Highlights If you believe in a platform that is anti-police, anti-prison and dismissive of the safety concerns of most Americans, you’re going to lose the…
View More Democrats May Lose The Election Over Crime, Cops And IncarcerationTag: Fear of Crime
Seventy-Five Percent of Americans Worry About Crime
Highlights When 75 percent of Americans worry about crime, and when related issues of guns and drug use also score high, it’s an indication that…
View More Seventy-Five Percent of Americans Worry About CrimeAmericans Increasingly Satisfied With Crime Reductions
violent crime Highlights There may be a glimmer of hope that crime and citizen perceptions may be getting better. An overview of recent polls as…
View More Americans Increasingly Satisfied With Crime ReductionsHalf of Americans Believe Crime Is Very or Extremely Serious
Highlights Fear of crime declines but impacts half of Americans. Concern over crime shifts to personal data. 78 percent of Americans worry about crime a great…
View More Half of Americans Believe Crime Is Very or Extremely SeriousCrime Will Play A Major Role in the Midterm Elections
Crime and Congress Highlights 78 percent of Americans worry about crime and violence a great deal or a fair amount, the same as health…
View More Crime Will Play A Major Role in the Midterm ElectionsDo You Trust Cops? Do Cops Trust You?
Question Do you trust cops? According to the most recent Gallup survey, you do. Do cops trust you? According to the data below, they have…
View More Do You Trust Cops? Do Cops Trust You?What Happens When We Run Out of Cops?
Police Officers Observations When it comes to crime, violence and citizen perceptions, police recruitment and retention may be one of the most important problems facing…
View More What Happens When We Run Out of Cops?78 Percent of Americans Worry About Crime-Gallup
Observations 78 percent of Americans worry about crime and violence a great deal or a fair amount, the same as health care, the number one…
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Crimes Americans Worry About Most
Overview When you have 20 to 40 percent of Americans worried about street crime, and 65 percent concerned about cybercrime, it explains a…
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68 Percent Say Crime is Increasing in the US
Overview This article provides an overview of two recent documents from Gallup, one dealing with national and local perceptions of crime (is crime increasing?) and a second…
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Science, Evidence-Based Principles, Donald Trump And Crime Control
Observations Does everyone in the criminological community religiously adhere to scientific, evidence-based principals before suggesting or implementing policy? What we want and what we…
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Economic Criminology-Trump’s Crime Address To Congress
Observations An examination of Trump’s speech to Congress focusing on crime and justice issues. For those insisting that violent crime is not increasing, you…
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What Causes Violent Crime? New Video
What causes violent crime in the United States? What are the factors contributing to violent crime? What are the root causes? This is a…
View More What Causes Violent Crime? New VideoIs Violent Crime Increasing in the United States? New Video
Is violent crime increasing in the United States? This is a new video from Crime in America.Net addressing the most popular article on the website.…
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Crime Victims by Age Widespread-Those Age 66 and Above Have High Numbers
Subtitles Those age 66 and above have the highest raw numbers for burglary-breaking and entering and other categories. Violent crime is concentrated for victims…
View More Crime Victims by Age Widespread-Those Age 66 and Above Have High NumbersViolent Crime Increased in 2016-Is America Entering a New Era of Violence?
For the best overview of Crime in the United States and links to recent reports, see Crime Over Time-Crime in America. See FBI charts…
View More Violent Crime Increased in 2016-Is America Entering a New Era of Violence?Ten Most Dangerous Locations for Violent Crime in the United States
Author By Leonard A. Sipes, Jr. Thirty-five years of supervising public affairs for national and state criminal justice agencies. Former Senior Specialist for Crime Prevention for…
View More Ten Most Dangerous Locations for Violent Crime in the United StatesIs the Media Correctly Covering Crime and Fear?
Editor ‘s note: A version of this article was sent as a letter to reporters and editors who cover crime. My principle question is whether…
View More Is the Media Correctly Covering Crime and Fear?Crime Increases in America Per Gallup
Subtitles Per Gallup-Household crime is at its highest point since 2001. Per Gallup-Twenty-nine percent of U.S. adults report that they or someone in their household…
View More Crime Increases in America Per GallupFear of Crime Increases in America
Subtitles Per Gallup, Concern About Crime Climbs to a 15-Year High. Per Gallup, Americans’ self-reported experience with crime has been trending up since about 2001…
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