Highlights Gallup Ranks 141 countries as to perceptions of law enforcement and personal safety. Where does the US Rank? Some suggest that the US is…
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Category: Economy and Crime
Is Fear The Most Important Crime Statistic?
Highlights Public safety is the highest priority for people moving. Fear of crime is at record levels. Crime was a top concern during the midterm…
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Did Homicides and Violence Decrease In 2023?
Highlights There is data stating that homicides and violence are down for select cities for the first half of 2023. Ten cities experienced an increase…
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Characteristics Of High-Crime Communities-Dangers To Children
Highlights Where crime is concentrated? Income and location mean much to parents rating neighborhoods as to potential dangers to their children. It’s a unique and…
View More Characteristics Of High-Crime Communities-Dangers To ChildrenSolutions To “The Tragedy Of Baltimore’s Violence Problem”
Editor’s Note: This article supports the nationally syndicated Armstrong Williams television show (I’ve been a guest many times) regarding crime in Baltimore City. I was…
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The 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.…
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What 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 ViolenceAre Progressives Responsible For Exploding Violence?
Quotes Dallas, Texas: When I asked chief Garcia what explained the rise in crime in the first half of 2021 and its decline in the…
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Are Businesses-Jobs And Residents Disappearing Because Of Growing Crime?
Highlights Residents of high-crime communities are cut off from jobs and places to shop because of crime. No business will invest in communities deemed dangerous.…
View More Are Businesses-Jobs And Residents Disappearing Because Of Growing Crime?Demand A Congressional Hearing For All Police Officers
Highlights Violent crime is exploding. Cops leaving and arrests plummeting may set off a wave of dangerousness that impacts cities and counties far beyond urban…
View More Demand A Congressional Hearing For All Police OfficersThe Crime Counter-Revolution Has Begun
Highlights Violent crime is exploding. Fear is at an all-time high. Firearm and security sales are going through the roof. People are leaving cities. Progressives…
View More The Crime Counter-Revolution Has BegunLow Income Or Fragile Communities Want More Cops
Highlights 68% of Chicago’s “fragile community” (i.e., low income) residents want a greater police presence. 54 percent of low-income communities nationally want more police officers.…
View More Low Income Or Fragile Communities Want More CopsReduced Police Budgets Linked To Increased Homicides
Highlights Reduced police budgets are correlated with increased homicides and violent crime. National violence is increasing per the US Department of Justice. In nine of…
View More Reduced Police Budgets Linked To Increased HomicidesCrime And Threats Cause People and Businesses To Move
Highlights Per Gallup, “when Americans felt under threat in their daily lives,” they express a desire to move. 48% now prefer to live in a…
View More Crime And Threats Cause People and Businesses To MoveExplaining COVID And Post Lockdown Violence
Highlights The bedrock of today’s violence could be the shock of the pandemic plus relaxed or disappearing enforcement. The increase in homicides, aggravated assaults, carjackings…
View More Explaining COVID And Post Lockdown ViolenceJoe Biden-Police Issues Beat The Living Hell Out Of Us
Highlights Via a leaked audio, Joe Biden appeared to blame the “defund the police” movement for contributing to surprising Democratic losses last month. “That’s how…
View More Joe Biden-Police Issues Beat The Living Hell Out Of UsBiden’s Crime And Police Agenda Is Filled With Landmines
Highlights Does Mr. Biden have any police or crime control options that will not cost him politically? To rebuild high poverty areas and to create…
View More Biden’s Crime And Police Agenda Is Filled With LandminesDid Lockdowns Drive Crime And Protests? Will Biden Lock Down The Country Again?
Highlights “The U.S. can expect increased Covid-19 testing, a national mask mandate and the possibility of nationwide lockdowns once President-elect Joe Biden takes office.” “Criminologists…
View More Did Lockdowns Drive Crime And Protests? Will Biden Lock Down The Country Again?“Democrats Sorting Out The Wreckage” Republicans Won Big Because Of Protests, Crime And Cops
Highlights Joe Biden famously said, “Give me the crime issues and you will never lose an election.” He was right. House Democrats are asking themselves…
View More “Democrats Sorting Out The Wreckage” Republicans Won Big Because Of Protests, Crime And CopsCrime Costs More Per Person Than The National Defense
Highlights The cost of crime could increase to $2.1 trillion—or nearly 10 percent of the Gross National Product (GDP). The explosion of violence in a…
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