Category: Crime

Saturday Links

Jul 27, 2013

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1. Mark Buchanan asks Is Economics a Science or a Religion? 2. Poverty has moved to the suburbs I don't think this should be seen as necessarily a bad thing. A few decades ago, the idea was to "warehouse" the poor in large urban complexes. There has been an intentional effort at dispersal through various…
Saturday Links

Jul 20, 2013

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1. Public Religion Research Institute: Survey | Do Americans Believe Capitalism and Government are Working?: Religious Left, Religious Right and the Future of the Economic Debate 2. Gallup reports Sub-Saharan Africa Is Wildly Optimistic About Its Future 3. U.S. could lead world oil production by 2017, study says Domestic shale oil production could shoot up…
Saturday Links

Jul 13, 2013

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I skipped Saturday Links last week due to the holiday weekend. I'm catching up this week. 1. Faith in the Free Market "… Selke, now 36, is part of a vanguard of young Christians who believe that God uses not only the church and formal ministry but every sphere of society, including business and free…
Saturday Links

May 11, 2013

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1. The High Calling published an article I wrote. I linked it earlier, but here it is again in an act of shameless self-promotion. It goes to some core issues I'm trying to put into a book. Six Ideas on How to Lead Congregations to Integrate Work and Discipleship 2. Should Pastors Know How Much…
Saturday Links

Apr 20, 2013

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1. What a horrific week for Boston and west Texas people. Our prayers are with the many people who have been so deeply traumatized and injured in these events. Regarding how we respond to such events in public discourse, I thought this article from Slate was especially good. Be Meaningful or Be Quiet "… We…
Incarceration Rates for Blacks Have Fallen Sharply, Report Shows

Mar 1, 2013

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mwkruse

in Crime, Public Policy, Race

New York Times: Incarceration Rates for Blacks Have Fallen Sharply, Report Shows Incarceration rates for black Americans dropped sharply from 2000 to 2009, especially for women, while the rate of imprisonment for whites and Hispanics rose over the same decade, according to a report released Wednesday by a prison research and advocacy group in Washington.…
Why juvenile incarceration reached its lowest rate in 38 years

Feb 27, 2013

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Christian Science Monitor: Why juvenile incarceration reached its lowest rate in 38 years The juvenile incarceration in the US rate has fallen 41 percent in the past 15 years, reaching the lowest level since 1975, a new study finds. What is behind the rapid decline? Fewer young people are behind bars than at any point…
Saturday Links

Dec 22, 2012

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(Like the Kruse Kronicle on Facebook if you want links to daily posts to appear in your Facebook feed.) 1. Several articles I saw this week reflect on data presented in The Pew Forum's The Global Religious Landscape: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Major Religious Groups as of 2010. Here…
2012’s Year in Maps

Dec 21, 2012

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in Crime, Public Policy, Race, Sociology

The Atlantic Cities has a piece about ten interesting maps from 2012. Year in Review: 2012's Year in Maps The map below is just one of them. "Mayor Bloomberg's insistent support for the NYPD's Stop and Frisk policy has been the single most contentious policy of his tenure, and WNYC's illustration of where the stops…
Mass Shootings vs. Mass Public Shootings.

Dec 19, 2012

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mwkruse

in Crime, Demography, Public Policy, Trends: Social

I wrote a post on Monday, A Historical Perspective on Violence and Murder in the United States, that included this graph: (Source: Opinion: The Rise and Decline of Mass Shootings – Grant Duwe) A mass shooting is four or more people murdered in 24 hours. A mass public shooting occurs in a public place like…