With the year coming to a close, the crime statistics of Philadelphia are showing a change in criminal trends. While the homicide and violent crime rates are down 15% and 4%, respectively, statistics show that property crimes have risen by 2% (more specifically, residential burglaries have increased by 16%). The possible explanations for this drastic […]
Archives for November 2008
A Call for Standards in Maintaining Physical Evidence
With the advent of modern forensic technology, hundreds of innocent individuals have been exonerated and released from prison. However, good technology to test physical evidence is useless if the evidence has been destroyed, discarded or is otherwise unavailable. In New Jersey, there has been an increased interest in preserving physical evidence. To read more, click […]