The number of parolees convicted of a new crime declined 7.6 percent from 2007 to 2008, despite an increase in the total number of parolees. This success may be due to the recent strengthening of parole supervision and treatment.
Too many Houston crimes go unsolved. Here’s how to change that.
The latest HPD scandal underscores a national problem. Commit a crime, get caught and go to jail — directly to jail. It’s the justice lesson we learned growing up, but it’s far from reality in cities across the nation, where clearance rates are abominably low. News out of Houston is compounding the issue of unsolved crimes after the Houston...