Jamal is the justice correspondent for Scripps News. He has found a home in criminal and social justice reporting, focusing largely on incarcerated and marginalized communities.
The Biden administration is touting another favorable national crime report.The FBI's report shows a modest drop in overall violent crime and a record nearly 12% drop in murders.It's the largest single year over year decrease since the FBI began tracking this information.
'Crime is really a makeup of means, motivation and opportunity. What you have is a lot of youth, basically being able to hotwire or steal cars relatively easily, and even though they may be used for other offenses. Joy riding was a typical problem,' Lopez said.The increase impacted big and small cities alike.
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