Covers the number of incidents and individuals involved, the types of victimization, and the trends.  Also covers demographic characteristics, sexual orientation, and psychological distress factors.  From the Bureau of Justice Statistics

Unanimous Supreme Court decision that farmer Bowman violated Monsanto patents by trying to reuse Roundup Ready soybean seeds for late season planting.  The farmer had argued that the seeds he bought from a grain elevator were not covered by the patent.  The decision stopped short of covering other self-replicating technologies.  From the Legal Information Institute of Cornell University

Discusses the reasons that adults might go missing and why/how the federal government might be involved in efforts to find them.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Provides statistics on the number of fatal and nonfatal violent crimes committed with guns and trends in homicides and other gun-related crimes.  From the Bureau of Justice Statistics

Provides statistics on child maltreatment and abuse, and characteristics of child victims and adult perpetrators.  From the Children’s Bureau of the Department of Health and Human Services

More than 1,500 children died from abuse and neglect in the U.S. in 2011.  From the Child Welfare Information Gateway

Reports results of survey which showed that 6% of women and 1% of men experienced unwanted sexual contact in 2012.  The figure for women was statistically significantly higher in 2012 than in 2010.  From the Defense Department

Latest report on the incidence of sexual assaults in the armed forces.  Provides statistics and analysis, discusses policy and program changes, and outlines future plans to support victims.  In FY12 there were 3,374 reports of sexual assault involving service members.  From the Department of Defense

The first in a planned series of reports on child labor.  Assesses the role of social protection in the fight against child labor.  From the International Labour Organization

Reviews the progress made over the past four years and proposes a continuation of health and safety initiatives such as substance abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery.  From the Office of National Drug Control Policy

Describes federal tax collection programs designed to capture tax owed by Americans with offshore accounts by means of reduced penalties and risk of criminal prosecution if voluntarily disclosed.  Also assesses Internal Revenue Service efforts to detect noncompliance with tax laws.  From the Government Accountability Office

How to make the police force more effective in countering violent extremism.  Derived from interviews with Pakistani police officials.  From the United States Institute of Peace

Describes the major organizations, how the “landscape” has been altered by fragmentation, and analyzes the scope and scale of the violence.  Also analyzes prospects for curbing violence in the future and compares the situation with that in Colombia.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Unanimous Supreme Court decision that limits the ability of U.S. courts to hear civil lawsuits charging corporations with violations of human rights abroad.  The case involved Nigerians living in the U.S. who alleged that a subsidiary of an international oil company aided Nigerian authorities in torturing and killing protestors opposed to the company’s operations in Nigeria in the 1990s.  From the Cornell Legal Information Institute

8-1 Supreme Court decision that warrants are usually required before uncooperative drivers can be forced to submit to a blood-alcohol test.  The justices were divided on how to define the circumstances which would allow testing without a warrant.  From the Cornell Legal Information Institute

Describes the decline in violence directed against government workers from 1994 to date.  Tables show the type of violence  and the type of worker involved in the violent incidents.From the Bureau of Justice Statistics

Summarizes the Washington and Colorado marijuana legalization laws and evaluates whether they may be preempted by the federal Controlled Substances Act or international agreements. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Tax fraud through the use of identity theft tops the list.  The stolen identity is used to collect tax refunds.  From the Internal Revenue Service

Argues that transnational criminal organizations pose a threat to U.S. economic and national security interests, that the threats vary by region, and are aided by modern technology. Also examines elements of contemporary life that enable large criminal organizations to thrive and ways to defeat them.  From the Homeland Security Digital Library

Information and statistics about the work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  Includes a short history of the agency by eras.  From the Federal Bureau of Investigation

An estimated annual average of 259,700 nonfatal violent and property hate crimes occurred against persons 12 and older.  Classifies crimes by types of bias as perceived by victim including, race, religion, disability, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or association.  From the Bureau of Justice Statistics

Provides an overview of Mexico’s historic 2008 judicial reforms and an assessment of how these reforms have been implemented at the state and federal levels.  Also analyzes U.S. support for judicial reform efforts in Mexico.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Identifies 78 public mass shootings in the U.S. since 1983.  Identifies the nature of such events—public places, random victims, no political ideology or criminal goal—and discusses policy challenges in three areas: law enforcement, public health, and education. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Studies the costs and benefits to the state of providing financial incentives to localities that collaborate on capital facility construction projects and other operating services.  Identifies 13 opportunities for local collaboration, primarily in K-12 education and public safety areas.  From the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission

Statement of Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of leaking thousands of U.S. government documents to the Wikileaks website.   Posted by the Federation of American Scientists.

Provides statistics on incidents of rape or other sexual assault crimes against women in the U.S. and trends since the mid-1990s.  Also includes characteristics of victims, location of crime, and victim-offender relationship.  From the Bureau of Justice Statistics

Describes how trafficking in great apes is now part of organized crime’s multi-billion dollar global trade.  From the United Nations Environment Programme

Describes how the African elephant population is being decimated by poachers engaged in illegal international ivory trading and what needs to be done to ensure its survival.  From the United Nations Environment Programme.

Discusses the potential need for and concerns about using the military to assist the civilian authorities in protecting the U.S. borders against criminals, terrorists, and illegal aliens.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Assesses the efforts of key countries to attack all aspects of the international drug trafficking including money laundering and related financial crimes.  From the State Department