Record One To Two Billion in Insurance Damages Due To 2020 Riots-Election Violence Possible

Highlights If most of the 2020 protests were “peaceful,” they are coming at an extraordinary cost beyond people leaving cities, rising violent crime, and increasing…

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Per The FBI-Overall Violent Crime Is Flat-Murder and Aggravated Assaults Increased During 2020

Highlights Per the FBI, violent crime was flat for the first six months of 2020 (decreased 0.4 percent). The number of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter…

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Violent Crime Decreased in 2019 Per The National Crime Survey

Highlights Two reports from the US Department of Justice show decreases in violent crime in 2019. A variety of violent crime data for recent years…

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81 Percent Express Confidence in Police Yet Polls Show Declines And Disparities

Highlights When adding all three categories in a recent Gallup poll, a great deal of confidence, quite a lot, and some, 81 percent expressed a…

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Funding Reduced For Most Police Agencies-Violence Increasing

Highlights Few law enforcement agencies, regardless of size, are being spared. It’s being called a “perfect storm” and the biggest budget cuts in a decade.…

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Arrests and Police Contacts Plummet While Violence Increases

Highlights Per the US Department of Justice, violent crime increased 28 percent since 2015. Serious violent crime is also increasing. This is happening while arrests…

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Federal Research-Long Prison Sentences Significantly Reduce Crime And Recidivism

Highlights In the two models with the larger sample sizes, offenders incarcerated for more than 120 months were approximately 30 percent less likely to recidivate.…

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Why 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…

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Coronavirus And Crime-Increased Criminality And Police Budget Cuts Coming

  Lessons From The Economic Crisis Of 2008-2009 Crime will be an issue when the country reopens from the Coronavirus-COVID-19 pandemic. It’s already a concern…

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Coronavirus-Violence And Crime Will Undoubtedly Return

Highlights For the moment, crime during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) seems moderate. Law enforcement agencies throughout the world, however, are expressing concern. “Criminals are just interested…

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The Coronavirus, Crime And Law Enforcement Responses

Highlights For the moment, crime during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) seems moderate. Law enforcement is inventing some unique responses. The Coronavirus will push the justice system…

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Violent Crime Increases Per Police Chiefs, DOJ And Gallup

Highlights There are a variety of reports stating that violent crime is increasing in the United States. They are summarized below. Criminal justice advocates disagree…

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Your Residence And Violent Crime-Where Violence Happens Per The FBI

  Highlights Homes/residences are the most prevalent places for violent crime. Where crime happens can be an important consideration as to crime prevention activities. Author …

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The Probability of Being A Victim of Violent Crime

Highlights Who has the highest risk for violent crime? What are the circumstances? Author  Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal senior spokesperson. Thirty-five years of…

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The Vast Majority Of Crime Does Not End In Arrest

Highlights The overwhelming number of reported crimes do not end in arrest. The overwhelming majority of crime is not reported to law enforcement. Author  Leonard…

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