http://dir.salon.com/topics/crime/?source=rss&aim=crime en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:04:00 PDT By Laura Miller Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/04/16/international_crime/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/04/16/international_crime/index.html?source=rss 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. By Joe Conason Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/12/14/huckabee/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/12/14/huckabee/index.html?source=rss The former governor's feckless, faith-based clemency policies in Arkansas continued for years after the convicted rapist was released. By Joe Conason Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/11/16/giuliani_kerik/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/11/16/giuliani_kerik/index.html?source=rss The true story of policing in New York under Mayor Giuliani is less flattering than he would have us believe. By Farhad Manjoo Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/10/29/craigslist/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/10/29/craigslist/index.html?source=rss How to safely answer online classified ads. By Cary Tennis Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/10/18/stolen_laptop/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/10/18/stolen_laptop/index.html?source=rss 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! By King Kaufman Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/09/19/wednesday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/09/19/wednesday/index.html?source=rss O.J. 3: Sorry, media hordes. This one won't do boffo numbers. Plus: NHL follows up a big success -- four years later. Tracy Clark-Flory Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/08/24/rape/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/08/24/rape/index.html?source=rss A surveillance camera caught onlookers who failed to call the police. By Robin Templeton Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/23/nola_prisons/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/23/nola_prisons/index.html?source=rss 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. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/08/21/tuesday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/08/21/tuesday/index.html?source=rss With the announcement of a guilty plea on dogfighting charges, Michael Vick's once-thrilling football career ends in a cloud of stupid cruelty. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/08/03/friday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/08/03/friday/index.html?source=rss O.J. Simpson's new interview: Yeah, it's weird. Plus: New baseball stat! Uselessness all but guaranteed. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/04/30/monday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/04/30/monday/index.html?source=rss 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. By Elisabeth Franck-Dumas Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/04/21/french_rudy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/04/21/french_rudy/index.html?source=rss France's answer to Rudy Giuliani is riding tough talk on crime all the way to the presidency. By Alex Koppelman Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/10/geraldo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/10/geraldo/index.html?source=rss 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? By Bill Sasser Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/06/new_orleans/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/06/new_orleans/index.html?source=rss 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. By Cary Tennis Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/22/poop_on_the_hood/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/22/poop_on_the_hood/index.html?source=rss Someone took a dump on my early-'90s blue subcompact. I feel targeted and I don't know what to do with my anger. By Laura Miller Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/02/05/chandra/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/02/05/chandra/index.html?source=rss 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. By Cary Tennis Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2006/11/09/how_to_dress_on_the_bus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2006/11/09/how_to_dress_on_the_bus/index.html?source=rss My friend's boyfriend doesn't want her riding city transit in going-out clothes. Is he abusive and controlling? Or just protective? By David Matthews Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/08/25/crime_essay/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/08/25/crime_essay/index.html?source=rss As murder rates climb alongside the mercury, I'm downright nostalgic for the inner-city homicides of my youth. By Sarah Karnasiewicz Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/08/25/summer_violence/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/08/25/summer_violence/index.html?source=rss This summer, cities across the U.S. have reported frightening surges in youth violence. After a decade-long reprieve, what's gone wrong? By Lorin Stein Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/literary_guide/2006/08/14/washington_dc/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/literary_guide/2006/08/14/washington_dc/index.html?source=rss 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. By Kimberly Sevcik Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/07/06/lost_boys/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/07/06/lost_boys/index.html?source=rss 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. By Sarah Karnasiewicz Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/04/27/teacher_student/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/04/27/teacher_student/index.html?source=rss 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? By Laura Miller Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/04/19/junger/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/04/19/junger/index.html?source=rss 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. H.H. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/media/2005/11/28/backtobackdogstories/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/media/2005/11/28/backtobackdogstories/index.html?source=rss L.A. local news means all dogs, all the time By Cecelie S. Berry Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/09/30/bennett_remarks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/09/30/bennett_remarks/index.html?source=rss Bill Bennett's statement about blacks and crime shows that we have not yet achieved America's greatest value: Equality.