Pay for success (PFS) is a new method of forming public private-partnerships in the US. Private investors finance a social program with a specific performance goal. If an independent evaluator certifies that the program achieves its goals, the investors receive their principal and a return. If the program does not achieve its performance targets (such as recidivism reduction), some or all of the investment is forfeit. The Urban Institute´s report shows that risks associated with social impact bonds can be mitigated by following a five-step model. Source: http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/413148-Five-Steps-to-Pay-for-Success.pdf

In the US, over the last 30 years large-capacity ammunition magazines — which hold more than 10 rounds — have proliferated, allowing assailants to become much more destructive and significantly more deadly. The Citizens Crime Commission of New York City has launched a report analysing shootings since 1984 that resulted in more than four deaths. Mass shootings were dramatically less deadly between 1994 and 2004, when the federal Assault Weapons Ban was in effect. Overall, shooters who used large-capacity magazines between 1984 and 2012 killed or injured 161 percent more people than those who did not, according to the study. Source: http://www.nycrimecommission.org/pdfs/CCC-MayhemMultiplied.pdf

The lines between public and private policing are increasingly „messy and complex,“ according to a new paper released by the federal National Institute of Justice. http://www.thecrimereport.org/news/inside-criminal-justice/2014-09-teaching-public-cops-to-deal-with-private-cops

More than half of the incarcerated in some regions are awaiting trial, according to a new report by the non-profit Open Society Foundations. http://www.thecrimereport.org/news/inside-criminal-justice/2014-09-report-pretrial-detention-is-overused-worldwide

Einen historischen Blick auf die Debatte um Zuwanderung und Armut wirft das Video-Blog „nordstadtgeschichten“. Der Beitrag zeigt, wie die Wahrnehmung sozialer Probleme im historischen Kontext gleich bleibt und sich nur die Protagonisten – Wahrnehmende und Wahrgenommene – verändern. Die Folgen von Zuwanderung lassen sich dabei stets von zwei Seiten betrachten: Zum Beispiel als Ausbeutungs-Geschichte von Wohnungs- und Arbeitssuchenden oder als „Täterschafts“-Geschichte der Zuwanderer. http://vimeo.com/103232483