Quotes “An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and very often false, misleading,…
Highlights Podcasts of this article are available on Spotify and YouTube. A world review of citizen perceptions of safety. The United States and Canada (and…
Highlights Hear a podcast of this article on Spotify, YouTube Podcasts, and other audio-video sources. A recent study demonstrates that the risk of firearm-related death…
Highlights Hear a podcast of this article on Spotify. An explanation of recent and older crime and fear of crime statistics and research for the…
Highlights The FBI released six months of reported crime data for 2024. The reasons for treating the data cautiously are below. This article covers three…
Highlights As to crime in America, who do we believe, the FBI with its 3 percent decrease in violent crime, or the National Crime Victimization…
Highlights Per the newly released National Crime Victimization Survey data from the USDOJ, the US experienced the largest increase in violent crime (44 percent) in…
Highlights The latest overview of school crime is offered by the National Center for Education Statistics and the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the US…
Highlights In the last report from the National Crime Victimization Survey, there were 6,624,950 victims of violent crime and 13.4 million property victimizations of U.S. households. Per…
Highlights Americans say a low crime rate (68%), low housing and living costs (66%), and good weather (62%) make a place desirable to live. Americans…
Highlights Is US crime really declining or is it a lack of reporting? Are we denying the reality of US crime? Are we dismissing the…
Highlights With insurance companies, what’s the difference between storms, wildfires, and crime? If your home or business is broken into, or if you are injured…
Highlights Cops and others in the justice system believe that reported decreases in crime are wrong. They believe that crime is increasing. If the Oakland…
Highlights Is there a corollary between the media’s lack of coverage of the President’s cognitive abilities before the debate and their inaccurate portrayal of crime…
Highlights Maybe it’s time for crime victims to appeal to the courts for redress and financial compensation to force their victimizers to pay a price…
Highlights If risk assessments of criminal offenders consistently show signs of bias, what does that mean for criminal justice reform? “There remains evidence that the…
Highlights Maybe it’s time for crime victims to appeal to the courts for redress and financial compensation to force their victimizers to pay a price…
Highlights There is a new report, Probation and Parole in the United States, issued by the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the US Department of Justice.…
Highlights Is there a connection between prison populations, correctional supervision and crime? Based on the best available evidence from the US Department of Justice, it…
Highlights Per the US Department of Justice and the US Sentencing Commission, the vast majority of rearrests for those on community supervision or parole and…
Introduction A synopsis of family and community violence research that is strongly connected to those involved in violent crime. Childhood trauma can “rewire” the brain,…
Highlights What happens to crime studies of programs when compared to the best research methods? The lesson is that it’s very hard to engineer social…
Highlights Can programs help those in the community who are threatening violence or mass shootings? Can programs assist adjudicated violent offenders with mental health problems?…
Highlights The majority (85.7%) of individuals sentenced for an escape offense and released were rearrested during an eight-year follow-up period, which was higher than individuals…
Highlights The USDOJ states that they have programs that massively reduce offender recidivism (arrests and incarceration after prison). I assume that the DOJ will now…
Highlights More than half of females (55%, compared to 66% of males) who were serving time for a violent offense were arrested for another offense.…
Highlights The 369,200 persons admitted to state prison in 34 states had an estimated 4.2 million prior arrests. Persons admitted to state prison had…
Highlights The National Institute Of Justice offers data on which incarcerated groups have the highest rates of recidivism (i.e. arrests and incarcerations). We were…
Highlights Data from Pew is combined with previous research indicating the complexity of mental health, substance abuse, and co-occurring disorders in the justice system and…
Highlights Total incarcerations of people on parole and probation have decreased (see conclusions). Are we taking greater chances with decreases in the incarceration of violent…
Highlights Hear a podcast of this article on Spotify, YouTube Podcasts, and other audio-video sources. Why are so many professionals leaving law enforcement, corrections, and youth services? …
Highlights Hear a podcast of this article on Spotify, YouTube Podcasts, and other audio-video sources. The overwhelming majority of Americans expressed satisfaction with their…
Highlights Are law enforcement staffing levels affecting reported crime? Are there additional reasons for reduced reported crime via the FBI? Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr.…
Highlights This article is based on new data from Pew on popular local news topics. Crime was the second most important local news topic (weather…
Highlights Cops and others in the justice system believe that reported decreases in crime are wrong. They believe that crime is increasing. If the Oakland…
Highlights American confidence in law enforcement, which has always been high regardless of demographics, has reached new heights. Police community relations are improving. It’s the…
Highlights We are about to enter a contentious presidential election. We just experienced massive collegiate demonstrations regarding the Middle East. The economy is uncertain. How…
Highlights We within the justice system are getting more exposure with our press releases and digital media than ever before from emerging national online news…
Highlights The rate of officers assaulted has increased each of the past three years. The study of the data reveals, from 2021 to 2023, more…
Highlights It’s safe to say, based on polling data, that the great majority of the 54 million yearly police-citizen contacts, interactions were mostly positive which…
Highlights Arrests have plummeted along with crimes solved. Do we ask too much from too few? Do we provide the resources cops need to solve…
Highlights Per Gallup, we have a record fear of crime, and Americans telling us that they want a tougher criminal justice system. Are Americans wrong…
Highlights 7 percent of 24 million identity theft victims reported the incident to law enforcement. 42 percent of violent crimes are reported. 32 percent of…
Highlights Gallup Ranks 141 countries as to perceptions of law enforcement and personal safety. Where does the US Rank? Some suggest that the US is…
Highlights USDOJ: Law enforcement agencies across the country face a “historic crisis” in recruiting and retaining qualified candidates. Are we moving towards the greater use…