Did the Media and DOJ Encourage Baltimore Mass Arrests?
By Leonard A. Sipes, Jr. Thirty-five years of speaking for national and state criminal justice agencies. Former Senior Specialist for the Department of Justice’s clearinghouse.…
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Federal Offender Recidivism and Prior Arrests
Federal Offender Recidivism Editor’s note: A full report on major offender recidivism studies is available on this site at https://www.crimeinamerica.net/2014/11/24/released-prisoners-arrested-or-returned-to-incarceration/ Ad: “A Must Have Book,”…
28% of deaths that occurred in the process of arrest not documented
After the passage of the Death in Custody Reporting Act (DICRA) of 2000, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) began collecting data on deaths that…
Released 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…
3 IN 4 FORMER PRISONERS IN ARRESTED WITHIN 5 YEARS OF RELEASE
An estimated two-thirds (68 percent) of 405,000 prisoners released in 30 states in 2005 were arrested for a new crime within three years of release from prison, and three-quarters (77 percent) were arrested within five years
Juvenile arrests for violent crimes reach historically low levels
Juvenile arrests for violent crimes fell 29% in the past 5 years The FBI assesses trends in violent crimes by monitoring four offenses that law…
Law Enforcement Officers Face A 54 Percent Higher Risk Of Dying By Suicide-Podcasts Available
Highlights Hear a podcast of this article on Spotify, YouTube Podcasts, and other audio-video sources. Why are so many professionals leaving law enforcement, corrections, and youth services? …
Contacts With The Police Plummet-USDOJ Report Card On American Policing-Podcast Available
Highlights Hear a podcast of this article on Spotify, YouTube Podcasts, and other audio-video sources. The overwhelming majority of Americans expressed satisfaction with their…
USDOJ: Record Increase in Violence “Or” Violent Crime Declined 10 Percent For January-June 2024
Highlights The FBI released six months of reported crime data for 2024. The reasons for treating the data cautiously are below. This article covers three…
Race-Criminal Justice Reform and Biased Offender Risk Assessments
Highlights If risk assessments of criminal offenders consistently show signs of bias, what does that mean for criminal justice reform? “There remains evidence that the…
Are Police Agencies “In Shambles” Affecting Crime Reporting?
Highlights Are law enforcement staffing levels affecting reported crime? Are there additional reasons for reduced reported crime via the FBI? Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr.…
Cops Believe That Cities Are Cooking The Books On Crime
Highlights Cops and others in the justice system believe that reported decreases in crime are wrong. They believe that crime is increasing. If the Oakland…
A Crime Victim’s Right To Owning An Offender’s Name And Money
Highlights Maybe it’s time for crime victims to appeal to the courts for redress and financial compensation to force their victimizers to pay a price…
65 Percent On Probation Are Felons-50 Percent Are Violent-Agent Recently Murdered
Highlights There is a new report, Probation and Parole in the United States, issued by the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the US Department of Justice.…
Record Increases And Decreases In US Crime In Two Years-Who’s Right?
Highlights We have immense contrasts in record increases and decreases in crime in two years from the US Department of Justice. It’s becoming increasingly difficult…
Correctional Supervision Decreased 23% Since 2012-Is There A Crime Connection?
Highlights Is there a connection between prison populations, correctional supervision and crime? Based on the best available evidence from the US Department of Justice, it…
Police And Justice Press Releases–Digital Media Get New National Exposure
Highlights We within the justice system are getting more exposure with our press releases and digital media than ever before from emerging national online news…
More Police Officers Feloniously Killed Per FBI
Highlights The rate of officers assaulted has increased each of the past three years. The study of the data reveals, from 2021 to 2023, more…
Juvenile Violent Crime Explodes Per USDOJ-“It’s Just Kids Killing Kids”
Highlights The data shows that the number of juveniles killing other juveniles was the highest it’s been in more than two decades. The homicide rate…
25 Examples Of Increasing Crime-Is Record Fear Of Crime Justified?
Highlights Data from the federal government and a variety of reputable sources indicate that violent and property crimes increased, not decreased in recent years. Dozens…