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How Many People With Criminal Histories Do We Interact With Daily?

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Highlights You, your spouse, and your children interact daily with people who have criminal histories. Acknowledging this and evaluating potentially menacing or uncomfortable situations keeps…

Getting Answers To Your Crime And Justice Questions

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How To Get Answers To Your Crime And Justice Questions

admin March 10, 2025 No Comments

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube Podcast. A guide to getting answers to crime and justice questions. Most in state and local justice…

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Parole And Probation: Dangers, Realities, and the Need for Change

admin March 3, 2025 No Comments

Highlights There’s no national consensus as to what we want from parole and probation employees or agencies. Parole and probation agents supervise and…

Do Cops Control Crime And Improve Public Safety?

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Cops And Crime Control–Does Society Know What It Wants?

admin February 24, 2025 No Comments

Highlights We must decide what we want from law enforcement before we lose thousands of additional cops and endanger public safety. At the moment, proactive…

We Ignore The USDOJ's Largest National Increase In Violent Crime-Why?

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We Ignore The USDOJ’s 44 Percent Increase In Violent Crime-Why?

admin February 17, 2025 No Comments

Highlights “The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) is the nation’s primary source of information on criminal victimization,” the US Census Bureau. No one is saying…

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The Distressing Status Of Arrests, Crimes Solved And Incarcerations

admin February 10, 2025 No Comments

Highlights For the first time in many years, incarcerations and arrests, seem to be increasing with a slight expansion of police officers after losing 25,000…

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The Average Time Served in State Prisons Is 1.3 Years

admin February 3, 2025 No Comments

Highlights The median (average) time served in state prison for all offenses is 1.3 years. This article is available via a podcast on YouTube. Author…

How Many Crimes Are Actually Prosecuted In The United States?

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How Many Crimes Are Prosecuted In The United States?

admin January 27, 2025 No Comments

Highlights Most crimes involve reduced charges or dropped or deferred prosecutions. Concessions through plea-bargains, dropped charges, and limited prison sentences are seen as necessary to…

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The United States Lost Over 25,000 Local Police Personnel

admin January 21, 2025 No Comments

Highlights Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) indicate the considerable loss of police officers in recent years. BLS Charts are below. Tens of…

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Update-The FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System Greatly Improves

admin January 13, 2025 2 Comments

Highlights We are on the verge of a new and better way of analyzing crime data through the FBI’s emerging National Incident-Based Reporting System. But…

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Thank You For 15 Years of Crime In America.Net

admin January 8, 2025 No Comments

Highlights CrimeInAmerica.Net is 15 years old. I appreciate your support. A list of accomplishments is below. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Former Senior Specialist for…

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Millions Of Crimes Are Not Included In FBI Yearly Reports

admin January 6, 2025 No Comments

Highlights This article is available as a podcast on YouTube. Understanding crime numbers and rates in America isn’t easy. Per FBI data, crime is down.…

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Is The Effort To Control Or Ban Handguns Over?

admin December 4, 2024 No Comments

Highlights Nine percent of violent crimes involve firearms per the USDOJ. Nonfatal firearm violence has dropped considerably. 400 million Americans own firearms. Support for a…

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Female Crime Statistics–Violent Victimization For Females Often Exceeds Males

admin December 2, 2024 No Comments

Highlights The rate of violence against females in the US often exceeds that of males. That wasn’t the case in the past. 85,000 Women Were…

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Firearm Violence Statistics–281,000 Victims Used Firearms To Defend Themselves

admin November 22, 2024 No Comments

Highlights In 2023, the rate of nonfatal firearm violence was 2.0 victimizations per 1,000 persons age 12 or older, down 72% from 7.3 per 1,000…

Offender Recidivism

How Many People With Criminal Histories Do We Interact With Daily?

admin March 17, 2025 No Comments

Highlights You, your spouse, and your children interact daily with people who have criminal histories. Acknowledging this and evaluating potentially menacing or uncomfortable situations keeps…

Parole And Probation: Dangers, Realities, and the Need for Change

admin March 3, 2025 No Comments

Highlights There’s no national consensus as to what we want from parole and probation employees or agencies. Parole and probation agents supervise and…

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The Average Time Served in State Prisons Is 1.3 Years

admin February 3, 2025 No Comments

Highlights The median (average) time served in state prison for all offenses is 1.3 years. This article is available via a podcast on YouTube. Author…

How Many Crimes Are Prosecuted In The United States?

admin January 27, 2025 No Comments

Highlights Most crimes involve reduced charges or dropped or deferred prosecutions. Concessions through plea-bargains, dropped charges, and limited prison sentences are seen as necessary to…

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Race-Criminal Justice Reform and Biased Offender Risk Assessments

admin September 23, 2024 No Comments

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…

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A Crime Victim’s Right To Owning An Offender’s Name And Money

admin July 2, 2024 No Comments

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…

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65 Percent On Probation Are Felons-50 Percent Are Violent-Agent Recently Murdered

admin June 18, 2024 No Comments

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.…

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Correctional Supervision Decreased 23% Since 2012-Is There A Crime Connection?

admin June 11, 2024 No Comments

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…

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The Myth Of Technical Violations And Parole And Probation Arrests

admin April 24, 2024 No Comments

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…

Should parents be held responsible for their child's crimes?

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Does Child Abuse And Family-Community Instability Cause Violent Crime?

admin February 26, 2024 No Comments

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,…

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Does Anything Work To Reduce Crime?

admin January 22, 2024 No Comments

Highlights A podcast of this article is available on YouTube. What happens to crime studies of programs when compared to the best research methods? The…

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Can The Justice System Help Violent People With Mental Health Issues?

admin January 15, 2024 No Comments

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?…

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Escaped Offenders Have “Extensive And Serious Criminal Histories”

admin October 11, 2023 No Comments

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…

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Did The The DOJ Just Solve The Problem Of Massive Offender Recidivism?

admin June 14, 2023 No Comments

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…

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Women Offenders-Over Half Of Violent Females Were Arrested Within 5 Years Of Release

admin May 10, 2023 No Comments

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.…

Police / Law Enforcement

Cops And Crime Control–Does Society Know What It Wants?

admin February 24, 2025 No Comments

Highlights We must decide what we want from law enforcement before we lose thousands of additional cops and endanger public safety. At the moment, proactive…

The Distressing Status Of Arrests, Crimes Solved And Incarcerations

admin February 10, 2025 No Comments

Highlights For the first time in many years, incarcerations and arrests, seem to be increasing with a slight expansion of police officers after losing 25,000…

The United States Lost Over 25,000 Local Police Personnel

admin January 21, 2025 No Comments

Highlights Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) indicate the considerable loss of police officers in recent years. BLS Charts are below. Tens of…

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120 Million Porch Package Thefts–More Than All FBI Property Crimes

admin December 11, 2024 1 Comment

Highlights There are 120 million porch package thefts in the US. Searches for “stolen package” spike every December, according to Google Trends. The survey indicated…

The Left Is “Out Of Touch” And “Condescending,” Crime And Why Trump Won

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Cops, Crime And Why Trump Won-Per Pundits, The Left Is “Out Of Touch”

admin November 15, 2024 No Comments

Listen to a podcast of this article on Spotify or view it on YouTube. Quotes Democratic strategist James Carville, “defund the police” were “the three…

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Law Enforcement Officers Face A 54 Percent Higher Risk Of Dying By Suicide-Podcasts Available

admin October 21, 2024 No Comments

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? …

Police Contacts With The American Public

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Contacts With The Police Plummet-USDOJ Report Card On American Policing-Podcast Available

admin October 14, 2024 No Comments

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…

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Are Police Agencies “In Shambles” Affecting Crime Reporting?

admin September 11, 2024 No Comments

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.…

The United States And Canada Are The Only Sections Of The World To Feel Less Safe

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Crime News Is A Top Concern-Implications For The Justice System

admin August 12, 2024 No Comments

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…

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Cops Believe That Cities Are Cooking The Books On Crime

admin July 22, 2024 No Comments

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…

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U.S. Confidence In American Policing Dramatically Improves

admin July 17, 2024 No Comments

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…

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During Major Events-Who Do You Trust More-Cops Or The News Media?

admin June 24, 2024 No Comments

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…

Police Press Releases Get New National Exposure

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Police And Justice Press Releases–Digital Media Get New National Exposure

admin June 6, 2024 No Comments

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…

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More Police Officers Feloniously Killed Per FBI

admin May 16, 2024 No Comments

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…

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77% Say Their Interaction With Police Was A Positive Experience

admin February 12, 2024 No Comments

Highlights A podcast of this article is available on YouTube. It’s safe to say, based on polling data, that the great majority of the 54…