U.S. state and federal prisons held an estimated 1,574,700 inmates on December 31, 2013, an increase of 4,300 prisoners over yearend 2012, the Justice Department’s…
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Six Million Violent Crimes in 2013-Crime Down
46 percent of violent crimes reported to police. The overall violent crime rate declined slightly from 26.1 to 23.2 victimizations per 1,000 U.S. residents from…
View More Six Million Violent Crimes in 2013-Crime Down25 Million Americans Are Monthly Drug Users
From Crime in America.Net: A new report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) provides insight into the nature and scope of…
View More 25 Million Americans Are Monthly Drug UsersWhen the Criminal Justice System Screws Up
New NIJ Special Report: Mending Justice: Sentinel Event Reviews Errors in our criminal justice system inflict specific harm—an individual is wrongfully convicted, a criminal goes…
View More When the Criminal Justice System Screws UpHow the United States Measures Homicides
The Nation’s Two Measures of Homicide The United States uses two national data collection systems to track detailed information on homicides: the Federal Bureau of…
View More How the United States Measures Homicides56 Percent Increase in Police Officer Firearm-Related Deaths
67 law enforcement officers have been killed in the line of duty during the first half of 2014. This is a 31 percent increase over the same period in 2013 (51 officers killed).
View More 56 Percent Increase in Police Officer Firearm-Related DeathsHISPANICS IN NEW HISPANIC AREAS EXPERIENCED HIGHER RATES OF VIOLENT VICTIMIZATION
Young Hispanics accounted for the higher rates of violent victimization in new Hispanic areas
View More HISPANICS IN NEW HISPANIC AREAS EXPERIENCED HIGHER RATES OF VIOLENT VICTIMIZATION