Highlights Violent repeat offenders are driving America’s crime problem. Data from the US Sentencing Commission (below) and other sources suggest that repeat offenders who committed…
View More Violent Offenders Drive Crime and IncarcerationCategory: Crimes Against Women
#MeToo, Sex Offenders And Probation
Highlights Buzzfeed provides an article stating that a fraction of sex offenders get probation. In my experience, most on sex offender registries got probation. How do…
View More #MeToo, Sex Offenders And Probation#MeToo Collides With Kavanaugh And Justice Reform
Highlights Accountability for offenders committing acts of violence against women is necessary. But criminal responsibility is gender neutral. Legally, what you do for one, you…
View More #MeToo Collides With Kavanaugh And Justice ReformBrett Kavanaugh, Sexual Assault And Unreported Violent Crimes
Highlights Most acts of violence (including rape) are not reported to the police. Not reporting victimization is a shared, common experience among many if not…
View More Brett Kavanaugh, Sexual Assault And Unreported Violent CrimesUS 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 ViolenceDoes #Metoo Apply To All Violent Victimizations?
Observations If the #metoo movement wants sexual abusers held accountable, why doesn’t the same philosophy apply to all violent crime offenders? Is one violent victim…
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Harvey Weinstein-Why We Refuse To Acknowledge Abused Women Offenders
Observations The history of sexual and physical violence directed to women offenders (especially during childhood) is considerable. Add neglect, and it indicates that most…
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Repeat Victims Represent 50 Percent of Violent Crime
Observations It’s up to us within the criminal justice system to identify repeat victims and those with high rates of victimization to provide counseling, victim…
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Crime Victimization Increases for the Elderly-Women and Disabled. Why?
Subtitles Criminal victimization increases for older Americans, women and the disabled. Arrests for older Americans and women increase. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Thirty-five years…
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Female Victims and Offenders Are Increasing
Subtitles Women, homicides and violent crime. With violence against women increasing, and with more female offenders, are women an endangered species? Author Leonard Adam…
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Domestic Violence Reports to Police Exceed General Violent Crime-But 600,000 Unreported Each Year
Observations 1.3 million nonfatal domestic violence victimizations occur each year. Police were notified of more than half (56%) of these victimizations. Does increased reporting…
View More Domestic Violence Reports to Police Exceed General Violent Crime-But 600,000 Unreported Each YearFemales Have Higher Rates of Violent Crime Than Males
Highlights FBI (in 2014) and the National Crime Survey (in 2015) reports more female than male victims. Traditionally, males have higher rates of violent…
View More Females Have Higher Rates of Violent Crime Than MalesNational Statistics on Women Offenders
Subtitles: Statistics on Women Offenders-2016 Women offenders are the fastest growing correctional population Author By Leonard A. Sipes, Jr. Thirty-five years of speaking for national…
View More National Statistics on Women OffendersPrisoners Report Significant Mental and Physical Problems
Prisoners Report Significant Mental and Physical Problems Editor’s note: Anyone working with people caught up in the criminal justice system are astounded by the number…
View More Prisoners Report Significant Mental and Physical ProblemsTeenage Dating Violence Data Indicates Success
Researchers from Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh have published an article that provides the first evidence of the potential benefits of provider-delivered education and a brief…
View More Teenage Dating Violence Data Indicates SuccessMost crime occurs at home, roads, parking lots, schools and bars per FBI/NIBRS
The FBI released details on more than 5.6 million criminal offenses reported via the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) in 2013. The Uniform Crime Reporting…
View More Most crime occurs at home, roads, parking lots, schools and bars per FBI/NIBRSCollege students experience lower rates of sexual assault-80% know their attacker
Among college-age females (ages 18 to 24), the rate of rape and sexual assault was 1.2 times higher for nonstudents than students for the period…
View More College students experience lower rates of sexual assault-80% know their attacker82% of women in corrections are victims of physical or sexual abuse as children
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) defines Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) as “a serious, preventable public health problem that affects millions of Americans. The term…
View More 82% of women in corrections are victims of physical or sexual abuse as children35 percent of women in the US will experience domestic violence
An estimated 35 percent of women in the US will experience intimate partner violence in their lifetimes. In addition, up to 70 percent of female…
View More 35 percent of women in the US will experience domestic violence19 Percent of American Women Raped-22 Percent Experience Severe Physical Violence
In the United States, an estimated 19.3% of women and 1.7% of men have been raped during their lifetimes; an estimated 1.6% of women reported…
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