People consume a lot of local crime news, but they cannot find the news they need, according to a new study just released by Pew Research. Those gaps in coverage point to opportunities for local ...

Aside from weather, more Americans get news about local crime than any other local news topic we asked about in our survey. Roughly three-quarters of U.S. adults (77%) say they often or sometimes get ...

Data-based profiling tools are being used by the UK Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to algorithmically “predict” people’s risk of committing criminal offences, but pressure group Statewatch says the use of ...

Although local crime news is one of Americans’ most-followed local news topics, only a third of U.S. adults who get this type of news say they are extremely or very satisfied with its quality. This is ...

To better understand the news about local crime that Americans see, we asked people what types of crime they get news about. About a third or more of Americans say they see or hear local news about ...

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