…city government fined more than 7,000 companies a total of 88 million renminbi, or $14 million, for violating environmental regulations — 10 times the amount levied during the same period…
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…recently listened to a thoughtful big city police chief express his frustration with that lack of reliable data. He said he didn’t know whether the Ferguson police shot one person…
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Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email In July 2014 the New York Times published an in-depth report on the prevalence of guard-on-inmate violence at New York City’s Rikers Island jail located…
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…2013 study in Urban Affairs Review, “The Postindustrial City Thesis and Rival Explanations of Heightened Order Maintenance Policing,” examines the relationship between an area’s economy and its policing style. The…
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…a city-by-city basis is not the most efficient way forward, but troubled cities have to act to restore homeowner wealth in the face of Wall Street intransigence and incomplete action…
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…Consumption, and of Readers’ Attitudes and Participation”: From City University London, published in Journalism Studies. By Neil Thurman and Nic Newman. Thurman and Newman set out to analyze the significance…
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…percent of the state’s residents. The drought’s persistence and severity have been difficult for cities and farmers alike, but the current restrictions fall most heavily on city dwellers, even though…
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…Further, a New York City doctor who recently returned from West Africa has also been infected. The current outbreak of Ebola in West Africa is the deadliest in the history…
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…comparing the arrest behavior of various age groups within a city before and after curfew enactment. The evidence suggests that curfews are effective at reducing both violent and property crimes…
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…part of a broader anti-crime effort.” Related research: A 2013 study in Urban Affairs Review, “The Postindustrial City Thesis and Rival Explanations of Heightened Order Maintenance Policing,” examines the relationship…
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