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Cancrime
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Cancrime is crime, explained. How are murders solved? Why are crime maps useless? Find out what crime stats don't tell us. Twenty-year veteran crime writer Rob Tripp blogs about Canadian crime, criminals and the justice system plus, the document archive, commentary and context.
Recent Posts
How every cop can stop a Fort Hood gunman
Sgt. Kimberly Munley (above), the civilian police officer hailed as a hero for stopping a rampaging gunman at a U.S. military base, could quickly become a poster child for an innovative police training technique, one that isn't well known outside pol...
Convict mental health - pay now, or later
Why should we provide decent mental health care for imprisoned federal convicts? For protection of course. Because most of these guys get out, and if they haven't been treated – or even assessed – it's unlikely they'll go straight. It's more like...
Where have all Toronto\'s killers gone?
The numbers above tell a story: Something remarkable appears to be happening in Toronto. Canada's largest city is on pace for the fewest number of murders in a decade.If the current trend continues, there should be roughly 54 homicides on the books b...
Sad anniversaries: 3,400 unsolved murders in Canada
Four decades of agonizing uncertainty.Forty years of wondering why.It's hard to fathom the torment endured in that span by the family of Jacqueline English. The 15-year-old London, Ontario, girl was abducted, raped and murdered 40 years ago. Her murd...
Bandidos killer reserves worst insult for jurors
"Fucking goofs."That insult, hurled by killer biker Marcelo Aravena (inset) at the jury that convicted him today of seven counts of first-degree murder, was no small slight. It's one of the most offensive slurs among rounders - regulars in the crimin...
Abbotsford-Mission is Canada\'s new murder capital
Saskatoon has lost its dubious honour as Canada's murder capital. The new national homicide survey from Statistics Canada, released today (for 2008 stats), reveals that Abbotsford-Mission, in British Columbia, is the country's new murder capital, wit...
