crime

Some see Baltimore’s ‘blue light’ crime cameras as a marker, lighting up the lines around high-crime neighborhoods. For residents living among them, the cameras can be either a welcome crime deterrent--or an affront to their privacy and integrity.

On the Lines Between Us, we'll hear from the director of the Baltimore Police CitiWatch program, a city councilman who wants more cameras for his district, and artists who have addressed life among the cameras—and the police presence that attends them.

Anthony Anderson of East Baltimore was tackled by a city detective during an arrest four months ago. As a result of injuries during that arrest, Anderson died that night in police custody. State's Attorney Gregg Bernstein announced last week there will be no charges against the police officers involved in the arrest. We asked him why.

What do you get when you give a police scanner an ambient soundtrack? Eric Eberhardt, creator of the website “You Are Listening To Baltimore” told us on Maryland Morning.

Another in our series of discussions about the Newtown massacre, the focus this time on the link between mental illness, particularly among young men, and violence. In the wake of the nation's latest mass killing, there have been calls for more access to mental health services and more intervention. But are such incomprehensible tragedies predictable and preventable? And what disorders are at their root? Our guests: Midday contributors Dr. John Cmar, of Johns Hopkins University and Sinai Hospital, and Dr.

Another in our series of discussions about the Newtown massacre, the focus this time on the link between mental illness, particularly among young men, and violence. In the wake of the nation's latest mass killing, there have been calls for more access to mental health services and more intervention. But are such incomprehensible tragedies predictable and preventable? And what disorders are at their root? Our guests: Midday contributors Dr. John Cmar, of Johns Hopkins University and Sinai Hospital, and Dr.

Sheilah gets some analysis of last night’s Baltimore City mayoral candidates’ forum from Baltimore Sun City Hall reporter Julie Scharper.

There’s been lots of talk this election season about putting criminals behind bars. But what happens when they get out? Jericho Reentry Program case manager Greg Carpenter tells Sheilah what ex-offenders need to succeed, and what makes people ready to pull a trigger in the first place.

Earlier this month, Antonio “Mack” Hall was found guilty of murdering another member of the Westport neighborhood in South Baltimore — a man who had been accused of snitchin’. In light of that, we talk with Alexandra Natapoff, author of Snitching: Criminal Informants and the Erosion of American Justice, on the shadowy world of police, prosecutors, and criminals who get leniency in exchange for information.

When you think noir, do you think Baltimore? Maybe you should. One of the fathers of the genre, Dashiell Hammett, honed his detective chops in Charm City.

How Baltimore's mayoral candidates plan to deal with crime. The latest novel from Michael Kimball.  And -- how can news aggregation sites be helpful?

Sheilah Kast talks crime in Baltimore City with State’s Attorney Gregg Bernstein and Police Commissioner Frederick Bealefeld, and Tom Hall and Loring Cornish walk through “In Each Other’s Shoes,” the artist’s show at the Jewish Museum of Maryland.

Climate change means more weather extremes but it could make summer heatwaves more deadly in future Nathan Sterner talks with Dr. Roger Peng of Johns Hopkins about his research.  Then, a new Brookings Institution report on our cities and suburbs has some surprising findings about where crime is down…and where it’s up.