Background The newly released report from the Bureau Of Justice Statistics of the US Department of Justice is Criminal Victimization, 2022. It’s based on…
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Category: New Criminal Justice Publications
Over 40 Percent Of Prison Inmates Had Five To Ten Prior Incarcerations
Highlights Seventy-eight percent of inmates had previous incarcerations. Forty-two percent had 5-10 or more incarcerations. The vast majority of prison inmates have multiple previous arrests…
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DOJ: Largest Increase In Homicides-Largest Decrease in Violence-Confused?
Highlights The Bureau of Justice Statistics states that the violent victimization rate dropped 22 percent in 2020. This is the largest decrease in violence ever reported…
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Correctional Populations Fell Dramatically During Rising Violence
Highlights Violent crime and serious violent crime began to increase by 28 percent in 2015 per the US Department of Justice. The US had the…
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Violent Victims Are Often Violent Offenders
Highlights The overlap between victims and offenders is substantial. For violent crimes such as homicide, most victims have been offenders. In Chattanooga, for example, more…
View More Violent Victims Are Often Violent OffendersDid COVID Jail Releases Increase Violence?
Highlights Based on recidivism studies of those released from prisons and those on probation, it’s reasonable to assume that the release of offenders from jails…
View More Did COVID Jail Releases Increase Violence?Homicides and Gun Crimes Exploding-What Comes Next?
Highlights New research quantifies increasing violence, homicides and gun crimes. Previous USDOJ research shows a 28 percent increase in violent crime. Serious violent crime also…
View More Homicides and Gun Crimes Exploding-What Comes Next?Recommendations-The President’s Commission on Law Enforcement
Highlights A summary of recommended improvements for law enforcement and the justice system from the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice.…
View More Recommendations-The President’s Commission on Law EnforcementCounting Crime in America Could Get Contentious
Highlights Newsy has learned the FBI is going to stop collecting crime data for its Uniform Crime Report (UCR) from an estimated one in four…
View More Counting Crime in America Could Get ContentiousPer DOJ-Increasing Percentage On Parole and Probation Are Violent Or Felons
Highlights Parole and probation agents are supervising and police officers are encountering an offender population containing more felonies and histories of violence. Most on probation…
View More Per DOJ-Increasing Percentage On Parole and Probation Are Violent Or FelonsUse of Force, Training And Costs For Police Agencies Per The USDOJ
Highlights-Police Policies Training, costs, community policing, use of force, use of blunt force projectiles (i.e., bean bags-rubber bullets), use of chemical agents (tear gas), active…
View More Use of Force, Training And Costs For Police Agencies Per The USDOJCriminal Rehabilitation Programs-Some Work-Most Don’t
Offender Rehabilitation And Reentry Programs-What Works “Programs that included group work, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) or CBT-like components, counseling, or that used drug court or other…
View More Criminal Rehabilitation Programs-Some Work-Most Don’tWhy Are Prison Numbers Falling?
Highlights Why are prison numbers falling? Are reductions due to criminal justice reform or dramatically reduced crime, arrests, and citizen contacts? An estimated 1,465,200 prisoners…
View More Why Are Prison Numbers Falling?Federal And State Offenders Highly Mobile-30 To 60 Percent Had Convictions In Multiple States
Highlights Federal offenders seem to be highly mobile. If we include arrests and prosecutions along with convictions, the percentages from other states would be much…
View More Federal And State Offenders Highly Mobile-30 To 60 Percent Had Convictions In Multiple StatesProbation and Recidivism–A Lot Of These Guys Have 15 to 20 Felonies
Highlights “The leniency shown to these bad actors by the judicial system results in recidivistic crimes that prey on the public…” Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Is the…
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Police Strategies Reduce Crime-New Study
Observations The focus of this study is proactive policing (self-initiated efforts to reduce crime) versus traditional tactics such as responding to calls and routine patrol.…
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Are Offender Rehabilitation Programs Dead? New DOJ Report
Observations Has “nothing works” been replaced by “nothing works well?” With new data from the Department of Justice regarding a signature program, it seems…
View More Are Offender Rehabilitation Programs Dead? New DOJ ReportVIOLENT CRIME REMAINED FLAT FROM 2014 TO 2015 AFTER TWO YEARS OF DECREASES
Subtitles: Crime survey data may indicate future increases. Violent crime increased per the FBI. Homicides continue at record rates per the FBI and other data.…
View More VIOLENT CRIME REMAINED FLAT FROM 2014 TO 2015 AFTER TWO YEARS OF DECREASESHomicides Explode in the US: Orlando Has Largest Percentage Increase
Homicides Explode in the US Orlando, FL has the largest percentage increase in homicides from 2014-2015 for the 56 cities studied Author’s note: My abbreviated…
View More Homicides Explode in the US: Orlando Has Largest Percentage IncreaseChanging Cops?
New Perspectives in Policing Paper Building positive connections with the community cannot only improve police work, but also officer safety. In the latest New Perspectives…
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