Highlights America may be entering a new era of increasing violent crime. The number of persons who had been victims of violent crime is up…
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Violent Crime Victims and Offenders
Highlights Many reader questions regarding violent crime victims and offenders are answered by a recent report from the National Crime Survey from the Bureau of…
View More Violent Crime Victims and Offenders26 Million Victims of Identity Theft-93 Percent Without Police Involvement
Highlights Increasing numbers of Americans are victimized by identity theft, far more than any other crime. From the victim perspective, police involvement is minimal. It’s…
View More 26 Million Victims of Identity Theft-93 Percent Without Police InvolvementViolent Crime Increasing in the US
Highlights Violent crime is increasing. For the National Crime Survey, most of the sixteen categories of violent crime rates increased from 2015 to 2017. First…
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24% Of American Households Victimized By Crime in 2018
Police Van Highlights 24% of households were victimized by violent or property crimes (excluding cybercrimes) in 2018, up from the 22% who said the same last…
View More 24% Of American Households Victimized By Crime in 2018Violent and Property Crime Increases Per USDOJ
Police Van Highlights Violent crime increased for a variety of categories. Property crime saw the first increase since 2013. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired…
View More Violent and Property Crime Increases Per USDOJNational Violent Crime Remains Consistent
Highlights Violent crime remains flat. Many cities continue to be plagued by violence. 78 percent of Americans worry about crime and violence a great deal…
View More National Violent Crime Remains ConsistentBaltimore Crime And American Policing
Background USA Today offered an analysis addressing why Baltimore has become America’s deadliest city. Their article examined police “disengagement” as an explanation for the profound…
View More Baltimore Crime And American PolicingCops Take Back Their Image With The Lip Sync Challenge
Observations We’re not just talking about a couple thousand views, police lip sync videos are getting tens of thousands and in the case of Norfolk,…
View More Cops Take Back Their Image With The Lip Sync ChallengeThe US Is One Of The World’s Safest Countries
Issues Some suggest that the United States is one of the world’s most violent countries. Some suggest that it’s comparatively safe. Who is correct? The…
View More The US Is One Of The World’s Safest CountriesUS Ranks Third For Women And Sexual Violence
Observation Thomson Reuters-“The only Western nation in the top 10 was the United States, which ranked joint third when respondents were asked where women were most…
View More US Ranks Third For Women And Sexual ViolenceReleased Prisoners Commit Two Million Crimes-Five Arrests Per Offender
Observations Offender recidivism is extremely high. It doesn’t matter if you are pro or anti sentencing reform or any manner of lessening the impact of…
View More Released Prisoners Commit Two Million Crimes-Five Arrests Per OffenderViolent Crimes Reported to Police Hit Record Lows
Observation In 2016, fewer than half (42%) of violent crimes were reported to police. This is the lowest percentage of violent crimes reported since 1998.…
View More Violent Crimes Reported to Police Hit Record LowsPredicting School Violence, Mass Shooters and Violent Crime
Questions Can we predict school or mass shooters? Can we predict future violence? Can we predict criminals who will re-offend and return to the criminal…
View More Predicting School Violence, Mass Shooters and Violent Crime78 Percent of Americans Worry About Crime-Gallup
Observations 78 percent of Americans worry about crime and violence a great deal or a fair amount, the same as health care, the number one…
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56 Percent Say Reducing Crime Is A Top Priority
Observations 56 percent of Americans believe that crime needs to be reduced. 68 percent of Americans believe that crime is increasing. Author Leonard Adam Sipes,…
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Violent Crime Reduction Needs Context
Observations A small reduction in violent crime for the first six months of 2017 is good news, and we all hope it continues, but declaring that violent…
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Assaults On Police Officers Increase Dramatically
Observations The number of assaults on officers increased to 50,991 in 2015 and then exploded to 57,180 for 2016. The percent of officers injured increased.…
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Crimes Americans Worry About Most
Overview When you have 20 to 40 percent of Americans worried about street crime, and 65 percent concerned about cybercrime, it explains a…
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Violent Crime Up? New Federal Report
Overview Per “Criminal Victimization” from the Bureau of Justice Statistics for 2015 and 2016 (The National Crime Survey), violent crimes went from 5 million violent…
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