Juvenile Arrests 70 Percent Below Peak-Adult Arrests Plummet
Highlights Arrests of adults and juveniles are down considerably. Why? What impact does this have on growing violence in cities? Is intense criticism of cops…
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Arrests and Police Contacts Plummet While Violence Increases
Highlights Per the US Department of Justice, violent crime increased 28 percent since 2015. Serious violent crime is also increasing. This is happening while arrests…
The Vast Majority Of Crime Does Not End In Arrest
Highlights The overwhelming number of reported crimes do not end in arrest. The overwhelming majority of crime is not reported to law enforcement. Author Leonard…
Are Dramatic Reductions In Lower Level Arrests Increasing Violence?
Highlights Has the dramatic decrease in arrests for lower-level crimes led to the twenty-eight percent national increase in violent crimes? Will cops ever return to…
Are All Released Prisoners Rearrested?
Highlights Most released from prison are rearrested and reincarcerated. Quote “Our officers are very often in the right places and at the right times, but…
Sex Offenders Much More Likely To Be Arrested For Sex Crimes
Observations An overview of sex offender recidivism plus new arrests and convictions for all offenders released from prison. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal…
The Pressure On Cops To Arrest
Highlights Arrests have fallen 25 percent over the last decade, yet some suggest that law enforcement makes too many arrests, or that some groups have…
Fewer Than One In Five Sexual Assaults Result In Arrest
Highlights Fewer than one in five sexual assaults were cleared by arrest per a National Institute of Justice study of six jurisdictions across the country.…
Do Cops Make Too Many Arrests?
Highlights Arrests have fallen 25 percent over the last decade, yet some suggest that law enforcement makes too many arrests, or that some groups have…
Are Cops Afraid To Make Arrests?
Highlights There is a variety of data suggesting that police officers are less willing to engage in proactive or self-initiated arrests. An estimated 150,000 cops show up…
Officer, That Dog Doesn’t Have Water-Arrest That Man
Highlights There is a new DOJ document providing advice to law enforcement regarding animal cruelty. I understand how people view their pets and their belief…
Released Prisoners Commit Two Million Crimes-Five Arrests Per Offender
Observations Offender recidivism is extremely high. It doesn’t matter if you are pro or anti sentencing reform or any manner of lessening the impact of…
Reentry Courts-No Difference in Arrests-New DOJ Study
Observations Reentry court recidivism, like most offender rehabilitation and reentry programs, show limited results as to new arrests, revocations and returns to prison. Author…
Are Cops Holding Back? National Arrests Decrease for Most Categories
Observations Many of us from the former director of the FBI to data from Pew to research institutions to national law enforcement organizations suggest that the increase…
Arrests and Criminal Victimizations for Older Americans Increase
Overview This article offers insight as to the rise in crimes against older Americans, and increases in arrests for those over the age of 55.…
Percent of Arrests Not Prosecuted
Observations Federal Data: 16 to 50 percent of federal crimes are declined from prosecution, per “Federal Justice Statistics.” State Data: 34 percent of state…
Offender Recidivism, Arrests or Incarceration or Returns to Prison-New Video
Is offender recidivism, arrests or incarceration or returns to prison increasing in the United States? This is a new video from Crime in America.Net addressing…
Less Than Two Out of Five Reported Crimes Involve An Arrest
Subtitles Out of close to five million criminal incidents (4,902,000), less than two million (1,822,000) involved an identified suspect. A massive disconnect between concerns…
77 Percent of Prisoners Arrested For Another Crime-Few Are Specialists
Subtitles 76.6% of state prisoners released in 30 states in were arrested for a new crime within 5 years of release. Compared to other inmates,…
5,500 Cops Arrested-54 Percent Lose Their Jobs
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…