The following is a list of stories and blogs by the JFP about crime perception and reality in the city of Jackson. We will regularly update this list.
Dec. 13, 2003 – Don’t Believe the Urban Legends
March 17, 2003 – Opinion: Gun Violence: A Public Health Issue
April 3, 2003 – Blame Game: Who’s At Fault for the City’s Crime?
April 17, 2003 Crime: Playing the Numbers
April 28, 2003 – Radical Crime-Fighting: What Is Community Policing?
April 28, 2003 – Watching the Watchdogs
May 1, 2003 – Opinion: The Sky Is Not Falling
May 15, 2003 – Tough Questions for David Banner
May 22, 2003 – Gannett Asks: ‘Is Crime Coverage Out of Balance?’
May 28, 2003 – Editorial: United Against Crime
Aug. 21, 2003 – McScruffie the Crime Dawg
Sept. 4, 2003 – Perception vs. Reality
Sept. 4, 2003 – Stiggers: Escape from Jacktown!
Oct. 1, 2003 – “I Walk the Walk: D.A. Faye Peterson Defends Her Record”
Oct. 1, 2003 – “I Can Fix It: Attorney Wilson Carroll Wants to ‘Fix’ the D.A.‘s Office”
Oct. 29, 2003 – The More Things Change: Barbour, Carroll Bash Jackson with Old Statistics
Nov. 2003 – Editorial: On Civil Elections and Civic Journalism
Nov. 24, 2003 – Editorial: Oops, They Did It Again: Perception-Gate at The Clarion-Ledger
Dec. 10, 2003 – Gettin’ Safer