Risk Assessment Still Has Issues Regarding Race Disparities

Race-Criminal Justice Reform and Biased Offender Risk Assessments

Highlights If risk assessments of criminal offenders consistently show signs of bias, what does that mean for criminal justice reform? “There remains evidence that the…

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A Crime Victim's Right To Owning An Offender's Name And Money

A Crime Victim’s Right To Owning An Offender’s Name And Money

Highlights Maybe it’s time for crime victims to appeal to the courts for redress and financial compensation to force their victimizers to pay a price…

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65 Percent On Probation Were Felons-50 Percent Were Violent

65 Percent On Probation Are Felons-50 Percent Are Violent-Agent Recently Murdered

Highlights There is a new report, Probation and Parole in the United States, issued by the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the US Department of Justice.…

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A Crime Victim's Right To Owning An Offender's Name And Money

Correctional Supervision Decreased 23% Since 2012-Is There A Crime Connection?

Highlights Is there a connection between prison populations, correctional supervision and crime?  Based on the best available evidence from the US Department of Justice, it…

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Older Offenders

The Myth Of Technical Violations And Parole And Probation Arrests

Highlights Per the US Department of Justice and the US Sentencing Commission, the vast majority of rearrests for those on community supervision or parole and…

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Should parents be held responsible for their child's crimes?

Does Child Abuse And Family-Community Instability Cause Violent Crime?

Introduction A synopsis of family and community violence research that is strongly connected to those involved in violent crime. Childhood trauma can “rewire” the brain,…

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Does anything work to reduce crime?

Does Anything Work To Reduce Crime?

Highlights What happens to crime studies of programs when compared to the best research methods? The lesson is that it’s very hard to engineer social…

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A Crime Victim's Right To Owning An Offender's Name And Money

Can The Justice System Help Violent People With Mental Health Issues?

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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A Crime Victim's Right To Owning An Offender's Name And Money

Did The The DOJ Just Solve The Problem Of Massive Offender Recidivism?

Highlights The USDOJ states that they have programs that massively reduce offender recidivism (arrests and incarceration after prison).  I assume that the DOJ will now…

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Over Half Of Violent Females Were Arrested Within 5 Years

Women Offenders-Over Half Of Violent Females Were Arrested Within 5 Years Of Release

Highlights More than half of females (55%, compared to 66% of males) who were serving time for a violent offense were arrested for another offense.…

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A Crime Victim's Right To Owning An Offender's Name And Money

Prison Inmates-9 Prior Arrests-4 Million Total Arrests-42 Percent Had 5-10 Incarcerations

  Highlights The 369,200 persons admitted to state prison in 34 states had an estimated 4.2 million prior arrests. Persons admitted to state prison had…

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The Recidivism Of Violent Offenders

Judging Future Criminality Through Risk Assessments-USDOJ

  Highlights The National Institute Of Justice offers data on which incarcerated groups have the highest rates of recidivism (i.e. arrests and incarcerations). We were…

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Parole And Probation Numbers

Parole And Probation Totals Plummet Along With Incarcerations

Highlights Total incarcerations of people on parole and probation have decreased (see conclusions). Are we taking greater chances with decreases in the incarceration of violent…

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Older Offenders

Employment And Crime-Do Jobs Prevent Or Deter Incarcerations?

HighlightsMost offenders were employed before their latest incarceration. ChatGPT (the new artificial intelligence website) offers the following, “Overall, employment can make a significant difference in…

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Risk Assessment Still Has Issues Regarding Race Disparities

The Mostly Violent Prison Population Decreased Every Year Since 2013

Highlights The U.S. prison population was 1,204,300 at yearend 2021, a 25% decrease from 2011 (1,599,000). Per the Bureau Of Justice Statistics, 58% of all…

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World Incarceration Rises By 25 Percent

Let The Public Decide The Appropriateness And Length of Prison Sentences

Highlights Does the public support incarceration for violent or repeat criminal victimizations? Let the public in each state decide the appropriateness of prison sentences and…

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Can You Change Violent Offenders? Crime in Washington, D.C.

Highlights D.C.’s mayor said she can bring gun violence down by 90 percent by focusing on “the people and places where most of the crime…

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Older Offenders

Older Offenders-Riskier Than You Think

Highlights There were 546,000 older offenders arrested for criminal activity in 2019 per the FBI. High percentages of older offenders are arrested after release from…

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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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Females And Groups Victimized More By Crime

Highlights Some groups are victimized considerably more than others. Others have low rates of violence but have high rates of property crimes. Per the Bureau…

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