Highlights Much of what we believe about crime and criminal justice issues isn’t true. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal senior spokesperson. Thirty-five years…
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Prosecutors Now Run Parole and Probation
Highlights Reform-minded prosecutors are setting policy for parole and parole and probation agencies. Change should come from research or the US Department of Justice or…
View More Prosecutors Now Run Parole and ProbationViolence Against Women Increasing
Crime Against Women Highlights Violence against women is growing. An analysis of 4,484 killings of women in 47 major U.S. cities over the past decade…
View More Violence Against Women IncreasingViolent Offenders Drive Crime and Incarceration
Highlights Violent repeat offenders are driving America’s crime problem. Data from the US Sentencing Commission (below) and other sources suggest that repeat offenders who committed…
View More Violent Offenders Drive Crime and IncarcerationCitizens-Not Cops-Need To Do More To Control Violent Crime
Baltimore Police Motorcycles Highlights We are in danger of losing cities to violent crime. There may be points of no return for decades. The future…
View More Citizens-Not Cops-Need To Do More To Control Violent CrimeIs America Entering a New Era of Increasing Violence?
Highlights America may be entering a new era of increasing violent crime. The number of persons who had been victims of violent crime is up…
View More Is America Entering a New Era of Increasing Violence?Violent Crime Victims and Offenders
Highlights Many reader questions regarding violent crime victims and offenders are answered by a recent report from the National Crime Survey from the Bureau of…
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24% Of American Households Victimized By Crime in 2018
Police Van Highlights 24% of households were victimized by violent or property crimes (excluding cybercrimes) in 2018, up from the 22% who said the same last…
View More 24% Of American Households Victimized By Crime in 2018Officer, That Dog Doesn’t Have Water-Arrest That Man
Highlights There is a new DOJ document providing advice to law enforcement regarding animal cruelty. I understand how people view their pets and their belief…
View More Officer, That Dog Doesn’t Have Water-Arrest That ManCrime Will Play A Major Role in the Midterm Elections
Crime and Congress Highlights 78 percent of Americans worry about crime and violence a great deal or a fair amount, the same as health…
View More Crime Will Play A Major Role in the Midterm ElectionsSchool And Mass Shooting Data Are Wrong
Observations Data on school and mass shootings are often wrong and continue a history of misinformation when it comes to crimes against children. Author Leonard…
View More School And Mass Shooting Data Are WrongViolence, School Achievement and Future Criminality
Observations Schoolchildren exposed to violence have a tougher time learning. Violence also affects the success of people caught up in the criminal justice system. If…
View More Violence, School Achievement and Future CriminalityShould We Release Older Inmates? Aging Offenders and Recidivism
Observations Is it time to consider the release of older inmates considered to be an acceptable risk to public safety? A near 40 percent rearrest…
View More Should We Release Older Inmates? Aging Offenders and RecidivismViolent Crimes Reported to Police Hit Record Lows
Observation In 2016, fewer than half (42%) of violent crimes were reported to police. This is the lowest percentage of violent crimes reported since 1998.…
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Violent Crime Reduction Needs Context
Observations A small reduction in violent crime for the first six months of 2017 is good news, and we all hope it continues, but declaring that violent…
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68 Percent Say Crime is Increasing in the US
Overview This article provides an overview of two recent documents from Gallup, one dealing with national and local perceptions of crime (is crime increasing?) and a second…
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Violent Crime Up? New Federal Report
Overview Per “Criminal Victimization” from the Bureau of Justice Statistics for 2015 and 2016 (The National Crime Survey), violent crimes went from 5 million violent…
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Police Strategies Reduce Crime-New Study
Observations A podcast of this article is available on YouTube. This may be considered “the” definitive study of policing tactics as I update this article…
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Personal Crime Flat Per Gallup
Observation If you are looking for a national summation of data, violent crime is up per the FBI, property crime is down in all three…
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Race and Violent Crime
Observation Half (51 percent) of violent victimizations from 2012 to 2015 were intraracial. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Thirty-five years of speaking for national and…
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