Highlights An overview of two recent documents on mass shootings and mass shooters from the US Secret Service and the National Institute of Justice. Both…
View More Recognizing Mass Shooters And Potential Attacks In Public Places-Federal ResearchCategory: Hate Crimes
Explaining Wildly Divergent Hate Crime Numbers
Highlights FBI hate crime numbers rose by 35 percent in 2021 based on reported incidents per The Hill (newspaper of Congress). Per the Bureau of…
View More Explaining Wildly Divergent Hate Crime NumbersEverything You Wanted To Know About Mass Shootings-National Institute Of Justice
Highlights A new report funded by the National Institute of Justice describes the characteristics of mass shooters. There seem to be similarities with mass shooters,…
View More Everything You Wanted To Know About Mass Shootings-National Institute Of JusticeWho Commits Hate Crimes? National Institute of Justice
Highlights Many involved in hate crimes have histories of criminality/violence and mental health issues coupled with being under the influence at the time of the…
View More Who Commits Hate Crimes? National Institute of Justice35,000 Threatened Or Physical Attacks With A Weapon In US Schools-School Security Report
Overview A reader wants insight into the recent Michigan school shooter. She wants to know if there is data as to what schools are doing…
View More 35,000 Threatened Or Physical Attacks With A Weapon In US Schools-School Security ReportHate Crimes Rates Haven’t Increased Per USDOJ
Highlights The rate of violent hate crime in the United States in 2019 (1.0 hate crimes per 1,000 persons age 12 or older) was not…
View More Hate Crimes Rates Haven’t Increased Per USDOJThe Death Of George Floyd-Riots-And What Happens Next?
Highlights A search for answers after watching hours of Sunday news coverage of the riots after the death of George Floyd. Seventy-five protests across the…
View More The Death Of George Floyd-Riots-And What Happens Next?The Probability of Being A Victim of Violent Crime
Highlights Who has the highest risk for violent crime? What are the circumstances? Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal senior spokesperson. Thirty-five years of…
View More The Probability of Being A Victim of Violent CrimeMass Shooters And Everyday Violent Criminals Have Much In Common
Highlights There is no doubt that everyday criminality is far more serious in terms of injuries and fatalities than mass shootings. There seem to be…
View More Mass Shooters And Everyday Violent Criminals Have Much In CommonHate Crimes Decline Per USDOJ
Observations We have multiple federal measures of hate crimes, one from the FBI reporting a 17 percent one year increase, and one from the US…
View More Hate Crimes Decline Per USDOJ