Background The newly released report from the Bureau Of Justice Statistics of the US Department of Justice is Criminal Victimization, 2022. It’s based on…
View More Big Increases In Categories Of Violent Victimization in The United StatesCategory: New Criminal Justice Publications
Over 40 Percent Of Prison Inmates Had Five To Ten Prior Incarcerations
Highlights Seventy-eight percent of inmates had previous incarcerations. Forty-two percent had 5-10 or more incarcerations. The vast majority of prison inmates have multiple previous arrests…
View More Over 40 Percent Of Prison Inmates Had Five To Ten Prior IncarcerationsDOJ: Largest Increase In Homicides-Largest Decrease in Violence-Confused?
Highlights The Bureau of Justice Statistics states that the violent victimization rate dropped 22 percent in 2020. This is the largest decrease in violence ever reported…
View More DOJ: Largest Increase In Homicides-Largest Decrease in Violence-Confused?Correctional Populations Fell Dramatically During Rising Violence
Highlights Violent crime and serious violent crime began to increase by 28 percent in 2015 per the US Department of Justice. The US had the…
View More Correctional Populations Fell Dramatically During Rising ViolenceViolent Victims Are Often Violent Offenders
Highlights The overlap between victims and offenders is substantial. For violent crimes such as homicide, most victims have been offenders. In Chattanooga, for example, more…
View More Violent Victims Are Often Violent OffendersDid COVID Jail Releases Increase Violence?
Highlights Based on recidivism studies of those released from prisons and those on probation, it’s reasonable to assume that the release of offenders from jails…
View More Did COVID Jail Releases Increase Violence?Homicides and Gun Crimes Exploding-What Comes Next?
Highlights New research quantifies increasing violence, homicides and gun crimes. Previous USDOJ research shows a 28 percent increase in violent crime. Serious violent crime also…
View More Homicides and Gun Crimes Exploding-What Comes Next?Recommendations-The President’s Commission on Law Enforcement
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.…
View More Recommendations-The President’s Commission on Law EnforcementCounting Crime in America Could Get Contentious
Highlights Newsy has learned the FBI is going to stop collecting crime data for its Uniform Crime Report (UCR) from an estimated one in four…
View More Counting Crime in America Could Get ContentiousPer DOJ-Increasing Percentage On Parole and Probation Are Violent Or Felons
Highlights Parole and probation agents are supervising and police officers are encountering an offender population containing more felonies and histories of violence. Most on probation…
View More Per DOJ-Increasing Percentage On Parole and Probation Are Violent Or Felons