Highlights Maryland’s governor calls crime in Baltimore City a crisis. Both Governor Hogan and President Trump are taking a traditional view of law enforcement.…
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From a forthcoming article from Crime in America.Net based on a new US Department of Justice study on homicides. Orlando, FL has the largest percentage…
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Persons in poor households at or below the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) (39.8 per 1,000) had more than double the rate of violent victimization as…
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Author Leonard A. Sipes, Jr. Thirty-five years of speaking for national and state criminal justice agencies. Former Senior Specialist for Crime Prevention for the Department…
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Crime in America.Net Dear readers. We keep getting inquiries about city and state crime comparisons and we keep saying that it’s really difficult to make…
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Crime in America.Net Dear Readers: Below you will find what may be one of the best tools available to look at and manipulate-analyze crime data…
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