Does anything work to reduce crime?

Does Crime Increase After Federal Police Consent Agreements?

Highlights Do federal court-ordered police consent decrees increase crime? For some cities, the answer is yes. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal senior spokesperson.…

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Most Crimes Are Not Reported To Law Enforcement

Has Police Reform Resulted In Thousands Of Crime And Accident Victims?

Highlights Fear of crime is at record highs. Nearly 43,000 people died in U.S. traffic crashes in 2021, the highest number in 16 years. There…

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Mass Shootings

Recognizing Mass Shooters And Potential Attacks In Public Places-Federal Research

Highlights An overview of two recent documents on mass shootings and mass shooters from the US Secret Service and the National Institute of Justice. Both…

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Police Response Time Increases

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…

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We Ignore The USDOJ's Largest National Increase In Violent Crime-Why?

States Having The Highest Rates Of Violent And Property Crimes

Highlights Arizona, Colorado, and Washington states have much higher rates of violence when compared to other large states. Arizona, Colorado, California, Indiana, Texas, and Washington…

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Per Biden-A Harsh Reality For Progressives And Crime

Highlights A new reality is taking hold of President Biden and progressives; citizens and businesses are demanding safety. It’s a profound change from the presidential…

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The Left Is “Out Of Touch” And “Condescending,” Crime And Why Trump Won

Police Stops Are Dangerous-Arrests Are Plummeting-Why Violence Is Increasing

Highlights Ever wonder why violence is increasing? Are there reasons why arrests are plummeting, correctional populations are at record lows and thousands of cops are…

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Will National Crime Rise Because Of Memphis Police Reactions?

Editor’s Note This is a repost of an earlier article because of a grammatical error in the title. Observations The intense criticism of American law…

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Solutions 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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Increasing Or decreasing Crime?

The Risk Of Violent Street Crimes Rose By 40 Percent

Highlights National Academy of Sciences: Violence in public places is increasing.  It could be a partial answer to record-setting fear of crime. Traditional crime rates…

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The Midterm Elections And The Misrepresentation Of Crime Data

Highlights An endless parade of progressive “experts” on national news sites state that crime is down significantly and that record fear of crime is illogical.…

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Cops And Crime Are Driving The Midterm Elections-Latest Data

Highlights Based on data, one could easily make the case that cops, crime, and violence are “the” top emotional issues for US voters during the…

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New US Crime Data-Firearm Homicides Highest Since 1990s-Murders Up By 49 Percent Since 2019

Highlights For New Crime Data-2021 There is no doubt that homicides increased significantly in the United States in 2021, and this is after record increases…

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How Cities Go From Safe To Criminal Insanity

Highlights Most of us in the justice system understood that the riots and attacks on all cops as racist and brutal would prompt officers to…

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A 50% Increase In Homicides-36% Increase In Aggravated Assaults

Highlights An overview of increasing violence and property crimes in the United States in 2022. The most recent yearly federal reports were for 2020. Per…

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Poll Numbers Show Crime As A “Very Important” Priority For Midterm Voters

Highlights Violent crime and gun policies are two of the top three issues very important to midterm voters. The collective data (crime victimization-computer crime-fraud) indicate…

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Warriors Or Guardians? Uvalde, Crime And Cops

Highlights Who’s to blame for Uvalde? Who’s to blame for rising violence in our cities? In my opinion, it was the thousands of rioters and…

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Gun Violence And The Dangerous Nature Of Firearm Offenders

Highlights Firearm offenders are generally younger, have a more extensive criminal history, and are more likely to commit a new crime than other offenders. 93.6…

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Big Increases in Crime In 2022-Homicides Decrease Slightly

Highlights When considering the crime categories with the largest numbers (aggravated assaults, larcenies, robberies, vehicle thefts, burglaries), the early indicators suggest an increase in overall…

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How Many Nonfatal Shootings End In An Arrest?

Highlights Per the examples below, the vast majority of nonfatal shootings do not end in an arrest. It will take money, technology, public support, and…

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