Fear Of Crime

Cities Ranked For Fear Of Crime-Do Crime Rates Impact Fear?

Highlights Gallup offers a poll on perceptions of crime-related safety for 16 American cities.  Do one-year reductions or increases in city crime rates or totals…

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Americans Believe Crime Is At Its Highest Point Since 1993

Highlights Americans are more likely to perceive crime in the U.S. as having increased than they have since 1993. Fifty-one percent say that the issue…

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

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…

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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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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…

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