In an effort to provide background information for students and staff in Urban Go-Team 2015, Civitas is providing links to a number of helpful resources. There are two categories of information: (a) those that are in a PDF format which can be saved to individuals’ computers, and (b) links to on-line stories, graphics, and explanations.
Go-Team Survey Results for Law & Disorder
- Arch City Defenders Municipal Courts Whitepaper
- Explanation of how courts in North St. Louis municipalities establish and enforce so-called “poverty crimes.”
Race Relations:
- Barack Obama speech on race; March, 2008
- Baltimore Orioles executive explains why Baltimore’s economic and racial problems were greater than those of baseball team
- Poll: American views on race; March, 2015
- The Race Gap in America’s Police Departments (New York Times)
St. Louis Metropolitan Area
- Fragmentation is holding St. Louis back
- MOSAIC Descriptions (descriptions of different economic and life-style groups) (Alteryx)
- Comparison of St. Louis, MO and Phoenix, AZ metropolitan areas — Part I (Alteryx)
- Comparison of St. Louis, MO and Chicago, IL housing (Alteryx)
- Interactive Maps of Racial Patterns in St. Louis in 20th and 21st Centuries
- Interactive Graphic: The Best and Worst Places to Grow Up:How Your Area Compares (New York Times)
- Research Group proposes reforms to St. Louis area policing
- Map of crimes in St. Louis County, MO
- St. Louis County Police Department
- May, 2015 Report on St. Louis County Policing
- Municipalities ticket for trees and toys, as traffic revenue declines
- St. Louis County Admits it has a Jail Problem, is finally getting help
- Traffic enforcement report: Black drivers in Missouri still stopped at higher rate
- Wellston council dumps its police force, brings in Vinita Park
City of St. Louis
- St. Louis City Budget for FY (Fiscal Year) 2016 (July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016)
- St. Louis Public Schools Budget for FY 2014
- St. Louis City crime reports for 2014-15 (Post-Dispatch)
Specifically Related to Ferguson
- U.S. Department of Justice Report on Shooting of Michael Brown
- U.S. Department of Justice Report on Ferguson Police Department
- Justice Department Review Finds Pattern of Racial Bias Among Ferguson Police (Washington Post)
- A White Son of Ferguson on why St. Louis Can’t Change (Daily Kos)
- In Ferguson, Black Town, White Power (Missouri’s Jeff Smith in New York Times)
- How Ferguson went from Middle Class to Poor in a Generation (TIME Magazine)
- Demographic comparison of Ferguson and Creve Coeur (Alteryx)
- Ferguson protesters disagree over who should receive donations
- Income disparity within Ferguson zip code (63135)
Violence
- TED TALK: Let’s Treat Violence Like A Contagious Disease (from Allison Reed)
- Trailer to Movie: “THE INTERRUPTERS” about Violence as a Disease (from Allison Reed)
Police by the Numbers:
- List of countries by number of police officers
- Law Enforcement Officers Per Capita for Cities, Local Departments
- Nearly 400 fatal shootings by police officers so far in 2015 (May 30, 2015)
Crime by the Numbers:
- List of United States cities by crime rate (2012)
- Thirty cities with the highest murder rates in the U.S. [Use caution because of population and other demographic variables]