Highlights A summation of firearms used during street crimes and mass shootings. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal senior spokesperson. Thirty-five years of directing…
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Highlights Is the media giving the public too much information on mass shooters? There’s a case to be made that they are and that’s propagating…
View More Does The Media Provide Too Much Information On Mass Shooters?
Highlights If you combine the topics like terrorism (60 percent), crime (57 percent), and illegal drugs (53 percent), justice-related and crime issues are the clear…
View More Crime And Violence Remains A Top Priority For Most Americans
Highlights Decedents injured or attempted to injure federal law enforcement officers in 59% of arrest-related deaths and discharged a firearm in 41% in FY 2020.…
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Highlights “They Can’t Touch the Criminals. They Know They’re Untouchable.” Washington Post article on Baltimore violence. Offenders understand that the rules governing them have softened…
View More Sending The Wrong Messages to Criminals: “They Know They’re Untouchable.”
Highlights Approximately 70 to 89 percent of Black respondents provided positive ratings of law enforcement ranging from a willingness to contact police in the…
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Highlights Do federal court-ordered police consent decrees increase crime? For some cities, the answer is yes. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal senior spokesperson.…
View More Does Crime Increase After Federal Police Consent Agreements?
Highlights The National Institute Of Justice offers data on which incarcerated groups have the highest rates of recidivism (i.e. arrests and incarcerations). We were…
View More Judging Future Criminality Through Risk Assessments-USDOJ
Highlights Fear of crime is at record highs. Nearly 43,000 people died in U.S. traffic crashes in 2021, the highest number in 16 years. There…
View More Has Police Reform Resulted In Thousands Of Crime And Accident Victims?
Highlights Data from Pew is combined with previous research indicating the complexity of mental health, substance abuse, and co-occurring disorders in the justice system and…
View More Adults Reporting Mental Illness And Substance Abuse Were Far More Likely To Be Arrested
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 Research
Highlights Where crime is concentrated? Income and location mean much to parents rating neighborhoods as to potential dangers to their children. It’s a unique and…
View More Characteristics Of High-Crime Communities-Dangers To ChildrenHighlights 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 Numbers
Highlights The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), is gearing up for National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week 2023 to be held March 20-26. 81,230 drug…
View More Fentanyl Facts: It’s The Leading Cause Of Death For Americans Ages 18 To 49
Highlights Arizona, Colorado, and Washington states have much higher rates of violence when compared to other large states. Arizona, Colorado, California, Indiana, Texas, and Washington…
View More States Having The Highest Rates Of Violent And Property CrimesHighlights A total of 664 state and local law enforcement academies provided basic training to entry-level officer recruits in the United States. Nearly half (46%)…
View More Police Training in America-An Overview Of Components
Highlights Total incarcerations of people on parole and probation have decreased (see conclusions). Are we taking greater chances with decreases in the incarceration of violent…
View More Parole And Probation Totals Plummet Along With IncarcerationsHighlights A new reality is taking hold of President Biden and progressives; citizens and businesses are demanding safety. It’s a profound change from the presidential…
View More Per Biden-A Harsh Reality For Progressives And Crime
Highlights Ever wonder why violence is increasing? Are there reasons why arrests are plummeting, correctional populations are at record lows and thousands of cops are…
View More Police Stops Are Dangerous-Arrests Are Plummeting-Why Violence Is IncreasingHighlights We are at record lows for people under correctional supervision while urban violence increases. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal senior spokesperson. Thirty-five…
View More The U.S. Correctional Population Declined 22%-A Decrease of 61,000 Offenders