In The News: Department of Criminal Justice

Neighborhoods closer to the center of the Las Vegas Valley have a higher concentration of police calls, a study of Las Vegas police call data showed.

Anti-poverty activist Bob Woodson believes that Hope for Prisoners, a Las Vegas program designed to help ex-inmates re-enter society, works because it was started by a former bank robber, Jon Ponder.

Neighbors in fear after body found in driveway.

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Breanna Boppre joined her father onstage two years ago for his birthday.
The use of force by Minneapolis police has plunged 50 percent in the last decade, signaling a broad shift away from the 鈥渨arrior鈥 mentality that favors aggressive policing to reduce crime.

On Jan. 8, 2018, the trial room on the seventh floor of the Las Vegas, Nevada, federal courthouse was packed with over a dozen reporters and at least five times as many spectators. At the front, facing the bench, was a 71-year-old rancher named Cliven Bundy.

Thousands of sexual assault kits have been tested in Nevada, but thousands remain in a backlog that is taking years to reduce.
he 2018 Homeless Census and Survey will launch on January 24th.

New Year鈥檚 fireworks exploded overhead as the Metropolitan Police Department鈥檚 lead homicide investigator arrived at the scene of the final killing of 2017, the deadliest year in Las Vegas since at least 1990.

The study, conducted by 性视界传媒's Center for Crime and Justice Policy and Virginia-based non-profit research organization CNA in coordination with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD), also found that body-worn cameras can generate considerable cost savings for police by simplifying the complaint resolution process.