Highlights Most of what I read about crime is advocacy. When it comes to objectivity, there are an endless variety of crime-related organizations offering data…
View More Are Advocates Ignoring Victims Of Violent Crime?Category: Crime News
School Crime Declines-Most Have A Yearly Incident Of Violence
Highlights Although most schools report at least one incident of violent crime per year, the trends for violent crime and serious violent crime in schools…
View More School Crime Declines-Most Have A Yearly Incident Of ViolenceAmericans Believe Crime Is At Its Highest Point Since 1993
Highlights Americans are more likely to perceive crime in the U.S. as having increased than they have since 1993. Fifty-one percent say that the issue…
View More Americans Believe Crime Is At Its Highest Point Since 1993Police And Crime Issues Swayed Voters
Highlights It’s clear that crime and cops figure heavily when it comes to national and state elections. The movement awakened the cultural conservative in a…
View More Police And Crime Issues Swayed VotersDid Lockdowns Drive Crime And Protests? Will Biden Lock Down The Country Again?
Highlights “The U.S. can expect increased Covid-19 testing, a national mask mandate and the possibility of nationwide lockdowns once President-elect Joe Biden takes office.” “Criminologists…
View More Did Lockdowns Drive Crime And Protests? Will Biden Lock Down The Country Again?“Democrats Sorting Out The Wreckage” Republicans Won Big Because Of Protests, Crime And Cops
Highlights Joe Biden famously said, “Give me the crime issues and you will never lose an election.” He was right. House Democrats are asking themselves…
View More “Democrats Sorting Out The Wreckage” Republicans Won Big Because Of Protests, Crime And CopsCrime Costs More Per Person Than The National Defense
Highlights The cost of crime could increase to $2.1 trillion—or nearly 10 percent of the Gross National Product (GDP). The explosion of violence in a…
View More Crime Costs More Per Person Than The National DefenseCounting Crime in America Could Get Contentious
Highlights Newsy has learned the FBI is going to stop collecting crime data for its Uniform Crime Report (UCR) from an estimated one in four…
View More Counting Crime in America Could Get ContentiousPer DOJ-Increasing Percentage On Parole and Probation Are Violent Or Felons
Highlights Parole and probation agents are supervising and police officers are encountering an offender population containing more felonies and histories of violence. Most on probation…
View More Per DOJ-Increasing Percentage On Parole and Probation Are Violent Or FelonsHow Americans Feel About Law Enforcement
Highlights Polling data show a mixed bag of results regarding public perceptions of law enforcement, some is harshly negative, some (based on interactions) is quite…
View More How Americans Feel About Law EnforcementThe US Correctional Population Reaches A 19 Year Low-Why?
Highlights There is a 19-year low in the number of persons under the supervision of adult correctional systems. The correctional population between 2008 and 2018…
View More The US Correctional Population Reaches A 19 Year Low-Why?Juvenile Arrests 70 Percent Below Peak-Adult Arrests Plummet
Highlights Arrests of adults and juveniles are down considerably. Why? What impact does this have on growing violence in cities? Is intense criticism of cops…
View More Juvenile Arrests 70 Percent Below Peak-Adult Arrests PlummetBiden-Give Me The Crime Issue And You’ll Never Have Trouble With It In An Election
Highlights Past Quotes From Joe Biden: “Give Me The Crime Issue And You’ll Never Have Trouble With It In An Election” “Violent crime is…
View More Biden-Give Me The Crime Issue And You’ll Never Have Trouble With It In An ElectionViolent Crime And The Presidential Debate-Is Violence Up?
Highlights Presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump will debate for the first time. One of the six topics is protests, crime and violence in…
View More Violent Crime And The Presidential Debate-Is Violence Up?Protests, Law Enforcement And Crime Dominate The News And Presidential Debates
Highlights Presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump will debate for the first time. One of the six topics is protests, crime and violence in…
View More Protests, Law Enforcement And Crime Dominate The News And Presidential DebatesViolent Crime By Month And Time
There is a new and updated article for times of crime published in 2024, see The Time Of Day For Violent And Property Crimes. There…
View More Violent Crime By Month And TimeRecord One To Two Billion in Insurance Damages Due To 2020 Riots-Election Violence Possible
Highlights If most of the 2020 protests were “peaceful,” they are coming at an extraordinary cost beyond people leaving cities, rising violent crime, and increasing…
View More Record One To Two Billion in Insurance Damages Due To 2020 Riots-Election Violence PossiblePer The FBI-Overall Violent Crime Is Flat-Murder and Aggravated Assaults Increased During 2020
Highlights Per the FBI, violent crime was flat for the first six months of 2020 (decreased 0.4 percent). The number of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter…
View More Per The FBI-Overall Violent Crime Is Flat-Murder and Aggravated Assaults Increased During 2020Violent Crime Decreased in 2019 Per The National Crime Survey
Highlights Two reports from the US Department of Justice show decreases in violent crime in 2019. A variety of violent crime data for recent years…
View More Violent Crime Decreased in 2019 Per The National Crime SurveyPer Gallup, The Majority Of Americans Rate Police Encounters As Positive, Respectful and Fair
Highlights The data from a variety of sources indicate that those coming into contact with law enforcement (rather than a general public opinion poll) rate…
View More Per Gallup, The Majority Of Americans Rate Police Encounters As Positive, Respectful and Fair