Study says displaced New Orleans flood victims did NOT cause crime spike
As reported in USA Today, Hurricane Katrina did not lead to a massive crime wave in evacuee cities despite news reports and police warnings at the time. A new study reported in the current Journal of Criminal Justice study led by sociologist Sean Varano of Roger Williams University in Bristol, R.I looked at statistics for [...]
Levees.org’s new map and data published by InfrastructureUSA
InfrastructureUSA.org, an online community focused on generating a dynamic national conversation about America’s deteriorating civil infrastructure has published Levees.org’s new data and research on the benefits of levees. Levees.org recently obtained new data from FEMA confirming that more than half the American population lives in counties protected by levees. Levees.org commissioned a researcher (Ezra Boyd) [...]
