
7/20/2020
NPR
Crime Has Declined Overall During The Pandemic, But Shootings And Killings Are Up
7/18/2020
SF Chronicle
Killings in Bay Area up 14% in first half of 2020 as Vallejo homicides spike
7/13/2020
Law & Crime Network
Professor David Abrams, with new data and surprising revelations about a crime drop during the pandemic.
7/10/2020
Associated Press
Tapping into crime fears, GOP conflates mayhem with protests