The Quiet Truth Behind Baltimore's Violence Reduction: It’s Not the Programs—It’s the Pressure

Sending The Wrong Messages to Criminals: “They Know They’re Untouchable.”

Highlights “They Can’t Touch the Criminals. They Know They’re Untouchable.” Washington Post article on Baltimore violence. Offenders understand that the rules governing them have softened…

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How Many People Are Victimized By Crime Each Year

African American Confidence In Law Enforcement

  Highlights Approximately 70 to 89 percent of Black respondents provided positive ratings of law enforcement ranging from a willingness to contact police in the…

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

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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School Crime-Per The CDC-Weapons Used In High School Crime Declines

Highlights While there are understandable concerns about mass shootings, those threatened or injured with weapons (firearms-knives-clubs) in high schools decreased for males from 10 percent…

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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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Could Popular Weight-Loss Drugs Reduce Violent Crime?

Adults Reporting Mental Illness And Substance Abuse Were Far More Likely To Be Arrested

Highlights Data from Pew is combined with previous research indicating the complexity of mental health, substance abuse, and co-occurring disorders in the justice system and…

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Mass Shootings

Recognizing Mass Shooters And Potential Attacks In Public Places-Federal Research

Highlights An overview of two recent documents on mass shootings and mass shooters from the US Secret Service and the National Institute of Justice. Both…

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Are Crimes Solved Increasing? What About Arrests and Incarcerations?

Characteristics Of High-Crime Communities-Dangers To Children

Highlights Where crime is concentrated? Income and location mean much to parents rating neighborhoods as to potential dangers to their children. It’s a unique and…

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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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Per Biden-A Harsh Reality For Progressives And Crime

Highlights A new reality is taking hold of President Biden and progressives; citizens and businesses are demanding safety. It’s a profound change from the presidential…

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Baltimore City Jail

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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Are Reported Crime Decreases National Or International?

Police Stops Are Dangerous-Arrests Are Plummeting-Why Violence Is Increasing

Highlights Ever wonder why violence is increasing? Are there reasons why arrests are plummeting, correctional populations are at record lows and thousands of cops are…

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Police Officer Responses To “Cops Quitting-Are The Unqualified Taking Their Place?”

Quotes “The way police are depicted in the media is disgusting.” “As a patrol supervisor, I can say from experience that we are hurting ourselves…

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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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Solutions To “The Tragedy Of Baltimore’s Violence Problem”

Editor’s Note: This article supports the nationally syndicated Armstrong Williams television show (I’ve been a guest many times) regarding crime in Baltimore City. I was…

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Baltimore City Jail

Pretrial Jail Inmates Increased Considerably Despite Bail Reform

Highlights Per The Bureau Of Justice Statistics, after a 37 percent decrease from 2019 to midyear 2020, the number of females confined in local jails…

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

American Arrests Are Plummeting. Why?

Highlights Are vastly declining arrests the result of intense criticism of law enforcement? Are decreased arrests the reason for increasing urban violence? Author Leonard Adam…

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Moving Because Of Crime

Is Anyone Sober? Under The Influence During Criminal Arrests And Accidents

Highlights Data indicates that most people involved in serious accidents or those criminally arrested were under the influence of drugs or alcohol or have substances…

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