Highlights 230 people a day experience a nonfatal gun injury. The vast majority of violent crimes do not involve firearms. The overwhelming majority of violent…
View More 230 Nonfatal Gun Injuries Daily-Most Violence Does Not Involve FirearmsCrime News
Homicides-Violent Crime-Aggravated Assaults Increased in 2020 Per FBI
Highlights Per FBI preliminary statistics for 2020, there was a 25 percent increase in homicides. Per FBI preliminary statistics for 2020, overall violent crime increased…
View More Homicides-Violent Crime-Aggravated Assaults Increased in 2020 Per FBICriminal 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 CriminalsDo Reporters Hate Cops? Law Enforcement And Media Objectivity
Highlights Is media objectivity a relic of the past (per the Columbia Journalism Review)? Many (most?) cops believe that media reporting of law enforcement and…
View More Do Reporters Hate Cops? Law Enforcement And Media ObjectivityAdvocates Insist That Offender Rehabilitation Programs Work-Are They Right?
Highlights This article is available as a podcast via YouTube. Do programs for criminal offenders work? Per US Department of Justice data, most don’t. There…
View More Advocates Insist That Offender Rehabilitation Programs Work-Are They Right?Is There A National Police Strike?
Highlights Department of Justice data indicates that there is no national police strike or slowdown. There are, however, problems in communities where trust between cops…
View More Is There A National Police Strike?Fewer Police Officers-Black And Female Cops Increase Dramatically
Highlights A variety of police and crime statistics are offered by The Council on Criminal Justice. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal senior spokesperson.…
View More Fewer Police Officers-Black And Female Cops Increase DramaticallyNational 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 DeclinesCrime Reduction A National Priority-New Data
Highlights A collective consensus is that fear, crime and violence are national concerns and priorities. Fifty-one percent say that the issue of crime in the…
View More Crime Reduction A National Priority-New DataHomicides and Gun Crimes Exploding-What Comes Next?
Highlights New research quantifies increasing violence, homicides and gun crimes. Previous USDOJ research shows a 28 percent increase in violent crime. Serious violent crime also…
View More Homicides and Gun Crimes Exploding-What Comes Next?Department 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 RaceCops Are Leaving-What Does This Mean For Public Safety?
Highlights Cops are leaving the job in record numbers. If there is any question as to the impact of police officers on society, remove them…
View More Cops Are Leaving-What Does This Mean For Public Safety?Crime 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 MoveGun Purchases Hit Record Highs-Why?
Highlights 2020 ended with a total of 39.7 million background checks, the highest annual count recorded. Why? “Government fell on its face in 2020 and…
View More Gun Purchases Hit Record Highs-Why?Explaining COVID And Post Lockdown Violence
Highlights The bedrock of today’s violence could be the shock of the pandemic plus relaxed or disappearing enforcement. The increase in homicides, aggravated assaults, carjackings…
View More Explaining COVID And Post Lockdown ViolenceDeaths During Federal And State Arrests and Confinement
Highlights An overview of federal and state law enforcement-correctional deaths during arrests and confinement. Data as to federal agency deaths is below. Links to existing…
View More Deaths During Federal And State Arrests and ConfinementRecommendations-The President’s Commission on Law Enforcement
Highlights A summary of recommended improvements for law enforcement and the justice system from the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice.…
View More Recommendations-The President’s Commission on Law EnforcementNational Police Slowdowns And Other Myths Debunked Per The USDOJ
Highlights The data below is based on what citizens interacting with police tell researchers about their experience from 2015-2018. Contrary to critics, there was no…
View More National Police Slowdowns And Other Myths Debunked Per The USDOJJoe Biden-Police Issues Beat The Living Hell Out Of Us
Highlights Via a leaked audio, Joe Biden appeared to blame the “defund the police” movement for contributing to surprising Democratic losses last month. “That’s how…
View More Joe Biden-Police Issues Beat The Living Hell Out Of UsTough On Crime Wins Elections
Highlights Obama-Cool it with the “defund the police” slogan. Gallup-The majority of those polled believe that “tough on crime” issues should guide public policy. Marshall…
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