An explanation of recent and older crime and fear of crime statistics and research for the layperson.

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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An explanation of recent and older crime and fear of crime statistics and research for the layperson.

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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Is 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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Violent 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…

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Crime Rates for States, Metro Areas and Counties Compared for the First Time Using Victim Data

Editor’s Note: This is the first time that the Department of Justice, using the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), have offered comparison data of states,…

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