Highlights This article is available as a podcast on YouTube. There are huge differences in the rates of violence and property victimization per state. This…
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Category: Crime Statistics
The FBI-D.C. And Local Crime Reductions-Do You Feel Safer?
Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. The FBI and local police agencies offer data indicating substantial reductions in violent and property crime…
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Violent Crime Decreased 4.5 Percent from 2023 to 2024
Summation There were considerable decreases in violent and property crime in 2024. In 2024, reported LEOKA assaults ─ which include aggravated and simple assault offenses…
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Latest Data On Homicides From The USDOJ and JAMA
Summation This article is available as a YouTube podcast. A summation of homicide data from federal sources and the Journal Of The American Medical Association. The problem,…
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Safer, Smarter, Richer: Why Criminals Are Leaving the Streets for Screens
Highlights This article is available as a YouTube video. Is there a shift from street crimes to digital fraud and organized property crimes?…
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21 US Cities Rank Among the World’s Most Dangerous
Highlights This article is available as a YouTube video. There is an index ranking 385 cities throughout the world. Crime is one of the measures…
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Black Perceptions Of Police–Highest Confidence Levels Recorded By Gallup
Summation This article is available as a YouTube podcast. Although Black Americans’ positive impressions of each measure have been at the majority level since 2021,…
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The Criminal Communication Network-How Criminals Connect With Each Other
Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. Do criminals have a communication network? Criminal offenders tend to gravitate towards people, places, and things…
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Jail Increases Provide Insight Into Justice System Changes
Observations This article is available as a YouTube podcast. There are indications of an increasing pretrial jail population, which “may” reflect a growing concern that…
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If Crime Is Down, Why Is Fear Up? Are Americans Delusional?
Highlights This article is available as a podcast on YouTube. Per Gallup, the US and Canada are the only sections of the world (beyond Sub-Saharan…
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FBI: Cybercrime Up 33 Percent-Other Property Crimes Increase-But FBI Property Crime Is Decreasing?
Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast For the last full official report in 2023, the FBI estimates that overall property crime (i.e.,…
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Will Trump Change National Crime Statistics? Are We Getting Accurate Crime Data?
Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. Per an executive order, President Trump wants to “increase the investment in and collection,…
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Immigrants and Crime: What the Numbers Say–And What They Don’t
Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. Updated six times since publication. Considering the popularity of this article, additional sections have been added…
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What Groups Are Victimized the Most By Crime? Crime’s Shifting Landscape
Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. Criminal offenders gravitate to people, places, and things perceived as easier targets with successful or bigger…
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Is It Possible To Safely Release Violent Prison Inmates Early?
Highlights This article is available as a podcast on YouTube. This is a national story as several states contemplate reducing sentences for violent offenders. Per…
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Is Policing The Toughest Job In America?
Highlights Americans have considerable mental health and substance problems plus an inability to behave well per data. These issues have implications for police-civilian encounters. About…
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Artificial Intelligence: Transforming Law Enforcement And The Justice System
Highlights Artificial Intelligence (AI) will soon be a significant part of the lives of people in law enforcement and the rest of the justice…
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How Many People With Criminal Histories Do We Interact With Daily?
Highlights You, your spouse, and your children interact daily with people who have criminal histories. Acknowledging this and evaluating potentially menacing or uncomfortable situations keeps…
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How To Get Answers To Your Crime And Justice Questions
Highlights This article is available as a YouTube Podcast. A guide to getting answers to crime and justice questions. Most in state and local justice…
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Parole And Probation: Dangers, Realities, and the Need for Change
Highlights There’s no national consensus as to what we want from parole and probation employees or agencies. Parole and probation agents supervise and…
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