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…
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Violent 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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Harvey Weinstein-Why We Refuse To Acknowledge Abused Women Offenders
Observations The history of sexual and physical violence directed to women offenders (especially during childhood) is considerable. Add neglect, and it indicates that most…
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Why Violent Crime Increased
Observations To the tens of thousands of victims of increasing violent crime, telling them that, statistically, they have never lived in safer times seems uncouth…
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As Predicted, Violent Crime Increased in 2016
Observations Numerous newspaper editorials and many advocates disputed reports of rising crime, saying that we have never lived in safer times. But hundreds of…
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Repeat Victims Represent 50 Percent of Violent Crime
Observations It’s up to us within the criminal justice system to identify repeat victims and those with high rates of victimization to provide counseling, victim…
View More Repeat Victims Represent 50 Percent of Violent CrimeCan Communities Control Crime? The Baltimore Experiment
Subtitles “Are you saying you can’t keep your hood safe?” Cops want communities to take responsibility for their own crime problems. Gang members called Ceasefire…
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The Disabled and Vulnerable Groups Have Higher Rates of Violent Crime
Summary The rate of serious violent crime for persons with disabilities was more than three times the rate for persons without disabilities. People perceived…
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“They Can’t Touch the Criminals. They Know They’re Untouchable.” Public Opinion and Crime
If offenders really believe that they are beyond the control of society and the justice system, and if we refuse to send clear messages,…
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Firearm-Gun-Assault Weapon-Handgun Use in Violent Crime
Observations The vast majority of violent crimes do not involve firearms. “About 70 percent of all homicides and eight percent of all nonfatal violent…
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Crime Victims by Age Widespread-Those Age 66 and Above Have High Numbers
Subtitles Those age 66 and above have the highest raw numbers for burglary-breaking and entering and other categories. Violent crime is concentrated for victims…
View More Crime Victims by Age Widespread-Those Age 66 and Above Have High NumbersViolent Crime Increased in 2016-Is America Entering a New Era of Violence?
For the best overview of Crime in the United States and links to recent reports, see Crime Over Time-Crime in America. See FBI charts…
View More Violent Crime Increased in 2016-Is America Entering a New Era of Violence?Is the Media Correctly Covering Crime and Fear?
Editor ‘s note: A version of this article was sent as a letter to reporters and editors who cover crime. My principle question is whether…
View More Is the Media Correctly Covering Crime and Fear?Crime Increases in America Per Gallup
Subtitles Per Gallup-Household crime is at its highest point since 2001. Per Gallup-Twenty-nine percent of U.S. adults report that they or someone in their household…
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