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Female Involvement in Crime Growing: Crime News

March 15, 2010

Crime News from Crime in America.Net
While crime throughout the country decreases and prison populations begin to level off, it’s disconcerting to see a rise in criminal activity among girls and women.
Women offenders have unique issues; US Department of Justice data indicate that female offenders come from very troubled backgrounds with higher rates of mental health and [...]

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“Are You Kidding Me?” Does Geo-Location Mean More Crime?

March 12, 2010

Crime news by Crime in America.Net
To the loyal listeners of the “Buzz Out Loud” daily technology podcast, location devices are a frequent topic. “I know where you are” rants the reincarnation of Katharine Hepburn as channeled by Molly Wood, one of the interesting and frighteningly knowledgeable cast.
Their discussion on show 1182 (http://www.cnet.com/buzz-out-loud-podcast/) focused on Facebook [...]

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Sex offenders four times more likely to be arrested for another sex crime: Crime statistics

March 11, 2010

Recidivism of Sex Offenders: Crime Statistics—Reader Request
Crime in America.Net staff
Gentlereaders: We were asked by a reader for data on the recidivism of sex offenders. To comply with the reader’s request, we offer the data below from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) of the US Department of Justice.
Please note that BJS data is often considered [...]

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Most Women are Victimized by Someone they Know: Crime Prevention

March 8, 2010

Crime in America.Net Staff
We get lots of inquiries from people as to their chances for violent crime. Many come from women who, according to research, have higher rates of fear of crime. 
The good news is that violent crime is decreasing in the United States. The other positive is that women are learning to take control [...]

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Crime Statistics–Most Dangerous Cities–Most Miserable Cities

March 1, 2010

Crime Statistics: The demand for information comparing one city to another is one of the internet’s most popular crime-related requests. But, as always, we direct users to http://crimeinamerica.net/city-crime-rates-top-ten-cities/  on the Crime in America.Net site. It’s almost impossible to compare one city against another with any real precision.
But comparisons keep happening, so we will continue to offer [...]

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Do Decreases in Child Abuse Explain Decreases in Violent Crime? Crime News

February 15, 2010

In January we posted an article on why crime rates were falling. We stated that there was no universal explanation for crime rates regardless as to whether they were rising or falling.
We admitted that this was confusing to people not in the justice system; the criminological community simply cannot agree on the factors associated with [...]

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Crime News: Do Inmates Convicted of Murder Commit Violent Crime While in Prison?

February 5, 2010

Crime News: Sorensen and Cunningham examined the characteristics and disciplinary data of approximately 70,000 inmates in the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) in 2002and 2003 to study the relationship between conviction offense and prison violence.The main focus of the study was to assess whether inmates convicted of homicide were more violence-prone than other offenders. The [...]

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Crime and Justice–Hampered by the Numbers

December 16, 2009

Crime in America.Net crime news.
Gentlereaders: In a previous post, we discussed juvenile arrest statistics and compared them to two national studies of crime; all suggest that crime rates and totals are down throughout the Unites States and that this continues an almost continuous trend for the last 15 years or more.
We also stated that citing [...]

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Violence Prevention:Target High Risk Offenders But Help the Rest

December 6, 2009

Gentlereaders: The debate throughout the country regarding parole and probation supervision is treatment versus enforcement. The discussion is decades old without resolution. With recent and encouraging research in offender treatment and reentry, it seems that we can help offenders who want to be helped to become tax payers rather than tax burdens.
Maybe the debate is [...]

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Foundation stymied in tackling street crime

July 1, 2009

By Maria Cramer, Boston Globe Staff | July 1, 2009
The Boston Foundation’s ambitious $26 million proposal to fight crime by focusing on the city’s most dangerous gang members has become mired in early fund-raising problems and growing discontent among community leaders who believe they are being denied a role in the effort.
“We’re not [...]

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