Highlights Domestic violence programs don’t reduce recidivism. Until we are willing to deal with the underlying problems of mental health and additional reasons for offender…
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Trials and Juries Are Dying
Highlights Only 2% of federal criminal defendants go to trial, and most who do are found guilty. As to states, jury trials accounted for fewer…
View More Trials and Juries Are DyingCrime News Is A Priority-What This Means For Police and Criminal Justice Agencies
Observations Crime news is a top priority for citizens. Government agencies and local organizations are an important source of news with some data suggesting that…
View More Crime News Is A Priority-What This Means For Police and Criminal Justice AgenciesSex Offenders Much More Likely To Be Arrested For Sex Crimes
Observations An overview of sex offender recidivism plus new arrests and convictions for all offenders released from prison. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal…
View More Sex Offenders Much More Likely To Be Arrested For Sex CrimesNothing Works For Offender Rehabilitation?
Highlights Nothing works (or nothing works well) regarding programs for offenders. If we don’t acknowledge a dismal track record, are we doing more harm than…
View More Nothing Works For Offender Rehabilitation?Parole And Probation Revocations For New Crimes And Technical Violations
Highlights The collective data indicate that most offenders revoked on parole and probation were violated for new crimes, not technical violations. I investigated many cases…
View More Parole And Probation Revocations For New Crimes And Technical ViolationsThe Many Myths Of Crime And Justice
Highlights Much of what we believe about crime and criminal justice issues isn’t true. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal senior spokesperson. Thirty-five years…
View More The Many Myths Of Crime And JusticeAre You Safe In Your Home?
Questions How safe are you in your home from burglary and violent crime? What about places near your home or the residence of another? What…
View More Are You Safe In Your Home?Hate Crimes Decline Per USDOJ
Observations We have multiple federal measures of hate crimes, one from the FBI reporting a 17 percent one year increase, and one from the US…
View More Hate Crimes Decline Per USDOJSeventy-Five Percent of Americans Worry About Crime
Highlights When 75 percent of Americans worry about crime, and when related issues of guns and drug use also score high, it’s an indication that…
View More Seventy-Five Percent of Americans Worry About CrimeFewer Than One In Five Sexual Assaults Result In Arrest
Highlights Fewer than one in five sexual assaults were cleared by arrest per a National Institute of Justice study of six jurisdictions across the country.…
View More Fewer Than One In Five Sexual Assaults Result In ArrestThe Jussie Smollett Decision Isn’t Unusual
Highlights Prosecutors defer and drop cases all the time. The Jussie Smollett decision is not unusual. 16 to 50 percent of federal crimes are declined from…
View More The Jussie Smollett Decision Isn’t UnusualViolent Crime Stats Explained-Violence Down For 2018
Highlights Per the FBI, there is a decrease of 4.3 percent in the number of violent crimes brought to their attention for the first 6…
View More Violent Crime Stats Explained-Violence Down For 2018Do Cops Make Too Many Arrests?
Highlights Arrests have fallen 25 percent over the last decade, yet some suggest that law enforcement makes too many arrests, or that some groups have…
View More Do Cops Make Too Many Arrests?Are Cops Afraid To Make Arrests?
Highlights There is a variety of data suggesting that police officers are less willing to engage in proactive or self-initiated arrests. An estimated 150,000 cops show up…
View More Are Cops Afraid To Make Arrests?Trump and Pelosi Declare A Violent Crime Crisis in The US
Highlights Thanks to Speaker Pelosi and President Trump, we have confirmation from the right and left that we have a violent crime crisis in…
View More Trump and Pelosi Declare A Violent Crime Crisis in The USMedia Critical of Law Enforcement Per New Study
Highlights The media is shifting to a more critical view of law enforcement, Police Quarterly. If we are so good, then why is much of the…
View More Media Critical of Law Enforcement Per New StudyViolence Against Women Increasing
Crime Against Women Highlights Violence against women is growing. An analysis of 4,484 killings of women in 47 major U.S. cities over the past decade…
View More Violence Against Women Increasing“Dirt Bags Taking Our Lives” Houston Police Shootings
Observations Firearm-related deaths of police officers are up thirteen percent. Over 60,000 police officers are assaulted. “We are sick and tired of dirt bags trying to take…
View More “Dirt Bags Taking Our Lives” Houston Police ShootingsCitizens-Not Cops-Need To Do More To Control Violent Crime
Baltimore Police Motorcycles Highlights We are in danger of losing cities to violent crime. There may be points of no return for decades. The future…
View More Citizens-Not Cops-Need To Do More To Control Violent Crime