The Crime Counter-Revolution Has Begun

Highlights Violent crime is exploding. Fear is at an all-time high. Firearm and security sales are going through the roof. People are leaving cities. Progressives…

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The Family And Community Pipeline to Crime

Highlights “I think for a lot of us, we don’t realize how we become dangerous to other humans because we do not care about ourselves,…

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The President’s Plan for Violence Interruption Lacks Proof

Quote “If our ideas are not evolving with verifiable evidence, they are not reliable ideas.”― Carmine Savastano. Highlights There’s little proof that violence interruption programs work.…

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The President Knows His Crime Plan Won’t Work

Highlights Until research shows us a better way, dependence on law enforcement and accountability for people who create enormous harm will have to return. Beyond…

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Mental Health Issues Drive Crime-Most Offenders Have Symptoms

Highlights An overview of US Department of Justice and supplemental data as to mental and emotional health and crime. Most offenders have troubled backgrounds and…

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Most Prisoners Serve Less Than Two Years-Violent Serve Less Than Three

Highlights An overview of time served in prison from the US Department of Justice. Most offenders are out of prison in less than two years.…

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Criminal Histories And Recidivism Of Armed Career Criminals

Highlights The overwhelming majority of armed career criminals had prior convictions for violent offenses. The article is part of an ongoing series addressing repeat-violent-career criminals.…

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Advocates Insist That Offender Rehabilitation Programs Work-Are They Right?

Highlights This article is available as a podcast via YouTube. Do programs for criminal offenders work? Per US Department of Justice data, most don’t. There…

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Recommendations-The President’s Commission on Law Enforcement

Highlights A summary of recommended improvements for law enforcement and the justice system from the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice.…

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Biden’s Promise To Cut The Prison Population In Half Means More Violent Crime

Highlights Mr. Biden stated that he wants to release half of all prison inmates or reduce the US correctional population substantially through other means. Fifty-eight…

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Per DOJ-Increasing Percentage On Parole and Probation Are Violent Or Felons

Highlights Parole and probation agents are supervising and police officers are encountering an offender population containing more felonies and histories of violence. Most on probation…

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The US Correctional Population Reaches A 19 Year Low-Why?

Highlights There is a 19-year low in the number of persons under the supervision of adult correctional systems. The correctional population between 2008 and 2018…

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Federal Research-Long Prison Sentences Significantly Reduce Crime And Recidivism

Highlights In the two models with the larger sample sizes, offenders incarcerated for more than 120 months were approximately 30 percent less likely to recidivate.…

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Criminal Rehabilitation Programs-Some Work-Most Don’t

Offender Rehabilitation And Reentry Programs-What Works “Programs that included group work, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) or CBT-like components, counseling, or that used drug court or other…

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Why Are Prison Numbers Falling?

Highlights Why are prison numbers falling? Are reductions due to criminal justice reform or dramatically reduced crime, arrests, and citizen contacts? An estimated 1,465,200 prisoners…

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Coronavirus And Crime

Coronavirus-Violence May Increase When Criminals Don’t Get Their Drugs

Highlights Most offenders are drug and alcohol dependant. Eighty percent of state inmates have considerable drug histories. Add mental health concerns, and we come to…

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Do Criminal Offenders Get Away With Endless Criminality?

Highlights Is the justice system oppressive or lax when it comes to holding offenders responsible for their actions? Data from the US Department of Justice…

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