Crime in America.Net
Created in 2009. We provide original, contextual analysis of federal and state crime news and data. Our mission is to provide clarity and insight without the bias that infects many crime sites.
“I never have enough time with him. He’s extremely fair in his role as a crime and media relations expert,” the nationally syndicated Armstrong Williams Show. Designated crime expert for Law Enforcement Today, and other media sources.
Top site for crime news-Information Blizzard. “The comprehensive nature of the resource allows it to stand out among countless, less-informative crime news blogs.” (Top Crime Sites). Top crime site-Feedspot and many other rating services. “This site is popular among users in the United States,” WebStatsDomain.
Administered by Leonard Sipes, former Senior Specialist for Crime Prevention for the Department of Justice’s clearinghouse, former Director of Information Services for the National Crime Prevention Council, and a multi-award-winning (50+) federal and state criminal justice public affairs director, see Crime in America-About.
Interviewed and quoted by every national newspaper, wire service, and electronic media plus dozens of foreign media outlets.
Former Associate Professor for Criminology and Public Relations. Former advisor to presidential and governor’s campaigns. Former advisor to the “McGruff-Take a Bite Out of Crime” national media campaign. Administrator of multiple state anti-crime media campaigns.
Certificate of Advanced Study-Johns Hopkins University. Former police officer. Aspiring drummer.
See his book, “Success With The Media: Everything You Need To Survive Reporters and Your Organization,” at Amazon and additional book outlets.
Top Google rankings for crime themes. Guest on the nationally syndicated Armstrong Williams show (multiple times). Articles featured in A&E Television, Department of Justice documents, US Supreme Court briefs, C-SPAN, the National Institute of Health, college and university libraries, multiple books and journal articles, Gov Loop, The Huffington Post, JAMA, The National Institute of Corrections, The Office of Juvenile Justice And Delinquency Prevention, The Bureau of Justice Assistance, ADT National, Gartner Consulting, Muck Rack, Sociable, The Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform, The Marshall Project, The Heritage Foundation via Congressional testimony, Law Officer.Com, Law Enforcement Today, Blue Magazine, Corections.Com (continues to offer his audio podcasts), Prison Legal News, The Hill (newspaper of Congress), the Journal of Offender Monitoring, and additional publications.
Recently quoted (or linked) by USA Today, College News, The Associated Press (hundreds of reprints), Inside Edition, Yomiuri Shimbun (Japan’s and Asia’s largest newspaper), LeFigaro (France’s oldest newspaper), Oxygen and allied publications, Forbes, Newsweek, The Economist, The Toronto Sun, Homeland Security Digital Library, The ABA Journal, The Daily Express (UK-multiple times) and related newspapers, The Harvard Political Review, The Millennial Source (twice), The Federalist Society, Lifewire, Beccaria Portal On Crime (Europe), European Journal of Criminology, WJLA TV in D.C., CBS 17 in Durham NC, Business Insider, Sinclair Broadcasting (multiple times), 2 Minute News, Sentencing Law And Policy, Top Stories UK, Money Geek (multiple times), News Max, NewsBreak, The Reader’s Digest (multiple times), Readers Digest Australia, Readers Digest New Zeland, The Boston Globe, US News And World Report, Yahoo News, Yahoo Finance, Business Insider, Google Classroom, The Epoch Times, The Los Angeles Times, UpJourney, The Los Angeles Sentinel, The Yauma Sun, MSN.Com (multiple times), The Philadelphia Inquirer, MSN Lifestyle, Academia, Home and Garden, Nickel Savers, The San Diego Union-Tribune, Gear News, ITV and ITN news, Black Press USA, Women’s World, Afro.Com, Charleston Chronicle, Newstral, Skanner News, Parentology, Best Life, (multiple times), WTOP Radio in Washington, D.C. and many additional sources and publications.
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