Policing

What works in policing high-crime areas, and what doesn't?

Philadelphia and other cities saw domestic violence reported more often, and repeat incidents reduced when more female officers were added to the force.

Intimidation and police force enraged protesters in Hong Kong. Is there a different way to manage masses of people?

Why a system that's supposed to keep people out of jail putting so many people at risk of incarceration in Pennsylvania.

Since SEPTA implemented its new system, just 13 people got the harshest penalty — and still avoided jail.

What happened to the people who shared their stories amid the #MeToo movement? Many say they've paid a high emotional and financial cost for discussing their harassment cases.

In a booming housing market, City Council is looking to the private market to help with affordable housing.

Law enforcement officials announced charges against 22 defendants, all of whom, they say, belong to a pair of Chester-based drug gangs.

The Eagles player is promising more town halls to get residents involved in what the Philadelphia Police Department could become under new leadership.

Union leaders interpreted Corrections Secretary John Wetzel’s quiet aside at a prison closure hearing as dismissive.

Following the fatal shooting of a woman in Texas, two organizations of black officers hosted a training for people of color in Philly on interacting with police.

Police have arrested a suspect in the shooting death of 2-year-old Nikolette Rivera.

Poet and lawyer Reginald Dwayne Betts talks about how his years in prison lead him to poetry and criminal justice reform.

An elaborate embezzlement scheme involved funneling seniors’ funds through a shell company and a church where two of the three defendants were pastors.

The Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board has upheld the Philadelphia Police Department's unilateral decision to institute a policy regarding officers' tattoos.