The FBI released details on more than 5.6 million criminal offenses reported via the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) in 2013. The Uniform Crime Reporting…
View More Most crime occurs at home, roads, parking lots, schools and bars per FBI/NIBRSCategory: Violent Offenders
7,000 hate crimes in 2013
The FBI released Hate Crime Statistics, 2013. The bias categories of gender (male and female) and gender identity (transgender and gender nonconforming) have been added…
View More 7,000 hate crimes in 2013College students experience lower rates of sexual assault-80% know their attacker
Among college-age females (ages 18 to 24), the rate of rape and sexual assault was 1.2 times higher for nonstudents than students for the period…
View More College students experience lower rates of sexual assault-80% know their attackerReleased Prisoners Arrested or Returned to Incarceration
Crime in America.Net Notice: An updated version of this article is available at https://www.crimeinamerica.net/2010/09/29/percent-of-released-prisoners-returning-to-incarceration/. Updated in November of 2014. Update of a 2010 article. We have…
View More Released Prisoners Arrested or Returned to IncarcerationThe Poor Have Double the Rate of Violent Crime
Persons in poor households at or below the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) (39.8 per 1,000) had more than double the rate of violent victimization as…
View More The Poor Have Double the Rate of Violent CrimeSix Million Violent Crimes in 2013-Crime Down
46 percent of violent crimes reported to police. The overall violent crime rate declined slightly from 26.1 to 23.2 victimizations per 1,000 U.S. residents from…
View More Six Million Violent Crimes in 2013-Crime Down42 percent of felony convictions result in a sentence to prison. 33 percent go to jail
Incarceration sentences were almost evenly divided between prison (36%) and jail (37%) in 2009. Felony convictions were more likely to result in a sentence to prison (42%) than jail (33%). Nearly all incarceration sentences for misdemeanor convictions were to jail (53%) rather than prison (3%).
View More 42 percent of felony convictions result in a sentence to prison. 33 percent go to jailTop 10 Factors Contributing to Violent Crime-Updated
Author Leonard A. Sipes, Jr. Thirty-five years of speaking for national and state criminal justice agencies. Former Senior Specialist for Crime Prevention for the Department…
View More Top 10 Factors Contributing to Violent Crime-UpdatedNearly 1 in 5 violent offenders in prison or jail or on probation were identified as mentally ill.
Crime in America.Net Our prayers go to Representative Giffords and all those killed or wounded in the tragic event in Tucson. We have reader questions regarding the…
View More Nearly 1 in 5 violent offenders in prison or jail or on probation were identified as mentally ill.Violent Offenders Account for 60 Percent of Prison Growth Since 2000
Crime in America.Net For years, political and correctional systems throughout the country have been criticized for putting too many drug offenders in prison. The thought…
View More Violent Offenders Account for 60 Percent of Prison Growth Since 2000Is criminal history related to future criminality?
Crime in America.Net Dear readers: A student asks if recidivism (an offender’s return to prison or higher sanctions) is connected to criminal history. She is…
View More Is criminal history related to future criminality?Violent crime in America–lowest levels since 1973. Americans in cities remain confused.
Dear readers: In a day of huge budget cuts to criminal justice agencies and overall economic doom and gloom, crime continues to do down throughout…
View More Violent crime in America–lowest levels since 1973. Americans in cities remain confused.Nevada, Vermont, Alabama, North Carolina and Tennessee Rank Highest for Men Murdering Women
Dear Readers: “When Men Murder Women” is a significant contribution to the understanding of domestic and intimate partner violence if you can get beyond the…
View More Nevada, Vermont, Alabama, North Carolina and Tennessee Rank Highest for Men Murdering WomenThe Illinois Prison System: Dividing the Loaves and Fishes
Crime in America.Net The Chicago Tribune ran an article on the resignation of the director of the Illinois correctional system who instituted a series of…
View More The Illinois Prison System: Dividing the Loaves and FishesTaking a Pig and calling it a Princess:American Justice and The Economist
Crime in America.Net The Economist is on a tear; it published endless examples in a series of articles of people going to prison for trafficking…
View More Taking a Pig and calling it a Princess:American Justice and The EconomistUp to 93 percent of justice system youth experienced trauma. Crime in America.Net
There are tens of millions of children in the United States that exist hungry and unsupervised; something that every member of the criminal justice system…
View More Up to 93 percent of justice system youth experienced trauma. Crime in America.NetAttorney General Endorses Crime Control Programs: Research Cited by Crime in America.Net
Attorney General Eric Holder spoke at the Project Safe Neighborhoods annual conference in New Orleans on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 and endorsed three crime control…
View More Attorney General Endorses Crime Control Programs: Research Cited by Crime in America.NetFemale juvenile delinquency doubled since 1985 while males rise 30 percent
The juvenile justice system exists to protect the child, not to enforce public safety. That statement alone is enough to cause consternation and confusion. There…
View More Female juvenile delinquency doubled since 1985 while males rise 30 percentIs DNA Funding Keeping Violent Criminals on the Street? Crime in America.Net
Many of us see violent crime in the same way we see infectious disease; something that needs to be comprehensively addressed immediately. If there was…
View More Is DNA Funding Keeping Violent Criminals on the Street? Crime in America.NetViolent offenders more likely to die in local jails
New data from the US Department of Justice provides some insight as to medical and psychological issues associated with criminal offenders. The reference to violent…
View More Violent offenders more likely to die in local jails