Can A Violence Interrupter-Credible Messenger Program Reduce Arrests By 73 Percent?

Can A Violence Interrupter Program Reduce Arrests By 73 Percent?

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast.   This article describes a program providing services to young men in a high-crime community in…

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Top Factors That Contribute To Violent Crime

Happy Countries Are The Safest-The US Is 23rd

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. Countries with low rates of violence are considered the happiest in the world. Safety matters more…

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FBI Records Historic Drops in Crime-Why?

FBI Records Historic Drops in Reported Crime In 2025-Why?

Highlights The FBI recorded a substantial decrease in violent and property crimes. This article offers possible reasons why and context not offered by the mainstream…

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Could Popular Weight-Loss Drugs Reduce Violent Crime?

Can Weight Loss Drugs Reduce Violent Crime?

Highlights Are weight loss drugs affecting criminal activity? There’s data suggesting that it does. There seems to be a wide array of new observations beyond…

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Declines In Substance Abuse And Mental Conditions—Why That Could Matter for Crime

Good News For Youth Substance Abuse And Mental Health—Why That Matters for Crime

Highlights Compared with just a few years ago, fewer teenagers are: Drinking alcohol. Binge drinking. Smoking cigarettes. Vaping nicotine. Using marijuana. Beginning to use alcohol…

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Cutting Crime by A Third-Proactive Policing Works. But Do We Want To Do It?

Cutting Crime By A Third: Proactive Policing Works—Will We Use It?

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. Extensive literature reviews from impartial, prestigious research organizations on crime and justice operations are rare. The…

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Is Understanding Crime Really That Complicated?

Sorry Reporters-Why Crime Has No Easy Answers

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. After decades in the justice system (six years in law enforcement) with multiple university degrees, I…

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Fear Of Crime In The US-Europe And Central-South America

Is Prison The Answer? Fear Of Crime In The US, Europe And Central-South America

Highlights This article was created to support my 35th appearance on the nationally syndicated Armstrong Williams show focusing on worldwide fear of crime. This article…

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83 Percent Of Democrats State That Crime Is A Serious Issue

Gallup-Four Out Of Five Democrats View Crime As A Serious National Concern

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. Per Gallup, seventeen percent of Democrats say that crime in the US is not serious, versus…

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Are Americans Stupid When It Comes To Crime?

Are Americans Stupid When It Comes To Crime?

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. Crimes reported to law enforcement are down throughout the country, yet fear of crime remains remarkably…

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Identity Theft Happens Far More Often Than All FBI Reported Crimes

Crime Emerged When AI Agents Created Their Own Society

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. Researchers placed AI agents into virtual societies and allowed them to interact with minimal human supervision.…

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Data On Black Communities and Firearm Violence

New Data On Black Communities and Firearm Violence

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. New research from RAND explores the impact of violent crime and firearm violence on the Black…

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Confidence In American Police Exceeds Most Other Institutions

Police: “We’re Not Reporting All Crime”: A Persistent Claim Across American Cities

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. A list of cities focusing on current and past charges of downgrading crime statistics. Do mayors…

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Is National FBI Data A Reliable Source For Property Crimes?

FBI Reported Preliminary Crime Data For 2025

Highlights An early look at reported crime data for 2025 from the FBI. Numbers from the USDOJ’s National Crime Victimization Survey are included for comparison…

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Top Factors That Contribute To Violent Crime

Top Factors That Contribute To Violent Crime

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. Per a reader’s request, the article lists the primary factors that contribute to violent and overall…

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Is National FBI Data A Reliable Source For Property Crimes?

Is FBI Data A Reliable Count Of National Crime?

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. FBI crime statistics reflect crime trends based on incidents reported to police, but are vastly incomplete…

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Most Correctional Staff Sexual Misconduct Involve Female Correctional Officers

Felonies And Violent Crimes-Increasing Part Of Parole And Probation Caseloads

Summation This article is available as a YouTube podcast. Statistics on parole and probation from the Bureau of Justice Statistics are offered for 2023. 2024 data will…

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Most Offenders Do Not Pay Court-Ordered Fines and Restitution

Most Offenders Do Not Pay Victim Restitution-National Crime Victims Week

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. This article recognizes National Crime Victims’ Rights Week and asks why states do not enforce compensation…

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Top Factors That Contribute To Violent Crime

Sexual Assault and Older Female Victims

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. This article addresses whether sexual assault of elderly women is so unlikely that it can reasonably…

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