Highlights Per big city crime dashboards, why is violence in the US decreasing (or essentially flat per one analysis) but increasing for most categories in…
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Is Fear The Most Important Crime Statistic?
Highlights Public safety is the highest priority for people moving. Fear of crime is at record levels. Crime was a top concern during the midterm…
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The Impossible World Of Police Use Of Deadly Force
Highlights So what is the opinion of police officers as to de-escalation? What percentage of encounters involve an opportunity to employ time and distance (de-escalation)…
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US Violence Is Both Increasing And Decreasing? Who’s Right?
Highlights We have a paradox, significantly rising violence and serious violence in 2022 per the National Crime Victimization Survey and mostly decreasing violent crime in…
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Big Increases In Categories Of Violent Victimization in The United States
Background The newly released report from the Bureau Of Justice Statistics of the US Department of Justice is Criminal Victimization, 2022. It’s based on…
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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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Violent Criminal Victimization By Race Or Hispanic Origin
Highlights An overview of rates and numbers of violent criminal victimizations by race and heritage, all common questions from politicians, students, and the media. Author…
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Most Stolen Cars And Trucks-Auto Theft Is Up 42 Percent In Cities
Highlights Car and truck theft is exploding because of videos and news reports as to how easy it is to steal vehicles. Vehicle theft is…
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Juvenile Arrests-Incarcerations Decreased By 78%
Highlights Juvenile arrests for violent crimes are down by 78 percent. Juveniles incarcerated in adult jails and prisons decreased by 78 percent. “We arrested four…
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Concern Over Violent and Property Crime Data For 2023
Highlights As crime continues to spike in Oakland, demands for action from city and community leaders are growing louder. Statistics show that not only is crime…
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Confidence In The Police Compared To Other Institutions
Highlights While it’s true that relentless media coverage of police use of force issues resulted in a hit to the reputation of the profession, within…
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Did Homicides and Violence Decrease In 2023?
Highlights There is data stating that homicides and violence are down for select cities for the first half of 2023. Ten cities experienced an increase…
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Are Mayors Getting Tough On Crime And Criminals?
Highlights “Biden bucks liberals and tells Democrats to get tough on crime.” “We are in a state of emergency right now.” “I think that people…
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Will People Stop Calling The Police? Response Times Increase Dramatically
Highlights The dynamics of response times have real implications for law enforcement policy. Community-based policing is promoted in just about every research study to improve…
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Are Billions Of Dollars In Community-Based Violence Programs Worth The Expenditure?
Highlights There’s nothing wrong with trying new community-based crime control strategies. The problem is what seems intuitive to so many doesn’t mean that programs will…
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Parole And Probation Totals Plummet Along With Incarcerations
Highlights Total incarcerations of people on parole and probation have decreased (see conclusions). Are we taking greater chances with decreases in the incarceration of violent…
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Police Strategies Reduce Crime-New Study
Observations A podcast of this article is available on YouTube. This may be considered “the” definitive study of policing tactics as I update this article…
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