How Many People With Criminal Histories Do We Interact With Daily?

How Many People With Criminal Histories Do We Interact With Daily?

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…

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Do Cops Control Crime And Improve Public Safety?

Cops And Crime Control–Does Society Know What It Wants?

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…

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We Ignore The USDOJ's Largest National Increase In Violent Crime-Why?

Millions Of Crimes Are Not Included In FBI Yearly Reports

Highlights This article is available as a podcast on YouTube. Understanding crime numbers and rates in America isn’t easy. Per FBI data, crime is down.…

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An explanation of recent and older crime and fear of crime statistics and research for the layperson.

The Reality of Crime: Simplifying Stats and Fear Of Crime For Today’s Reader

Highlights Hear a podcast of this article on Spotify. An explanation of recent and older crime and fear of crime statistics and research for the…

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We Ignore The USDOJ's Largest National Increase In Violent Crime-Why?

USDOJ: A Record Increase in Violence “Or” Violent Crime Declined 3 Percent

Highlights As to crime in America, who do we believe, the FBI with its 3 percent decrease in violent crime, or the National Crime Victimization…

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Is Being A Cop Harder Today?

Are Police Agencies “In Shambles” Affecting Crime Reporting?

Highlights Are law enforcement staffing levels affecting reported crime?  Are there additional reasons for reduced reported crime via the FBI? Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr.…

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Getting Answers To Your Crime And Justice Questions

Is US Crime Really Declining? The Impossible World Of Crime Statistics

Highlights Is crime decreasing? “There’s a crime divide between Americans and politicians, and voters are watching,” The Hill. “The White House to the left: We…

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We Ignore The USDOJ's Largest National Increase In Violent Crime-Why?

Record Increases And Decreases In US Crime In Two Years-Who’s Right?

Highlights We have immense contrasts in record increases and decreases in crime in two years from the US Department of Justice. It’s becoming increasingly difficult…

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Increasing Or decreasing Crime?

25 Examples Of Increasing Crime-Is Record Fear Of Crime Justified?

Highlights Data from the federal government and a variety of reputable sources indicate that violent and property crimes increased, not decreased in recent years. Dozens…

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Trump, Democrats, crime and the election

President Biden States That Crime Decreased Considerably-Did It?

Highlights President Biden firmly states that crime went down considerably in 2022 based on the most recent yearly crime reports. He suggests that crime went…

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Should parents be held responsible for their child's crimes?

Does Child Abuse And Family-Community Instability Cause Violent Crime?

Introduction A synopsis of family and community violence research that is strongly connected to those involved in violent crime. Childhood trauma can “rewire” the brain,…

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The United States And Canada Are The Only Sections Of The World To Feel Less Safe

The First Yearly Crime Report For 2023

Highlights An overview of the first full report on violent and property crimes for 2023 for select cities and the complexities involved in understanding the…

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State Per Person Spending On Law Enforcement

250,000 Attempted But Failed Property Crimes Per The FBI-Reasons Why

Highlights A count of attempted property crimes from the FBI and probable reasons why. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Thirty-five years of explaining crime data…

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Does anything work to reduce crime?

Does Anything Work To Reduce Crime?

Highlights A podcast of this article is available on YouTube. What happens to crime studies of programs when compared to the best research methods? The…

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FBI Crime Statistics

Violent Crime Totals By State

Highlights We present the states with the highest and lowest totals of violent crime and provide some context based on numbers provided by the FBI…

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Is Being A Cop Harder Today?

Per The USDOJ-A Crisis In The Number Of Police Officers

Highlights USDOJ: Law enforcement agencies across the country face a “historic crisis” in recruiting and retaining qualified candidates. Are we moving towards the greater use…

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FBI Crime Statistics

FBI Crime Data For 2022-Increases Exceed Decreases For Most Categories

Highlights National crime statistics reported by the FBI for 2022 (crimes reported to law enforcement) are below. There are multiple sources of information on crime…

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We Ignore The USDOJ's Largest National Increase In Violent Crime-Why?

Is Violence Rising Or Falling? Understanding Quirks Within The National Crime Victimization Survey

Highlights Analyzing national violence and property crime statistics can cause mental whiplash. Understanding crime in America has never been more challenging.  For the upcoming elections,…

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Canadian Crime Is Increasing-America Crime Is Decreasing-How Can That Be?

Growing Violence in Canada Compared To Decreasing Violence In The US

Highlights Per big city crime dashboards, why is violence in the US decreasing (or essentially flat per one analysis) but increasing for most categories in…

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Increasing Violent Crime

Concern Over Violent and Property Crime Data For 2023

Highlights As crime continues to spike in Oakland, demands for action from city and community leaders are growing louder. Statistics show that not only is crime…

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