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
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The Mississippi Free Press produced this story through the MFP Solutions Lab, supported by the Solutions Journalism Network. This series digs into Mississippi’s systemic issues and sheds light on responses to them in other communities. Beyond just reporting on problems, these stories interrogate their causes and inspect potential solutions.
