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Are We Having An iCrime Wave? Plus, Helping Drug-Involved Juveniles

The Urban Institute has been busy, posting two new reports on diverse topics.  With the new FBI statistics showing violent crime up in 2005 and 2006, the Institute takes an interesting look at how iPods and other portable media devices might be driving the increase, "an iCrime wave."  Separately, an evaluation of the Reclaiming Futures program "that seeks to improve outcomes for drug-involved youth in the juvenile justice system" finds "positive and significant changes" in all ten participating communities.

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Security Officer Carla Clay said:

10-13-07

I writing in concern of the ICRIME WAVE in the city of St. Louis, MO. I have been involved in a situation of crimes against person myself now since 1999. I didn't know at that time what was going on with me. I sought the help of doctors and found out they had nothing to offer me but drugs and a sigma of mental illness. I have been investigating my on case, I am a strong willed person and I have been intuned with inner myself for alone time.  I have resently gathered important imformation that led me to know I was the first of this century to experience this crave of society test of business and community financing in the development of this ipod system involving healthcare policies adults and  for children. I am seeking help in the exposure of this system of crimes against persons.  Implantable tracking devices to produce land crimes in LAN crimes (cyber activity.)

October 13, 2007 9:07 AM

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