Violent Crime

Can A Violence Interrupter-Credible Messenger Program Reduce Arrests By 73 Percent?
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Can A Violence Interrupter Program Reduce Arrests By 73 Percent?

admin August 31, 2026 No Comments

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast.   This article describes a program providing services to young men in a high-crime community in…

Declines In Substance Abuse And Mental Conditions—Why That Could Matter for Crime
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Good News For Youth Substance Abuse And Mental Health—Why That Matters for Crime

admin August 3, 2026 No Comments

Highlights Compared with just a few years ago, fewer teenagers are: Drinking alcohol. Binge drinking. Smoking cigarettes. Vaping nicotine. Using marijuana. Beginning to use alcohol…

Are There US Crimes That Are Increasing?
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Cutting Crime By A Third: Proactive Policing Works—Will We Use It?

admin July 27, 2026 2 Comments

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. Extensive literature reviews from impartial, prestigious research organizations on crime and justice operations are rare. The…

Is Understanding Crime Really That Complicated?
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Sorry Reporters-Why Crime Has No Easy Answers

admin July 6, 2026 No Comments

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. After decades in the justice system (six years in law enforcement) with multiple university degrees, I…

Fear Of Crime In The US-Europe And Central-South America
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Is Prison The Answer? Fear Of Crime In The US, Europe And Central-South America

admin June 29, 2026 No Comments

Highlights This article was created to support my 35th appearance on the nationally syndicated Armstrong Williams show focusing on worldwide fear of crime. This article…

Offender Recidivism

Can A Violence Interrupter-Credible Messenger Program Reduce Arrests By 73 Percent?
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Can A Violence Interrupter Program Reduce Arrests By 73 Percent?

admin August 31, 2026 No Comments

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast.   This article describes a program providing services to young men in a high-crime community in…

Is Understanding Crime Really That Complicated?
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Sorry Reporters-Why Crime Has No Easy Answers

admin July 6, 2026 No Comments

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. After decades in the justice system (six years in law enforcement) with multiple university degrees, I…

Top Factors That Contribute To Violent Crime
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Top Factors That Contribute To Violent Crime

admin May 11, 2026 No Comments

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. Per a reader’s request, the article lists the primary factors that contribute to violent and overall…

Most Correctional Staff Sexual Misconduct Involve Female Correctional Officers
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Felonies And Violent Crimes-Increasing Part Of Parole And Probation Caseloads

admin April 30, 2026 No Comments

Summation This article is available as a YouTube podcast. Statistics on parole and probation from the Bureau of Justice Statistics are offered for 2023. 2024 data will…

Most Offenders Do Not Pay Court-Ordered Fines and Restitution
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Most Offenders Do Not Pay Victim Restitution-National Crime Victims Week

admin April 27, 2026 No Comments

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. This article recognizes National Crime Victims’ Rights Week and asks why states do not enforce compensation…

When Pigs Fly-Democratic Leadership Gets Tough On Crime
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When Pigs Fly-Democratic Think Tanks Get Tough On Crime

admin February 9, 2026 No Comments

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. “Protecting people from crime is one of the government’s most fundamental and urgent responsibilities. However, the…

Could Popular Weight-Loss Drugs Reduce Violent Crime?
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Cities Say Social Programs Reduced Homicides-Are They Right?

admin December 15, 2025 No Comments

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. It’s unrealistic to expect that limited social interactions by violence interrupters and program providers are going…

Could Popular Weight-Loss Drugs Reduce Violent Crime?
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Crime Discussions-A Liberal’s Think Tank’s Advice To Progressives

admin September 8, 2025 1 Comment

Highlights This article is available as a podcast on YouTube. Are progressives hurting their own causes with what they say about crime? “We are doing our…

The Quiet Truth Behind Baltimore's Violence Reduction: It’s Not the Programs—It’s the Pressure
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Cities-Baltimore-Crime Reductions And Misleading The Public

admin August 25, 2025 2 Comments

This article is available as a YouTube video. Cities are claiming significant crime reductions by providing services to potential offenders. They are downplaying the role…

Official Crime Counts Dramatically Understate US Criminality
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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…

Most Correctional Staff Sexual Misconduct Involve Female Correctional Officers
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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…

Police / Law Enforcement

Are There US Crimes That Are Increasing?
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Cutting Crime By A Third: Proactive Policing Works—Will We Use It?

admin July 27, 2026 2 Comments

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. Extensive literature reviews from impartial, prestigious research organizations on crime and justice operations are rare. The…

Per Five Countries-Crime Is Shifting
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Per Gallup-Identity Theft And Scams Happen Far More Often Than All FBI Reported Crimes

admin July 13, 2026 No Comments

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. There are hundreds of media articles celebrating the reductions in reported crime as offered by the…

Hiring Of Police Personnel Significantly Improves
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64,000 Full-Time Police Vacancies In One Year Per The USDOJ

admin April 1, 2026 No Comments

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. Of approximately 708,000 sworn U.S. police officers, about 57,000 left their jobs in 2020, while roughly…

The Quiet Truth Behind Baltimore's Violence Reduction: It’s Not the Programs—It’s the Pressure
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Cities-Baltimore-Crime Reductions And Misleading The Public

admin August 25, 2025 2 Comments

This article is available as a YouTube video. Cities are claiming significant crime reductions by providing services to potential offenders. They are downplaying the role…

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Black Perceptions Of Police–Highest Confidence Levels Recorded By Gallup

admin July 8, 2025 1 Comment

Summation This article is available as a YouTube podcast. Although Black Americans’ positive impressions of each measure have been at the majority level since 2021,…

Hiring Of Police Personnel Significantly Improves
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Is Policing The Toughest Job In America?

admin March 31, 2025 No Comments

Highlights Americans have considerable mental health and substance problems plus an inability to behave well per data. These issues have implications for police-civilian encounters. About…

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…

Are There US Crimes That Are Increasing?
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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…