Highlights Homicides increased by nearly 30 percent in 2020. Overall violence and aggravated assaults also increased. Preliminary data for 2021 from non-federal sources indicate that…
View More Homicides Increased Nearly 30% in 2020-Largest Single Year IncreaseCategory: Victimization
Recidivism of Offenders After Prison-A Quick Summation
Highlights A quick overview of the number of people rearrested and reincarcerated after release from prison. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal senior spokesperson.…
View More Recidivism of Offenders After Prison-A Quick SummationHate Crimes Rates Haven’t Increased Per USDOJ
Highlights The rate of violent hate crime in the United States in 2019 (1.0 hate crimes per 1,000 persons age 12 or older) was not…
View More Hate Crimes Rates Haven’t Increased Per USDOJ
Big Increase In Police Officers Leaving Per BLS
Highlights Per The Marshall Project, “Reporters are enabling a false narrative about demoralized cops fleeing their departments in the face of criticism for their misconduct.”…
View More Big Increase In Police Officers Leaving Per BLSDoes The US Have The Highest Rates Of Crime And Incarceration?
Highlights Does the US have the highest rates of crime and incarceration? Incarceration numbers going up in other countries while it’s declining in the United…
View More Does The US Have The Highest Rates Of Crime And Incarceration?Are Half Of Harsh Police Encounters Due To Untreated Stress?
Highlights Does anyone care about police stress? Has society and cities abandoned cops and their mental health needs? How much of the total number of…
View More Are Half Of Harsh Police Encounters Due To Untreated Stress?The Crime Counter-Revolution Has Begun
Highlights Violent crime is exploding. Fear is at an all-time high. Firearm and security sales are going through the roof. People are leaving cities. Progressives…
View More The Crime Counter-Revolution Has BegunDo Black and Hispanic Americans Support Law Enforcement?
Highlights Do Black and Hispanic Americans support law enforcement? Yes, but polling data provides a range of emotions and opinions. Many police officers regardless of…
View More Do Black and Hispanic Americans Support Law Enforcement?Low Income Or Fragile Communities Want More Cops
Highlights 68% of Chicago’s “fragile community” (i.e., low income) residents want a greater police presence. 54 percent of low-income communities nationally want more police officers.…
View More Low Income Or Fragile Communities Want More CopsAre Police Groups Playing Politics With Crime?
Highlights The majority of Americans trust those running law enforcement agencies. So police organizations are emulating their critics as to stretching truth? Exactly what did…
View More Are Police Groups Playing Politics With Crime?Mental Health Issues Drive Crime-Most Offenders Have Symptoms
Highlights An overview of US Department of Justice and supplemental data as to mental and emotional health and crime. Most offenders have troubled backgrounds and…
View More Mental Health Issues Drive Crime-Most Offenders Have SymptomsLowest Number Of Juvenile Arrests In 40 Years-DOJ Lauds The Reductions
Highlights Juvenile arrests dropped to their lowest level in 40 years. Juvenile arrests overall fell by 58% between 2010 and 2019. The data shows that…
View More Lowest Number Of Juvenile Arrests In 40 Years-DOJ Lauds The Reductions
Violent Victims Are Often Violent Offenders
Highlights The overlap between victims and offenders is substantial. For violent crimes such as homicide, most victims have been offenders. In Chattanooga, for example, more…
View More Violent Victims Are Often Violent OffendersDOJ May Publish The Most Dangerous And Fearful Cities Plus Opinions Of Police Agencies
Highlights-New Reports On The Future On Local Crime, Fear And Police Perceptions What’s being explored by the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the US…
View More DOJ May Publish The Most Dangerous And Fearful Cities Plus Opinions Of Police AgenciesReduced Police Budgets Linked To Increased Homicides
Highlights Reduced police budgets are correlated with increased homicides and violent crime. National violence is increasing per the US Department of Justice. In nine of…
View More Reduced Police Budgets Linked To Increased Homicides33% Increase In Urban Homicides-Rising Violence Continues In 2021
Highlights Violent crime, aggravated assaults and homicides increased in 2020. Rising violence continues for 2021. “Some cities are set to outpace last year’s numbers,” The…
View More 33% Increase In Urban Homicides-Rising Violence Continues In 2021Criminal Histories And Recidivism Of Armed Career Criminals
Highlights The overwhelming majority of armed career criminals had prior convictions for violent offenses. The article is part of an ongoing series addressing repeat-violent-career criminals.…
View More Criminal Histories And Recidivism Of Armed Career CriminalsNational Juvenile Crime Statistics Show Major Declines
Highlights Juvenile arrests, victimizations, prosecutions as adults, and incarceration (placement) numbers have declined considerably. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal senior spokesperson. Thirty-five years…
View More National Juvenile Crime Statistics Show Major DeclinesDepartment Of Justice Data On Violent Crime And Race
Highlights An overview of “Race and Ethnicity of Violent Crime Offenders and Arrestees” from the Bureau Of Justice Statistics of the US Department of Justice.…
View More Department Of Justice Data On Violent Crime And RaceCrime And Threats Cause People and Businesses To Move
Highlights Per Gallup, “when Americans felt under threat in their daily lives,” they express a desire to move. 48% now prefer to live in a…
View More Crime And Threats Cause People and Businesses To Move