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Discovering That Growing Violence Doesn’t Have A Solution

Highlights Violent crime is rapidly rising. Violent criminals have little fear of being caught or held accountable. Mass shooters (the majority of which are street-level…

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The Homeless Are Far More Likely To Commit Crimes And To Be Victims

admin March 30, 2022 2 Comments homeless homeless and crime solutions to homelessness

Highlights San Diego: experiencing homelessness have been involved with crime “at dramatically higher rates than the rest of the population,” whether as victims or offenders.…

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Many Police Shootings Involve People In Mental Health Distress

admin March 9, 2022 2 Comments mental health mental health and crime mental health and criminals mental health and police shootings mental health and prisoners police shootings police use of force substance abuse and criminals

Highlights Data suggests that many police shootings involve people in mental health distress. Per separate data, most offenders are under the influence at the time…

Jail Admissions Increase-What It Means For Bail Reform, Immigration, Staffing and Older Inmates

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Is There A Connection Between Employment And Housing And Crime?

admin December 27, 2021 No Comments criminals and employment criminals and housing offenders and employment offenders and housing

Highlights A reader wants to know the percent of offenders employed and in housing before committing their crimes or after prison. Is there a connection…

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Criminals Prey On The Disabled And Vulnerable

admin November 10, 2021 1 Comment crime against the disabled crime against the elderly crime against women crime victims disabled victimization

Highlights The rate of violent victimization against persons with disabilities was nearly four times the rate for persons without disabilities. But the story regarding vulnerable…

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Replacing Cops With Social Workers in “Crisis”

admin October 5, 2021 No Comments alternatives to policing crisis mental health mental health responses police police reform social workers social workers replacing police social workers responding to 911 calls

Highlights Social workers are so backlogged that it can take a week or more to respond to urgent 911 calls. Police reform may have support…

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Arrests and Police Stops Are Hazardous-Here’s Why

admin August 30, 2021 No Comments Police community relations police officers using violence police use of force police violence

Highlights For police officers, being proactive and/or making arrests is extraordinarily dangerous. With the immense criticism directed towards law enforcement regarding use of force and…

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Are Half Of Harsh Police Encounters Due To Untreated Stress?

admin August 11, 2021 No Comments police mental health police stress police use of force

Highlights Does anyone care about police stress? Has society and cities abandoned cops and their mental health needs? How much of the total number of…

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The Family And Community Pipeline to Crime

admin July 22, 2021 6 Comments Child Abuse child neglect children witnessing violence community violence family violence juvenile delinquency violence and children Violent Crime young criminals young offenders

Highlights “I think for a lot of us, we don’t realize how we become dangerous to other humans because we do not care about ourselves,…

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Mental Health Issues Drive Crime-Most Offenders Have Symptoms

admin June 9, 2021 3 Comments mental health and crime mental health and criminals mental health and prison inmates mental illness and crime mental illness and criminals

Highlights An overview of US Department of Justice and supplemental data as to mental and emotional health and crime. Most offenders have troubled backgrounds and…

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Sending The Wrong Messages To Criminals Encourages Crime

admin June 8, 2021 4 Comments criminal justice reform media coverage of police messages to criminals messages to offenders rise in crime rise in violence

Highlights Offenders understand that the rules governing them have softened considerably. We are telling offenders that the justice system is backing down and that their…

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Explaining COVID And Post Lockdown Violence

admin January 6, 2021 5 Comments coronavirus COVID-19 crime criminology history pandemic Past social disruptions social disruption Violent Crime

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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Recommendations-The President’s Commission on Law Enforcement

admin December 28, 2020 1 Comment Donald Trump President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice William Barr

Highlights A summary of recommended improvements for law enforcement and the justice system from the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice.…

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Offender: We Do Not Care About Ourselves Or Others

admin January 6, 2020 No Comments Child Abuse child abuse and neglect crime juvenile crime Violent Crime

Highlights Does child abuse and neglect drive crime? “I think for a lot of us, we don’t realize how we become dangerous to other humans…

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Mass Shooters And Everyday Violent Criminals Have Much In Common

admin August 14, 2019 No Comments mass shooters mass shootings violence violent criminals

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…

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Mental Illness, Mass Shootings And Everyday Crime

admin July 15, 2019 No Comments crime mass shootings mental health

Highlights The vast majority of our discussions about crime, mass shootings, police encounters that go wrong, treatment failures and recidivism may be explained by the…

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Does Policing Change The Personalities Of Officers?

admin April 29, 2019 No Comments cops mental health police police officers

Observations Does policing change the personalities of officers? Most would suggest that it does. “Being a cop in a isn’t for sane people. Being a…

Most Offenders Do Not Pay Court-Ordered Fines and Restitution

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The Criminally Insane, The Mentally Ill And Crime

admin November 26, 2018 No Comments Criminally insane Mental Illness

Highlights Most offenders have forms of depression, anxiety, PTSD, brain injuries and mental illness. Cops and correctional officers wonder why situations deteriorate so quickly.…

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Officer, That Dog Doesn’t Have Water-Arrest That Man

admin November 12, 2018 No Comments animal cruelty

Highlights There is a new DOJ document providing advice to law enforcement regarding animal cruelty. I understand how people view their pets and their belief…

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Blind Advocacy of Offender Rehabilitation Programs Hurts All

admin October 22, 2018 offender reentry offender rehabilitation

Highlights Offender recidivism after prison is horrendous. Programs have little to no effect. We need a research initiative similar to cancer. It should be a…