Highlights We have mostly recovered from the loss of 25,000 local police officers and civilian personnel. What caused a return to police hiring and…
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Category: Crime Reductions in America
Are There Violent Or Property Crimes That Are Increasing?
Highlights The point of this article is not to dispute reductions in reported crime. It’s wonderful news. But police and city administrators, plus community leaders,…
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American Crime Statistics Podcast With The National Police Association
NPA Podcast with Guest, Leonard Sipes, Researcher, Media Relations, Owner of CrimeinAmerica.Net Show Notes/Transcript Leonard Sipes returns to the National Police Association Podcast for…
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Can A Violence Interrupter Program Reduce Arrests By 73 Percent?
Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. This article describes a program providing services to young men in a high-crime community in…
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Happy Countries Are The Safest-The US Is 23rd
Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. Countries with low rates of violence are considered the happiest in the world. Safety matters more…
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FBI Records Historic Drops in Reported Crime In 2025-Why?
Highlights The FBI recorded a substantial decrease in violent and property crimes. This article offers possible reasons why and context not offered by the mainstream…
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Cutting Crime By A Third: Proactive Policing Works—Will We Use It?
Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. Extensive literature reviews from impartial, prestigious research organizations on crime and justice operations are rare. The…
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Sorry Reporters-Why Crime Has No Easy Answers
Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. After decades in the justice system (six years in law enforcement) with multiple university degrees, I…
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Police: “We’re Not Reporting All Crime”: A Persistent Claim Across American Cities
Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. A list of cities focusing on current and past charges of downgrading crime statistics. Do mayors…
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FBI Reported Preliminary Crime Data For 2025
Highlights An early look at reported crime data for 2025 from the FBI. Numbers from the USDOJ’s National Crime Victimization Survey are included for comparison…
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Top Factors That Contribute To Violent Crime
Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. Per a reader’s request, the article lists the primary factors that contribute to violent and overall…
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USDOJ-States With The Highest Rates For Violent And Property Crimes
Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. It includes states above the national averages for crime. Regardless of how crime is measured, the…
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We’re Putting More People in Prison, Right? Reasons For Declining Reported Crime
Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. “There have to be reasons for declining crime,” states one reader. What about jail and prison…
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Do We Know Why Crime Is Declining?
Highlights This article is available as a YouTube video. Example: L.A. sees lowest homicide rate in decades — but why killings are down is up for…
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Cities Say Social Programs Reduced Homicides-Are They Right?
Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. It’s unrealistic to expect that limited social interactions by violence interrupters and program providers are going…
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Latest Data On American Fear Of Crime-Fear Remains High But Improved
Highlights This article is available as a video podcast on YouTube. Americans’ views of crime in the U.S. have improved for the second straight year.…
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World And US Crime Rankings From Gallup-US Fear Of Crime An Issue
Highlights This article is available as a podcast on YouTube. Quote from Gallup: Sustainable Growth Starts With Ensuring People Feel Secure. Fear of crime decays…
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USDOJ-Violent Crime Rates Remain High After 44 Percent Increase
Highlights We are at a new level of criminal violence in the United States. This article is available as a podcast on YouTube. Per the…
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The USDOJ-Most Urban Mayors And 70 Percent of Americans State That City Crime Is Increasing
Highlights This article is available as a podcast on YouTube. Per the USDOJ’s updated National Crime Victimization Survey, record rates of violent crime continue. Urban…
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Your Beliefs About Crime Become Your Crime Policies
Highlights This article is available as a podcast on YouTube. This article was created to support my appearance on an episode of Heroes Behind The…
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