Highlights Released offenders committed well over two million new crimes per the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The odds of recidivism were approximately 29 percent lower…
View More Long Prison Sentences Reduce Crime Per Federal StudyCategory: Prison-Jail
The Best Evidence As To Why We Have Rapidly Increasing Violence
Highlights The justice system is based on deterrence through crime reporting, crime solving, arrests, prosecution, and accountability through the correctional system. Decreases in any of…
View More The Best Evidence As To Why We Have Rapidly Increasing ViolenceDiscovering 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…
View More Discovering That Growing Violence Doesn’t Have A SolutionFemale Correctional Officers And Inmate Sexual-Personal Relations-The Casey White Escape
Highlights Can the Vicky White-Casey White escape case provide insight as to why correctional officers are compromised? Data from the US Department of Justice states…
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The Homeless Are Far More Likely To Commit Crimes And To Be Victims
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.…
View More The Homeless Are Far More Likely To Commit Crimes And To Be Victims“It’s African American Communities That Are Bearing The Brunt Of Violence”
Highlights Violence is pounding many distressed communities and groups. Higher rates of violence and crime are affecting lower-income communities, African Americans, the elderly, Asians, Hispanics,…
View More “It’s African American Communities That Are Bearing The Brunt Of Violence”Violent Offenders Are Arrested Far More Often Than Other Released Inmates
Highlights Violent offenders recidivated at a higher rate than non-violent offenders. Over an eight-year follow-up period, nearly two-thirds (63.8%) of violent offenders released in 2010…
View More Violent Offenders Are Arrested Far More Often Than Other Released InmatesThe Questionable Evidence Of Parole And Probation Supervision
Highlights There is little indicating that “evidence-based” programs work or that revocations are mostly for technical violations, or that the great bulk of our resources…
View More The Questionable Evidence Of Parole And Probation SupervisionAre Historic Declines In Offender Accountability-Correctional Numbers Connected To Rising Violence?
Highlights The incarcerated population fell to its lowest level since 2003. The adult probation rate is at its lowest point in 35 years. Multiple sources…
View More Are Historic Declines In Offender Accountability-Correctional Numbers Connected To Rising Violence?Blacks And Hispanics Say Crime Is A Major Problem-Will Releasing More Violent Offenders Help?
Highlights African Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans plus others are very concerned about high rates of violence. There is a national movement to release half…
View More Blacks And Hispanics Say Crime Is A Major Problem-Will Releasing More Violent Offenders Help?