“We’re Not Reporting All the Crime”: A Persistent Claim Across American Cities

Police Strategies Reduce Crime-New Study

Observations A podcast of this article is available on YouTube. This may be considered “the” definitive study of policing tactics as I update this article…

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Is Violent Crime Increasing in the United States? New Video

Is violent crime increasing in the United States? This is a new video from Crime in America.Net addressing the most popular article on the website.…

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An explanation of recent and older crime and fear of crime statistics and research for the layperson.

Crime Victims by Age Widespread-Those Age 66 and Above Have High Numbers

  Subtitles Those age 66 and above have the highest raw numbers for burglary-breaking and entering and other categories. Violent crime is concentrated for victims…

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Violent Crime Increased in 2016-Is America Entering a New Era of Violence?

  For the best overview of Crime in the United States and links to recent reports, see Crime Over Time-Crime in America. See FBI charts…

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Virginia’s Record Low Recidivism-Nobel Worthy or Shell Game?

Subtitles Virginia claims to have the lowest rate of returns to prison in the country. Virginia maintains a re-incarceration rate of 23.4 percent after three…

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Ten Most Dangerous Locations for Violent Crime in the United States

Author By Leonard A. Sipes, Jr. Thirty-five years of supervising public affairs for national and state criminal justice agencies. Former Senior Specialist for Crime Prevention for…

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