Highlights It’s safe to say, based on polling data, that the great majority of the 54 million yearly police-citizen contacts, interactions were mostly positive which…
View More 77% Say Their Interaction With Police Was A Positive ExperienceCategory: Fear of Crime
Crime Victims By Age-Those 50 And Above Have Surprisingly High Numbers
Highlights We may want to rethink our traditional assessment of older individuals as being safe from violent and property crimes. Those in the 50-65 and…
View More Crime Victims By Age-Those 50 And Above Have Surprisingly High NumbersPer The FBI-Crime Decreased In 2023
Highlights An overview of the third quarter report on violent and property crimes reported to law enforcement for 2023 from the FBI. The great majority…
View More Per The FBI-Crime Decreased In 2023The First Yearly Crime Report For 2023
Highlights An overview of the first full report on violent and property crimes for 2023 for select cities and the complexities involved in understanding the…
View More The First Yearly Crime Report For 2023250,000 Attempted But Failed Property Crimes Per The FBI-Reasons Why
Highlights A count of attempted property crimes from the FBI and probable reasons why. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Thirty-five years of explaining crime data…
View More 250,000 Attempted But Failed Property Crimes Per The FBI-Reasons WhyDoes Anything Work To Reduce Crime?
Highlights What happens to crime studies of programs when compared to the best research methods? The lesson is that it’s very hard to engineer social…
View More Does Anything Work To Reduce Crime?Most Crimes Are Not Solved-Why?
Highlights Arrests have plummeted along with crimes solved. Do we ask too much from too few? Do we provide the resources cops need to solve…
View More Most Crimes Are Not Solved-Why?10 Percent Of Violent Victimizations Involved A Firearm-Weapons Used During Crime
Highlights This article delves into the use of firearms in violent crimes, presenting data from two key agencies within the US Department of Justice. The…
View More 10 Percent Of Violent Victimizations Involved A Firearm-Weapons Used During CrimeUnmasking The Discrepancy: The Overlooked Surge in Violent Crime
Highlights A 44 percent increase in violence per the latest report (2022) from the National Crime Victimization Survey of the USDOJ would be the largest…
View More Unmasking The Discrepancy: The Overlooked Surge in Violent CrimeMost People Are Violently Victimized By Family Members Or People They Know
Highlights Are non-strangers or family members responsible for most violent crimes? The data is below. We question the government’s ability to lower rates of crime…
View More Most People Are Violently Victimized By Family Members Or People They Know