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

Did The The DOJ Just Solve The Problem Of Massive Offender Recidivism?

Highlights The USDOJ states that they have programs that massively reduce offender recidivism (arrests and incarceration after prison).  I assume that the DOJ will now…

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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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Criminal Offenders Do Not Want Drug Treatment

Prison Inmates-9 Prior Arrests-4 Million Total Arrests-42 Percent Had 5-10 Incarcerations

  Highlights This article is available as a podcast on YouTube. The 369,200 persons admitted to state prison in 34 states had an estimated 4.2…

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The Recidivism Of Violent Offenders

Judging Future Criminality Through Risk Assessments-USDOJ

  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…

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Parole And Probation Numbers

Parole And Probation Totals Plummet Along With Incarcerations

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…

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

Employment And Crime-Do Jobs Prevent Or Deter Incarcerations?

HighlightsMost offenders were employed before their latest incarceration. ChatGPT (the new artificial intelligence website) offers the following, “Overall, employment can make a significant difference in…

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Most Correctional Staff Sexual Misconduct Involve Female Correctional Officers

The Mostly Violent Prison Population Decreased Every Year Since 2013

Highlights The U.S. prison population was 1,204,300 at yearend 2021, a 25% decrease from 2011 (1,599,000). Per the Bureau Of Justice Statistics, 58% of all…

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World Incarceration Rises By 25 Percent

Let The Public Decide The Appropriateness And Length of Prison Sentences

Highlights Does the public support incarceration for violent or repeat criminal victimizations? Let the public in each state decide the appropriateness of prison sentences and…

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Can You Change Violent Offenders? Crime in Washington, D.C.

Highlights D.C.’s mayor said she can bring gun violence down by 90 percent by focusing on “the people and places where most of the crime…

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

Older Offenders-Riskier Than You Think

Highlights There were 546,000 older offenders arrested for criminal activity in 2019 per the FBI. High percentages of older offenders are arrested after release from…

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Gun Violence And The Dangerous Nature Of Firearm Offenders

Highlights Firearm offenders are generally younger, have a more extensive criminal history, and are more likely to commit a new crime than other offenders. 93.6…

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Females And Groups Victimized More By Crime

Highlights Some groups are victimized considerably more than others. Others have low rates of violence but have high rates of property crimes. Per the Bureau…

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Long Prison Sentences Reduce Crime Per Federal Study

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…

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Discovering 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…

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Female 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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Per Multiple Publications-“Dems Retreat On Crime And Police Reform”

Highlights Defunding the police and cutting the prison population in half are ideas rejected by the vast majority of Americans regardless of demographics. Democrats are…

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Police Officer Deaths

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.…

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

What Works To Reduce Crime And Violence

Highlights What works to reduce crime and violence? It’s not what many think. A research-based approach to preventing violent crime. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr.…

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Many Police Shootings Involve People In Mental Health Distress

Highlights Data suggests that many police shootings involve people in mental health distress.  Per separate data, most offenders are under the influence at the time…

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