Highlights There have been huge increases in cybercrime-internet crimes since 2019. There have been 37 billion dollars in cybercrime losses since 2019. These crimes cost…
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Category: Crime Statistics
Crime Decreased In 2023 Per The FBI-Metropolitan Areas Still Struggle With Crime
Highlights Except for homicides and rapes, most of the decreases in metropolitan areas (where the vast majority of Americans live) are rather small. Robberies increased…
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Growing Concerns About Violence Despite FBI Statistics-Who’s Right?
Highlights The President and others insist that violent crime has decreased considerably. Yet data, citizens, and recent media reports say the opposite. Who’s right? Author…
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Arrests By Age-Juveniles Have The Highest Categories For Most Violent Crimes
Highlights The latest report from the FBI shows arrests by age. Juvenile arrests are astoundingly high. The number of juveniles killing other juveniles was the…
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So It’s Impossible To Have An Honest Conversation About Crime?
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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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 A podcast of this article is available on YouTube. It’s safe to say, based on polling data, that the great majority of the 54…
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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 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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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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