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A plan to stop the rise in stolen cell phones
Apr 10, 2012
Wireless carriers will be able to disable a stolen phone, making it useless to resell.
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Small talk: Pink lights, games with cats, Google ads
Mar 16, 2012
The news that didn't quite make the headlines. This week: using pink lights to deter criminals, an interspecies iPad game you can play with your cat, Google replacing ringtones with ads.
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France accused of fostering market in hostages
Mar 12, 2012
Despite official denials, France is accused of being too ready to pay ransoms for hostages -- and so encouraging kidnappers to abduct its citizens.
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Stealing from the old
Feb 6, 2012
Call it "elder financial abuse," the largely unreported crime claims hundreds of thousands of victims each year.
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Dude, where's my bike?
Jan 27, 2012
Journalist Patrick Symmes had a bicycle. Then it got stolen. So he got another bike, and that got stolen, too. He discusses his journey delving into the underground economy of stolen bikes.
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What Now: The crime economy
Jan 6, 2012
Reforming our prison system may, in fact, help the country grow -- economically.
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In the English countryside, no sheep is safe
Dec 26, 2011
More than 60,000 sheep have gone missing in the UK this year - three times the usual number - as the rising price of Lamb presents opportunity for thieves.
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Crime down, FBI says
Dec 19, 2011
According to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report, wrongdoing continues to drop.
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Freakonomics: Why crime continues to fall during a bad economy
Oct 4, 2011
Conventional wisdom says a bad economy leads to increased crime. But Freakonomics Radio's Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt tell us why that's not true.
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Chinese counterfeiters churn out fake U.S. IDs
Sep 20, 2011
High-quality printing plants have been making knock-off cigarettes and over-the-counter drugs for years, and are now getting into state drivers licenses. Customs officials have seized thousands.
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