FBI Releases Bank Crime Statistics for First Quarter of 2010 During the first quarter of 2010, there were 1,183 reported violations of the Federal Bank…
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Five States Have the Highest Rates for Feeling Unsafe at School: Crime in America.Net
Information released by the Centers for Disease Control-High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey indicates the following: Nationally, 5.0 percent of students, “Did not go to…
View More Five States Have the Highest Rates for Feeling Unsafe at School: Crime in America.NetSuccessful offender reentry program in San Diego
The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) recently released its third annual report on the San Diego Prisoner Reentry Program. The key program components are…
View More Successful offender reentry program in San DiegoRural States Have Highest Rates for Teenage Rape: Crime in America.Net
Information released by the Centers for Disease Control-High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey indicates the following: Nationally, 10.5 percent of girls and 4.5 percent of…
View More Rural States Have Highest Rates for Teenage Rape: Crime in America.NetPain Reliever Abuse-More Than a Fourfold Percentage Increase
Pain Reliever Abuse– More Than Fourfold Percentage Increase of U.S. Treatment Admissions The percentage of admissions to state-funded substance abuse treatment programs involving pain reliever…
View More Pain Reliever Abuse-More Than a Fourfold Percentage IncreasePrincipal Types of Mass-Marketing Fraud and Resources for Combating Fraud
Dear Readers: The FBI issued an update ) as to mass marketing fraud. The portion presented here complies with a reader’s request articulating the most “popular”…
View More Principal Types of Mass-Marketing Fraud and Resources for Combating FraudUp to 93 percent of justice system youth experienced trauma. Crime in America.Net
There are tens of millions of children in the United States that exist hungry and unsupervised; something that every member of the criminal justice system…
View More Up to 93 percent of justice system youth experienced trauma. Crime in America.NetAttorney General Endorses Crime Control Programs: Research Cited by Crime in America.Net
Attorney General Eric Holder spoke at the Project Safe Neighborhoods annual conference in New Orleans on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 and endorsed three crime control…
View More Attorney General Endorses Crime Control Programs: Research Cited by Crime in America.NetFemale juvenile delinquency doubled since 1985 while males rise 30 percent
The juvenile justice system exists to protect the child, not to enforce public safety. That statement alone is enough to cause consternation and confusion. There…
View More Female juvenile delinquency doubled since 1985 while males rise 30 percentIs DNA Funding Keeping Violent Criminals on the Street? Crime in America.Net
Many of us see violent crime in the same way we see infectious disease; something that needs to be comprehensively addressed immediately. If there was…
View More Is DNA Funding Keeping Violent Criminals on the Street? Crime in America.NetSo Who Killed Neighborhood Watch? Crime in America.Net
None of us are sure, but it seems to us that it was decades ago that a US Department of Justice agency produced a neighborhood…
View More So Who Killed Neighborhood Watch? Crime in America.NetAppeals for Help from Friends Traveling Abroad are Frauds
I received a message from a well known and respected government employee; she was in Spain and lost all her money and needed me to…
View More Appeals for Help from Friends Traveling Abroad are FraudsViolent offenders more likely to die in local jails
New data from the US Department of Justice provides some insight as to medical and psychological issues associated with criminal offenders. The reference to violent…
View More Violent offenders more likely to die in local jails8 million households experience identity theft-31 percent increase in credit card theft-prevention resources available
Violent and property crime is down throughout America and that finding is confirmed through the National Crime Survey, see http://crimeinamerica.net/crime-rates-united-states/. But are offenders moving from street crime…
View More 8 million households experience identity theft-31 percent increase in credit card theft-prevention resources availableUnderage Drinking Hospital Visits Nearly Double over the 4th of July Weekend
There’s not much more to mention here beyond the fact that underage drinking leads a lot of young people into contact with the criminal justice…
View More Underage Drinking Hospital Visits Nearly Double over the 4th of July WeekendWhy are states abandoning drug treatment? Crime in America.Net
Newsweek offers a compelling article stating that “Treatment for drug addiction works better and costs less than imprisonment alone. So why are states abandoning it?”…
View More Why are states abandoning drug treatment? Crime in America.NetCar Stops and Violent Crime Control: Crime in America.Net
One of us was operating a government vehicle (a fancier version than most) in a high-crime area and was pulled over by the police. The officer…
View More Car Stops and Violent Crime Control: Crime in America.NetHigh volume telephone calls mask fraud. Resources to fight fraud available.
Dear readers: Fraud continues to be one of our top inquiries as people struggle to defend themselves. It’s almost impossible to keep up with the…
View More High volume telephone calls mask fraud. Resources to fight fraud available.Sources for Protecting yourself from Fraud and Identity Theft: Crime in America.Net
Dear readers: We were asked by a requestor to provide reliable sources of information regarding fraud, computer crimes and privacy theft. This is the list…
View More Sources for Protecting yourself from Fraud and Identity Theft: Crime in America.Net12.3 million adults and children in forced labor, bonded labor, and forced prostitution around the world
There are times when the day-to-day toll of crime seems almost too much for many communities throughout the country. But in comparison (to the bondage…
View More 12.3 million adults and children in forced labor, bonded labor, and forced prostitution around the world