Observations Facebook is banning violence, crime and criminal behaviors from its platform (see guidelines below). Social media is now a super-highway for mass murderers and…
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US Correctional Population Declines By 726,000
Summary The overall correctional population dropped by 726,000 since the peak year of 2007. There were 111,000 fewer people in prison since the peak year…
View More US Correctional Population Declines By 726,000Criminal History And A Second Chance For Prisoners
Observations As to a second chance for prisoners, about 7 in 8 had more than one prior arrest charge, and a majority had at least five.…
View More Criminal History And A Second Chance For PrisonersBrain Injuries, Mental Health, PTSD and Substance Abuse Explain Criminal Behavior
Observations You can partially explain dysfunctional criminal behavior by looking at the data on traumatic brain injuries, mental health, PTSD and substance abuse. Author Leonard…
View More Brain Injuries, Mental Health, PTSD and Substance Abuse Explain Criminal BehaviorTrump, Koch and Offender Recidivism
Prison cells Observations The focus of Trump’s and the Koch Foundation’s new initiative will be individualized treatment programs for offenders rather than the cookie cutter…
View More Trump, Koch and Offender RecidivismChild Abuse, Trauma, Crime and Oprah
US Capitol Observations The overwhelming number of offenders continue their criminal activity and the programs that try to assist them often fail or produce very…
View More Child Abuse, Trauma, Crime and OprahFirearm, Violent and Immigration Offenders Reoffend Most
Observations Offenders convicted of a firearms offense had the highest rearrest rate (68.4%), followed by offenders convicted of a violent offense (64.1%), and an immigration…
View More Firearm, Violent and Immigration Offenders Reoffend MostReducing Criminal Activity is Profoundly Difficult
Secret Service Police Vehicle Observations Reducing criminal activity is profoundly difficult and depends on self-perception, self-control, peers, empathy, risk, excitement and fear of arrest.…
View More Reducing Criminal Activity is Profoundly DifficultJail Inmates Decrease by Three Million People
Observations The number of jail admissions declined from a peak of 13.6 million in 2008 to 10.6 million in 2016. The percentage of female inmates…
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Reentry Courts-No Difference in Arrests-New DOJ Study
Observations Reentry court recidivism, like most offender rehabilitation and reentry programs, show limited results as to new arrests, revocations and returns to prison. Author…
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The Dubious Track Record of Offender Rehabilitation
Observations Is an honest discussion about offender rehabilitation programs possible? The collective data indicate that programs for offenders either don’t work, or make things worse,…
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Prison Population Declines Need Explanation
Observations Prison populations fell considerably. Why? What are the impacts for crime and criminal justice policy? Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Thirty-five years of speaking…
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84 Percent of Young State Offenders Recidivate-New Federal Report
Overview A new federal report offers comparisons of recidivism as to age and a variety of additional factors. For offenders age 24 or younger…
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Three Percent of Americans Have Been To Prison- Eight Percent Have Felonies
Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Thirty-five years of speaking for national and state criminal justice agencies. Interviewed multiple times by every national news outlet.…
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Are Offender Rehabilitation Programs Dead? New DOJ Report
Observations Has “nothing works” been replaced by “nothing works well?” With new data from the Department of Justice regarding a signature program, it seems…
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Improve Police Public Relations or Fail
Observations The Heritage Foundation offerers a new report on crime and justice. The justice system needs to do a better job of telling our story.…
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Crime, Pessimism, Baltimore And Past Lessons
Observations Do current events influence our ability to lead and to see things clearly? Success won’t come from the media or advocates or the criminological…
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Ban the Box Isn’t Working for Ex-Offenders
Observation Ban the box isn’t working, but few want to train offenders for employment self-sufficiency or issue them certificates of rehabilitation. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr.…
View More Ban the Box Isn’t Working for Ex-OffendersDOJ Evaluations on Offender Rehabilitation Are Not Encouraging
Observation Most of the data is not encouraging, indicating that we have a long way to go as to effective offender rehabilitation and reentry. Author…
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Community Notification About Sex Offenders Works-Time to Expand to Additional Crimes?
Subtitle Should we notify the community about violent offenders released from prison? Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Thirty-five years of speaking for national and state…
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