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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Highlights People want to know how mentally ill offenders obtain firearms or why firearms were not confiscated. 5.7 percent out of 25 million potential firearm…
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Highlights Data from Pew is combined with previous research indicating the complexity of mental health, substance abuse, and co-occurring disorders in the justice system and…
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Highlights The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), is gearing up for National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week 2023 to be held March 20-26. 81,230 drug…
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Highlights Data indicates that most people involved in serious accidents or those criminally arrested were under the influence of drugs or alcohol or have substances…
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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 VictimsHighlights Offenders understand that the rules governing them have softened considerably. We are telling offenders that the justice system is backing down and that their…
View More Sending The Wrong Messages To Criminals Encourages CrimeHighlights Who has the highest risk for violent crime? What are the circumstances? Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal senior spokesperson. Thirty-five years of…
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Observations I’m suggesting that we focus almost exclusively on mental health and the co-occurring issue of substance abuse. With budget limitations, we can’t be…
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Summary More than half of prison and jail inmates meet criteria for drug dependence. Most offenders are drug and alcohol addicts in need of…
View More Drug, Alcohol and Mental Health Issues Affect Most OffendersA new report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) shows a significant decline in the level of past month (current)…
View More Kids Are Drinking Less-Alcohol Consumption Down SignificantlyAn indicator of marijuana use, the perceived risk of harm is declining among U.S. 12th grader (25 to 16 percent) even as the perceived risk…
View More The Perceived Risk of Marijuana Declines-Synthetic Pot Risk IncreasesAn estimated 35 percent of women in the US will experience intimate partner violence in their lifetimes. In addition, up to 70 percent of female…
View More 35 percent of women in the US will experience domestic violenceFrom Crime in America.Net: A new report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) provides insight into the nature and scope of…
View More 25 Million Americans Are Monthly Drug UsersThis report presents the first information from the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), an annual survey sponsored by the Substance Abuse…
View More 24 Million Americans Are Current Drug UsersCrime in America Heavens, we were told by marijuana advocates that this wouldn’t happen; that the debate about the endless medical and recreational wonders of…
View More Marijuana Use Continues to Increase as Perceived Risk DecreasesCrime in America An estimated 25 percent of all children in the United States (about 27.8 million) are affected by or exposed to a family…
View More 25 percent of US children have families with alcohol problemsCrime in America.Net Gentlereaders: Drug use continues to increase. Criminology 101—increased drug use means more crime. Criminology is filled with endless references to drug…
View More More Americans Using Drugs. Marijuana Increases. Use by Kids Grows. Baby Boomers Record Large Gains.Crime in America.Net Gentlepeople: The two reports below provide some perspective as to drug use in the United States. The reports deal with emergency room…
View More Emergency room visits for pharmaceutical drugs doubleCrime in America.Net Well, just in time for the California vote to legalize marijuana, data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)…
View More Early Marijuana Use Leads to Later Drug Abuse