Highlights The overlap between victims and offenders is substantial. For violent crimes such as homicide, most victims have been offenders. In Chattanooga, for example, more…
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DOJ May Publish The Most Dangerous And Fearful Cities Plus Opinions Of Police Agencies
Highlights-New Reports On The Future On Local Crime, Fear And Police Perceptions What’s being explored by the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the US…
View More DOJ May Publish The Most Dangerous And Fearful Cities Plus Opinions Of Police AgenciesNewsworthy Jail Statistics Form The Department Of Justice
Highlights In three weeks, jails have contact with as many people as prisons do in an entire year. Each year, U.S. jails process an estimated…
View More Newsworthy Jail Statistics Form The Department Of JusticeBiden’s National Police Oversight Commission On Hold
Highlights The White House is putting the creation of a national police oversight commission on hold. Is there a need for another national crime and…
View More Biden’s National Police Oversight Commission On HoldPer Gallup Black Americans Want Cops In Their Communities
Highlights Per Gallup, 81 percent of African Americans want the police presence in their communities to stay the same or increased. Out of 40-60 million…
View More Per Gallup Black Americans Want Cops In Their CommunitiesIt’s Open Season On Law Enforcement-Is It Time To Leave?
Highlights Per Derek Chauvin and related incidents, are all cops brutal or racist? Per President Obama, society demands too much from police officers. Until communities…
View More It’s Open Season On Law Enforcement-Is It Time To Leave?Exclusive-Vehicle Thefts Increase After Dropping 50 Percent
Highlights Per the FBI, vehicle thefts are up 10.5 percent in 2020. It’s higher in some cities. Carjackings and theft of Catalytic Converters are skyrocketing.…
View More Exclusive-Vehicle Thefts Increase After Dropping 50 PercentReduced Police Budgets Linked To Increased Homicides
Highlights Reduced police budgets are correlated with increased homicides and violent crime. National violence is increasing per the US Department of Justice. In nine of…
View More Reduced Police Budgets Linked To Increased HomicidesDid COVID Jail Releases Increase Violence?
Highlights Based on recidivism studies of those released from prisons and those on probation, it’s reasonable to assume that the release of offenders from jails…
View More Did COVID Jail Releases Increase Violence?33% Increase In Urban Homicides-Rising Violence Continues In 2021
Highlights Violent crime, aggravated assaults and homicides increased in 2020. Rising violence continues for 2021. “Some cities are set to outpace last year’s numbers,” The…
View More 33% Increase In Urban Homicides-Rising Violence Continues In 2021Most Prisoners Serve Less Than Two Years-Violent Serve Less Than Three
Highlights An overview of time served in prison from the US Department of Justice. Most offenders are out of prison in less than two years.…
View More Most Prisoners Serve Less Than Two Years-Violent Serve Less Than Three230 Nonfatal Gun Injuries Daily-Most Violence Does Not Involve Firearms
Highlights 230 people a day experience a nonfatal gun injury. The vast majority of violent crimes do not involve firearms. The overwhelming majority of violent…
View More 230 Nonfatal Gun Injuries Daily-Most Violence Does Not Involve FirearmsHomicides-Violent Crime-Aggravated Assaults Increased in 2020 Per FBI
Highlights Per FBI preliminary statistics for 2020, there was a 25 percent increase in homicides. Per FBI preliminary statistics for 2020, overall violent crime increased…
View More Homicides-Violent Crime-Aggravated Assaults Increased in 2020 Per FBIAggressive Police Media Relations And Hot Spot Policing
Highlights One Florida Sheriff-One House-One Very Public Message On Hot Spot Policing. Law enforcement public outreach efforts create community support and enhance citizen satisfaction. Author …
View More Aggressive Police Media Relations And Hot Spot PolicingMedia Questions Regarding The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
Highlights I responded to a national media source regarding the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. Additional media outlets are also inquiring. What does the…
View More Media Questions Regarding The George Floyd Justice in Policing ActLaw Enforcement Public Opinion Continues To Improve
Highlights Taking all recent polling data together, the overwhelming number of Americans have relatively high opinions of law enforcement regardless of background. Differences as to…
View More Law Enforcement Public Opinion Continues To ImproveCriminal Histories And Recidivism Of Armed Career Criminals
Highlights The overwhelming majority of armed career criminals had prior convictions for violent offenses. The article is part of an ongoing series addressing repeat-violent-career criminals.…
View More Criminal Histories And Recidivism Of Armed Career CriminalsDo Reporters Hate Cops? Law Enforcement And Media Objectivity
Highlights Is media objectivity a relic of the past (per the Columbia Journalism Review)? Many (most?) cops believe that media reporting of law enforcement and…
View More Do Reporters Hate Cops? Law Enforcement And Media ObjectivityAdvocates Insist That Offender Rehabilitation Programs Work-Are They Right?
Highlights This article is available as a podcast via YouTube. Do programs for criminal offenders work? Per US Department of Justice data, most don’t. There…
View More Advocates Insist That Offender Rehabilitation Programs Work-Are They Right?Is There A National Police Strike?
Highlights Department of Justice data indicates that there is no national police strike or slowdown. There are, however, problems in communities where trust between cops…
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