Highlights There is data stating that homicides and violence are down for select cities for the first half of 2023. Ten cities experienced an increase…
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Are Mayors Getting Tough On Crime And Criminals?
Highlights “Biden bucks liberals and tells Democrats to get tough on crime.” “We are in a state of emergency right now.” “I think that people…
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Are Billions Of Dollars In Community-Based Violence Programs Worth The Expenditure?
Highlights There’s nothing wrong with trying new community-based crime control strategies. The problem is what seems intuitive to so many doesn’t mean that programs will…
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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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Crime And Violence Remains A Top Priority For Most Americans
Highlights If you combine the topics like terrorism (60 percent), crime (57 percent), and illegal drugs (53 percent), justice-related and crime issues are the clear…
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African American Confidence In Law Enforcement
Highlights Approximately 70 to 89 percent of Black respondents provided positive ratings of law enforcement ranging from a willingness to contact police in the…
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Prison Inmates-9 Prior Arrests-4 Million Total Arrests-42 Percent Had 5-10 Incarcerations
Highlights This article is available as a podcast on YouTube. The 369,200 persons admitted to state prison in 34 states had an estimated 4.2…
View More Prison Inmates-9 Prior Arrests-4 Million Total Arrests-42 Percent Had 5-10 IncarcerationsSchool Crime-Per The CDC-Weapons Used In High School Crime Declines
Highlights While there are understandable concerns about mass shootings, those threatened or injured with weapons (firearms-knives-clubs) in high schools decreased for males from 10 percent…
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Does Crime Increase After Federal Police Consent Agreements?
Highlights Do federal court-ordered police consent decrees increase crime? For some cities, the answer is yes. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal senior spokesperson.…
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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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Has Police Reform Resulted In Thousands Of Crime And Accident Victims?
Highlights Fear of crime is at record highs. Nearly 43,000 people died in U.S. traffic crashes in 2021, the highest number in 16 years. There…
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Recognizing Mass Shooters And Potential Attacks In Public Places-Federal Research
Highlights An overview of two recent documents on mass shootings and mass shooters from the US Secret Service and the National Institute of Justice. Both…
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Characteristics Of High-Crime Communities-Dangers To Children
Highlights Where crime is concentrated? Income and location mean much to parents rating neighborhoods as to potential dangers to their children. It’s a unique and…
View More Characteristics Of High-Crime Communities-Dangers To ChildrenExplaining Wildly Divergent Hate Crime Numbers
Highlights FBI hate crime numbers rose by 35 percent in 2021 based on reported incidents per The Hill (newspaper of Congress). Per the Bureau of…
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States Having The Highest Rates Of Violent And Property Crimes
Highlights Arizona, Colorado, and Washington states have much higher rates of violence when compared to other large states. Arizona, Colorado, California, Indiana, Texas, and Washington…
View More States Having The Highest Rates Of Violent And Property CrimesPolice Agencies Cutting Services Depend on Civilian Personnel
Highlights Sending unarmed civilian personnel to respond to police calls for service will be risky. Because of understaffing, it’s probably inevitable. The premise is that…
View More Police Agencies Cutting Services Depend on Civilian PersonnelPer Biden-A Harsh Reality For Progressives And Crime
Highlights A new reality is taking hold of President Biden and progressives; citizens and businesses are demanding safety. It’s a profound change from the presidential…
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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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Police Stops Are Dangerous-Arrests Are Plummeting-Why Violence Is Increasing
Highlights Ever wonder why violence is increasing? Are there reasons why arrests are plummeting, correctional populations are at record lows and thousands of cops are…
View More Police Stops Are Dangerous-Arrests Are Plummeting-Why Violence Is IncreasingCops Are Quitting-Are The Unqualified Taking Their Place?
Quotes “I predict you will see a 70-80% flight or more of remaining cops who will find another job” (veteran prosecutor). “The point of journalism…
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