Highlights Per the USDOJ, 23 million persons reported that they had been victims of identity theft during the prior 12 months costing $15.1 billion. Based…
View More 23 Million Americans Are Victims Of Identity Theft Costing Over 15 Billion DollarsCategory: Crime Statistics
Record Number Of Police Murders-Half Did Not Engage Their Assailants
Highlights A police officer is murdered every five days. Nearly half did not engage with their assailants before being attacked-highest in 30 years. The highest…
View More Record Number Of Police Murders-Half Did Not Engage Their AssailantsPublic Opinion And Crime-Fear-Policy And Politics
Highlights Polling by Gallup showed that violent crime is a concern among 80% of Americans. National and local perceptions/fear about crime are at or near…
View More Public Opinion And Crime-Fear-Policy And PoliticsGun Violence-It’s Not What You Think-New DOJ Data
Highlights The overwhelming majority of violence doesn’t involve firearms. When firearms are used, the overwhelming majority of violence (including mass shootings) is committed with handguns.…
View More Gun Violence-It’s Not What You Think-New DOJ DataDecriminalization-One Percent Of Drug Users Ask For Treatment-Overdose Deaths Soar
Highlights In Oregon, only 1 percent of people who received citations for possessing hard drugs asked for treatment. Half showed up for court. State health…
View More Decriminalization-One Percent Of Drug Users Ask For Treatment-Overdose Deaths SoarMost Americans Are Victimized By Crime-National Crime Victims’ Rights Week
Highlights National Crime Victims Rights Week is April 24-30. Most Americans are victimized by crime. We examine a survey of 711 crime survivors in California;…
View More Most Americans Are Victimized By Crime-National Crime Victims’ Rights WeekPer Multiple Publications-“Dems Retreat On Crime And Police Reform”
Highlights Defunding the police and cutting the prison population in half are ideas rejected by the vast majority of Americans regardless of demographics. Democrats are…
View More Per Multiple Publications-“Dems Retreat On Crime And Police Reform”12,353 Police Employees Left Law Enforcement Along With 1,361 State Police Per BLS
Highlights Over 12,000 local police officers and employees have left their jobs per the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Per separate BLS charts, there was an…
View More 12,353 Police Employees Left Law Enforcement Along With 1,361 State Police Per BLSForeign Criminals Coming To America Due To Lax Laws
Highlights Per the Daily Mail and the FBI, foreign criminals are coming to America because they believe that laws and enforcement have changed. If foreign…
View More Foreign Criminals Coming To America Due To Lax LawsCops and Nurses Are Leaving-The Issues Are Similar-The Media Scrutiny Isn’t
Highlights Reader’s Comment: In 2021 police utilized deadly force over a thousand times in the line of duty. In any given year 250,000 die in…
View More Cops and Nurses Are Leaving-The Issues Are Similar-The Media Scrutiny Isn’tCops To President Biden-Keep Your 30 Billion-Change Your Policies
Highlights The comments of police officers (and others) as to the President’s $30 billion in new police spending over the next decade. Police officers are…
View More Cops To President Biden-Keep Your 30 Billion-Change Your PoliciesThe Homeless Are Far More Likely To Commit Crimes And To Be Victims
Highlights San Diego: experiencing homelessness have been involved with crime “at dramatically higher rates than the rest of the population,” whether as victims or offenders.…
View More The Homeless Are Far More Likely To Commit Crimes And To Be VictimsBiden Proposes $30 Billion To Expand Law Enforcement As Cops Continue To Leave
Highlights Police officers are leaving. Per media reports, there are cities that don’t have enough police officers to respond to 911 calls. President Biden proposes…
View More Biden Proposes $30 Billion To Expand Law Enforcement As Cops Continue To LeaveWomen Have Higher Or Equal Rates of Violent Criminal Victimization
Highlights Female victimization increased in recent years. It’s substantially different than historical patterns. Crime prevention programs need to be gender-specific with women and girls having…
View More Women Have Higher Or Equal Rates of Violent Criminal VictimizationMost Dangerous Big Cities? Rural-Suburbs-Small Cities Can Have Higher Rates Of Violence
\HighlightsIs violence principally a big city problem? Rural areas or suburbs or small cities can have higher rates of violence than large cities. This article…
View More Most Dangerous Big Cities? Rural-Suburbs-Small Cities Can Have Higher Rates Of ViolenceCeasefire Reduced Gang Shootings By 30 Percent-A Discussion Of Police Proactivity
Highlights An overview of proactive police strategies with a focus on CeaseFire and Project Safe Neighborhoods. Police proactivity is the only modality with a research…
View More Ceasefire Reduced Gang Shootings By 30 Percent-A Discussion Of Police ProactivityWhat Works To Reduce Crime And Violence
Highlights What works to reduce crime and violence? It’s not what many think. A research-based approach to preventing violent crime. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr.…
View More What Works To Reduce Crime And ViolenceMany Police Shootings Involve People In Mental Health Distress
Highlights Data suggests that many police shootings involve people in mental health distress. Per separate data, most offenders are under the influence at the time…
View More Many Police Shootings Involve People In Mental Health Distress“It’s African American Communities That Are Bearing The Brunt Of Violence”
Highlights Violence is pounding many distressed communities and groups. Higher rates of violence and crime are affecting lower-income communities, African Americans, the elderly, Asians, Hispanics,…
View More “It’s African American Communities That Are Bearing The Brunt Of Violence”Violent Offenders Are Arrested Far More Often Than Other Released Inmates
Highlights Violent offenders recidivated at a higher rate than non-violent offenders. Over an eight-year follow-up period, nearly two-thirds (63.8%) of violent offenders released in 2010…
View More Violent Offenders Are Arrested Far More Often Than Other Released Inmates