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Thursday, August 8, 2024

By Public News Service Thursday, August 8, 2024

New report says property crime down in CA

Suzanne Potter, reporter/producer, California News Service, a bureau of Public News Service. Property crime in California is near record lows, according to the latest statistics from the California Department of Justice. A new report from the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice finds property crime is down 53% statewide since 2005, and 16% since 2009, when criminal justice reforms began […]

Friday, March 1, 2024

By Public News Service Friday, March 1, 2024

New CA report shows social programs reduce crime

By Suzanne Potter Reporter/Producer, California News Service, a bureau of Public News Service. Programs intended to reduce the chances that someone will end up back behind bars are working, according to a new analysis of California state data. A new report finds that people who participated in a social program funded by Proposition 47 had a recidivism rate of 15.3%. […]