Most Correctional Staff Sexual Misconduct Involve Female Correctional Officers

Felonies And Violent Crimes-Increasing Part Of Parole And Probation Caseloads

Summation This article is available as a YouTube podcast. Statistics on parole and probation from the Bureau of Justice Statistics are offered for 2023. 2024 data will…

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Most Offenders Do Not Pay Court-Ordered Fines and Restitution

Most Offenders Do Not Pay Victim Restitution-National Crime Victims Week

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. This article recognizes National Crime Victims’ Rights Week and asks why states do not enforce compensation…

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Criminal Offenders Do Not Want Drug Treatment

We’re Putting More People in Prison, Right? Reasons For Declining Reported Crime

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. “There have to be reasons for declining crime,” states one reader. What about jail and prison…

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Washington Post Says Social Programs Dramatically Reduced Homicides-Are They Right?

The Criminal Communication Network-How Criminals Connect With Each Other

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. Do criminals have a communication network? Criminal offenders tend to gravitate towards people, places, and things…

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Criminal Offenders Do Not Want Drug Treatment

Is It Possible To Safely Release Violent Prison Inmates Early?

Highlights This article is available as a podcast on YouTube. This is a national story as several states contemplate reducing sentences for violent offenders. Per…

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When AI Tried To Build A Society, Crime Followed

Artificial Intelligence: Transforming Law Enforcement And The Justice System

 Highlights   Artificial Intelligence (AI) will soon be a significant part of the lives of people in law enforcement and the rest of the justice…

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Top Factors That Contribute To Violent Crime

How To Get Answers To Your Crime And Justice Questions

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube Podcast. A guide to getting answers to crime and justice questions. Most in state and local justice…

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Most Correctional Staff Sexual Misconduct Involve Female Correctional Officers

Parole And Probation: Dangers, Realities, and the Need for Change

Highlights   There’s no national consensus as to what we want from parole and probation employees or agencies.   Parole and probation agents supervise and…

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Most Offenders Do Not Pay Court-Ordered Fines and Restitution

How Many Crimes Are Prosecuted In The United States?

Highlights Most crimes involve reduced charges or dropped or deferred prosecutions. Concessions through plea-bargains, dropped charges, and limited prison sentences are seen as necessary to…

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Baltimore Female Police Officers

Female Crime Statistics–Violent Victimization For Females Often Exceeds Males

Highlights The rate of violence against females in the US often exceeds that of males. That wasn’t the case in the past. 85,000 Women Were…

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Most Correctional Staff Sexual Misconduct Involve Female Correctional Officers

Race-Criminal Justice Reform and Biased Offender Risk Assessments

Highlights If risk assessments of criminal offenders consistently show signs of bias, what does that mean for criminal justice reform? “There remains evidence that the…

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Criminal Offenders Do Not Want Drug Treatment

A Crime Victim’s Right To Owning An Offender’s Name And Money

Highlights Maybe it’s time for crime victims to appeal to the courts for redress and financial compensation to force their victimizers to pay a price…

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Most Offenders Do Not Pay Court-Ordered Fines and Restitution

65 Percent On Probation Are Felons-50 Percent Are Violent-Agent Recently Murdered

Highlights There is a new report, Probation and Parole in the United States, issued by the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the US Department of Justice.…

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Criminal Offenders Do Not Want Drug Treatment

Correctional Supervision Decreased 23% Since 2012-Is There A Crime Connection?

Highlights Is there a connection between prison populations, correctional supervision and crime?  Based on the best available evidence from the US Department of Justice, it…

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

The Myth Of Technical Violations And Parole And Probation Arrests

Highlights Per the US Department of Justice and the US Sentencing Commission, the vast majority of rearrests for those on community supervision or parole and…

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Fear Of Crime High In The US-World Crime Rankings From Gallup

Twenty Top States For Police Spending

Highlights The top twenty states for spending on law enforcement. Correctional spending is included. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal senior spokesperson. Thirty-five years…

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Does anything work to reduce crime?

Does Anything Work To Reduce Crime?

Highlights A podcast of this article is available on YouTube. What happens to crime studies of programs when compared to the best research methods? The…

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Criminal Offenders Do Not Want Drug Treatment

Can The Justice System Help Violent People With Mental Health Issues?

Highlights Can programs help those in the community who are threatening violence or mass shootings? Can programs assist adjudicated violent offenders with mental health problems?…

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Criminal Offenders Do Not Want Drug Treatment

Escaped Offenders Have “Extensive And Serious Criminal Histories”

Highlights The majority (85.7%) of individuals sentenced for an escape offense and released were rearrested during an eight-year follow-up period, which was higher than individuals…

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Official Crime Counts Dramatically Understate US Criminality

Women Offenders-Over Half Of Violent Females Were Arrested Within 5 Years Of Release

Highlights More than half of females (55%, compared to 66% of males) who were serving time for a violent offense were arrested for another offense.…

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