Highlights How are crime writers supposed to place violent crime in its proper perspective? How do we factually write about crime when the issue has…
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Category: Crime Statistics
Violent And Property Crimes By Month
Highlights Data for the most prominent months for violent and property crimes are available. Times that most crimes occur are also offered. Author Leonard Adam…
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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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Males Are Arrested Far More Than Females Yet Women In Prison Skyrocket
Highlights We’ve been looking at data from the FBI for 2022 (the latest yearly numbers) examining an array of crime topics. The final three include…
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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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75 Million US Crime Victims: Understanding The Impact
Introduction Every year, tens of millions of Americans become victims of violent and property crimes, with statistics drawn from federal sources and…
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How Many Americans Are Victimized By Violent And Property Crime Yearly?
Introduction Tens of millions of Americans are victimized by violent and property crimes yearly. Approximate and direct numbers from federal sources and Gallup are below.…
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Understanding How The US Collects Reported Crime Data
Highlights If you’re interested in yearly national “reported” crime data from the FBI, and how it’s produced, and what affects the numbers, this article is…
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77% Say Their Interaction With Police Was A Positive Experience
Highlights It’s safe to say, based on polling data, that the great majority of the 54 million yearly police-citizen contacts, interactions were mostly positive which…
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Crime Victims By Age-Those 50 And Above Have Surprisingly High Numbers
Highlights We may want to rethink our traditional assessment of older individuals as being safe from violent and property crimes. Those in the 50-65 and…
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Per The FBI-Crime Decreased In 2023
Updated Article There is an updated article on US crime based on the most recent data, see Crime Is Up-Crime Is Down-Who’s Right? We now…
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What Causes Murders And Aggravated Assaults?
Highlights An overview of the circumstances of homicides and aggravated assaults. Per assaults on law enforcement, there were close to 20,000 aggravated assaults. There were…
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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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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?
Highlights What happens to crime studies of programs when compared to the best research methods? The lesson is that it’s very hard to engineer social…
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Most Crimes Are Not Solved-Why?
Highlights Arrests have plummeted along with crimes solved. Do we ask too much from too few? Do we provide the resources cops need to solve…
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Can The Justice System Help Violent People With Mental Health Issues?
Highlights Can programs help those in the community who are threatening violence or mass shootings? Can programs assist adjudicated violent offenders with mental health problems?…
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10 Percent Of Violent Victimizations Involved A Firearm-Weapons Used During Crime
Highlights This article delves into the use of firearms in violent crimes, presenting data from two key agencies within the US Department of Justice. The…
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Unmasking The Discrepancy: The Overlooked Surge in Violent Crime
Highlights A 44 percent increase in violence per the latest report (2022) from the National Crime Victimization Survey of the USDOJ would be the largest…
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Most People Are Violently Victimized By Family Members Or People They Know
Highlights Are non-strangers or family members responsible for most violent crimes? The data is below. We question the government’s ability to lower rates of crime…
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