Highlights The overlap between victims and offenders is substantial. For violent crimes such as homicide, most victims have been offenders. In Chattanooga, for example, more…
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Category: Crime Statistics
DOJ May Publish The Most Dangerous And Fearful Cities Plus Opinions Of Police Agencies
Highlights-New Reports On The Future On Local Crime, Fear And Police Perceptions What’s being explored by the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the US…
View More DOJ May Publish The Most Dangerous And Fearful Cities Plus Opinions Of Police AgenciesNewsworthy Jail Statistics Form The Department Of Justice
Highlights In three weeks, jails have contact with as many people as prisons do in an entire year. Each year, U.S. jails process an estimated…
View More Newsworthy Jail Statistics Form The Department Of JusticePer Gallup Black Americans Want Cops In Their Communities
Highlights Per Gallup, 81 percent of African Americans want the police presence in their communities to stay the same or increased. Out of 40-60 million…
View More Per Gallup Black Americans Want Cops In Their Communities33% Increase In Urban Homicides-Rising Violence Continues In 2021
Highlights Violent crime, aggravated assaults and homicides increased in 2020. Rising violence continues for 2021. “Some cities are set to outpace last year’s numbers,” The…
View More 33% Increase In Urban Homicides-Rising Violence Continues In 2021Most Prisoners Serve Less Than Two Years-Violent Serve Less Than Three
Highlights An overview of time served in prison from the US Department of Justice. Most offenders are out of prison in less than two years.…
View More Most Prisoners Serve Less Than Two Years-Violent Serve Less Than Three230 Nonfatal Gun Injuries Daily-Most Violence Does Not Involve Firearms
Highlights 230 people a day experience a nonfatal gun injury. The vast majority of violent crimes do not involve firearms. The overwhelming majority of violent…
View More 230 Nonfatal Gun Injuries Daily-Most Violence Does Not Involve FirearmsHomicides-Violent Crime-Aggravated Assaults Increased in 2020 Per FBI
Highlights Per FBI preliminary statistics for 2020, there was a 25 percent increase in homicides. Per FBI preliminary statistics for 2020, overall violent crime increased…
View More Homicides-Violent Crime-Aggravated Assaults Increased in 2020 Per FBICriminal Histories And Recidivism Of Armed Career Criminals
Highlights The overwhelming majority of armed career criminals had prior convictions for violent offenses. The article is part of an ongoing series addressing repeat-violent-career criminals.…
View More Criminal Histories And Recidivism Of Armed Career CriminalsDo Reporters Hate Cops? Law Enforcement And Media Objectivity
Highlights Is media objectivity a relic of the past (per the Columbia Journalism Review)? Many (most?) cops believe that media reporting of law enforcement and…
View More Do Reporters Hate Cops? Law Enforcement And Media ObjectivityIs There A National Police Strike?
Highlights Department of Justice data indicates that there is no national police strike or slowdown. There are, however, problems in communities where trust between cops…
View More Is There A National Police Strike?Fewer Police Officers-Black And Female Cops Increase Dramatically
Highlights A variety of police and crime statistics are offered by The Council on Criminal Justice. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal senior spokesperson.…
View More Fewer Police Officers-Black And Female Cops Increase DramaticallyNational Juvenile Crime Statistics Show Major Declines
Highlights Juvenile arrests, victimizations, prosecutions as adults, and incarceration (placement) numbers have declined considerably. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal senior spokesperson. Thirty-five years…
View More National Juvenile Crime Statistics Show Major DeclinesCrime Reduction A National Priority-New Data
Highlights A collective consensus is that fear, crime and violence are national concerns and priorities. Fifty-one percent say that the issue of crime in the…
View More Crime Reduction A National Priority-New DataHomicides and Gun Crimes Exploding-What Comes Next?
Highlights New research quantifies increasing violence, homicides and gun crimes. Previous USDOJ research shows a 28 percent increase in violent crime. Serious violent crime also…
View More Homicides and Gun Crimes Exploding-What Comes Next?Department Of Justice Data On Violent Crime And Race
Highlights An overview of “Race and Ethnicity of Violent Crime Offenders and Arrestees” from the Bureau Of Justice Statistics of the US Department of Justice.…
View More Department Of Justice Data On Violent Crime And RaceCops Are Leaving-What Does This Mean For Public Safety?
Highlights Cops are leaving the job in record numbers. If there is any question as to the impact of police officers on society, remove them…
View More Cops Are Leaving-What Does This Mean For Public Safety?Crime And Threats Cause People and Businesses To Move
Highlights Per Gallup, “when Americans felt under threat in their daily lives,” they express a desire to move. 48% now prefer to live in a…
View More Crime And Threats Cause People and Businesses To MoveGun Purchases Hit Record Highs-Why?
Highlights 2020 ended with a total of 39.7 million background checks, the highest annual count recorded. Why? “Government fell on its face in 2020 and…
View More Gun Purchases Hit Record Highs-Why?Explaining COVID And Post Lockdown Violence
Highlights The bedrock of today’s violence could be the shock of the pandemic plus relaxed or disappearing enforcement. The increase in homicides, aggravated assaults, carjackings…
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