Highlights Artificial Intelligence (AI) will soon be a significant part of the lives of people in law enforcement and the rest of the justice…
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Category: Victim Rights
How Many Crimes Are Prosecuted In The United States?
Highlights Most crimes involve reduced charges or dropped or deferred prosecutions. Concessions through plea-bargains, dropped charges, and limited prison sentences are seen as necessary to…
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Thank You For 15 Years of Crime In America.Net
Highlights CrimeInAmerica.Net is 15 years old. I appreciate your support. A list of accomplishments is below. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Former Senior Specialist for…
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40 Million Yearly Crime Victimizations-Millions Experience Emotional Distress
Highlights A podcast of this article is available on YouTube. In the last report from the National Crime Victimization Survey, there were 6,624,950 victims of violent…
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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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Answering Your Hate Crime Questions-Latest Data From The USDOJ
Highlights An overview of the two principal sources of hate crime statistics offered by the US Department of Justice. The source you use will provide…
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Violent And Property Crimes By Month
Highlights Data for the most prominent months for violent and property crimes are available. Times that most crimes occur are also offered. Author Leonard Adam…
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77% Say Their Interaction With Police Was A Positive Experience
Highlights A podcast of this article is available on YouTube. It’s safe to say, based on polling data, that the great majority of the 54…
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Unmasking The Discrepancy: The Overlooked Surge in Violent Crime
Highlights A 44 percent increase in violence per the latest report (2022) from the National Crime Victimization Survey of the USDOJ would be the largest…
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Are Females Violently Victimized More Than Males?
Highlights Females have higher rates of serious violent victimization than males. Females have higher totals for most violent crimes. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired…
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The Time Of Day For Violent And Property Crimes
Highlights Most crimes are afternoon to evening events with an exception for sex offenses. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal senior spokesperson. Thirty-five years…
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Americans Are Reporting Record Concerns About Crime
Highlights Per Gallup, we have a record fear of crime, and Americans telling us that they want a tougher criminal justice system. Are Americans wrong…
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Would More Crime Reporting Overwhelm The Justice System?
Highlights 7 percent of 24 million identity theft victims reported the incident to law enforcement. 42 percent of violent crimes are reported. 32 percent of…
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Who’s Charged With Human Trafficking?
Highlights The numbers for human trafficking seem low compared to the scope of the problem. Out of those charged 68% had no prior convictions. Due…
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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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Violent Victimization Increases For Urban Areas in 2021 Per USDOJ
Highlights From 2020 to 2021, the violent victimization rate increased from 19.0 to 24.5 victimizations per 1,000 persons in urban areas while remaining unchanged in…
View More Violent Victimization Increases For Urban Areas in 2021 Per USDOJPublic Opinion And Crime-Fear-Policy And Politics
Highlights Polling by Gallup showed that violent crime is a concern among 80% of Americans. National and local perceptions/fear about crime are at or near…
View More Public Opinion And Crime-Fear-Policy And PoliticsMost Americans Are Victimized By Crime-National Crime Victims’ Rights Week
Highlights National Crime Victims Rights Week is April 24-30. Most Americans are victimized by crime. We examine a survey of 711 crime survivors in California;…
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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.…
View More The Homeless Are Far More Likely To Commit Crimes And To Be VictimsWomen Have Higher Or Equal Rates of Violent Criminal Victimization
Highlights Female victimization increased in recent years. It’s substantially different than historical patterns. Crime prevention programs need to be gender-specific with women and girls having…
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