Crime

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Criminals of the world, unite and take over
In "McMafia," author Misha Glenny takes us on a startling tour of the new international underworld, documenting the hidden costs of an unregulated global free market.
Huckabee and criminals: It's worse than just Wayne DuMond
The former governor's feckless, faith-based clemency policies in Arkansas continued for years after the convicted rapist was released.
Sheriff Rudy, crime fighter?
The true story of policing in New York under Mayor Giuliani is less flattering than he would have us believe.
Was a nanny's murderer aided by Craigslist?
How to safely answer online classified ads.
My laptop was stolen -- I feel like my life is gone!
Why can't I get over this? It's not like my family was murdered, or I'm a refugee -- it was just a laptop!
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
O.J. 3: Sorry, media hordes. This one won't do boffo numbers. Plus: NHL follows up a big success -- four years later.
Police: Woman raped, witnesses do nothing
A surveillance camera caught onlookers who failed to call the police.
Deadly lockdown in New Orleans
Two years after Hurricane Katrina, the city's prisons are overflowing and inmates have mysteriously died behind bars. Critics denounce a justice system in tatters.
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
With the announcement of a guilty plea on dogfighting charges, Michael Vick's once-thrilling football career ends in a cloud of stupid cruelty.
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
O.J. Simpson's new interview: Yeah, it's weird. Plus: New baseball stat! Uselessness all but guaranteed.
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Boom. Baseball's latest steroid bombshell means we might know more soon. And that's about all. Plus: Warriors go up 3-1 on Mavs.
It's Sarkozy time!
France's answer to Rudy Giuliani is riding tough talk on crime all the way to the presidency.
Memo to Bill O'Reilly: More immigrants equals less crime
Bill O'Reilly and Geraldo Rivera got into a screaming match about an illegal alien accused of manslaughter. Is there a link between illegal aliens and crime?
"The first time I was back since the storm ... drugs were everywhere"
With much of New Orleans still uninhabitable, drug dealers are deluging neighborhoods. Violent crime is surging -- and so is anxiety about the city's recovery.
I can't control my murderous thoughts
Someone took a dump on my early-'90s blue subcompact. I feel targeted and I don't know what to do with my anger.
"Sacred Games"
Vikram Chandra's exquisite cops and robbers tale breaks the mold of the contemporary Indian novel, bringing Mumbai -- in all its chaos -- gloriously to life.
Is it dangerous for a woman to wear party clothes on a bus at night?
My friend's boyfriend doesn't want her riding city transit in going-out clothes. Is he abusive and controlling? Or just protective?
Killing time
As murder rates climb alongside the mercury, I'm downright nostalgic for the inner-city homicides of my youth.
Streets of ire
This summer, cities across the U.S. have reported frightening surges in youth violence. After a decade-long reprieve, what's gone wrong?
Destination: Washington, D.C.
Our famously divided capital has produced novels about white people in power and novels about everyone else. Explore the best of both worlds with Henry Adams and George Pelecanos.
The lost boys of Colorado City
Over the past five years, a fundamentalist Mormon "prophet" has banished as many as 400 boys from his Arizona town. Now the teens, once forbidden to even watch a movie, are adrift in a world of drugs, girls and depression.
Classroom confidential
Following a number of high-profile sex abuse scandals, high schools across the country have begun carefully policing teacher-student relationships. But is this new vigilance keeping the most committed teachers from doing their best?
Dead certainty
Driven by an eerie personal connection, Sebastian Junger plunged into the Boston Strangler case -- only to discover that it was a perfect storm of ambiguity.
Dogged reporting
L.A. local news means all dogs, all the time
Are babies not equally innocent?
Bill Bennett's statement about blacks and crime shows that we have not yet achieved America's greatest value: Equality.
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