Observations 2014 to 2015, the largest one-year percentage rise in the U.S. homicide rate since 1968. The number of homicides in the big cities increased…
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Police Strategies Reduce Crime-New Study
Observations A podcast of this article is available on YouTube. This may be considered “the” definitive study of policing tactics as I update this article…
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Texas Shooter: Number of Accurate Criminal Records Is Staggeringly Low
Observations “According to the Department of Justice, the number of these records that are actually uploaded is staggeringly low…” ”Even the FBI acknowledges that its…
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Personal Crime Flat Per Gallup
Observation If you are looking for a national summation of data, violent crime is up per the FBI, property crime is down in all three…
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Race and Violent Crime
Observation Half (51 percent) of violent victimizations from 2012 to 2015 were intraracial. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Thirty-five years of speaking for national and…
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Harvey Weinstein-Why We Refuse To Acknowledge Abused Women Offenders
Observations The history of sexual and physical violence directed to women offenders (especially during childhood) is considerable. Add neglect, and it indicates that most…
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Saving Offender Rehabilitation and Reentry Programs
Observations I’m suggesting that we focus almost exclusively on mental health and the co-occurring issue of substance abuse. With budget limitations, we can’t be…
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Who’s Right on Crime?
Observations Antonin (Anthony) Scalia (deceased) and Ruth Bader Ginsburg (current) were friends and Associate Justices for the U.S. Supreme Court. They were fierce ideological opponents. Both agreed that their…
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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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As Predicted, Violent Crime Increased in 2016
Observations Numerous newspaper editorials and many advocates disputed reports of rising crime, saying that we have never lived in safer times. But hundreds of…
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Why Do We Lie About Crime?
Observation Is dishonesty an inherent part of crime discussions? Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Thirty-five years of speaking for national and state criminal justice agencies.…
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Why Do We Lie About Increasing Violence?
Observations It’s so obvious that violent crime is increasing that when I’m told otherwise, I get nauseous. Note: Crime reports for the United States for…
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Repeat Victims Represent 50 Percent of Violent Crime
Observations It’s up to us within the criminal justice system to identify repeat victims and those with high rates of victimization to provide counseling, victim…
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Top Months for Violent and Property Crime
Subtitle There is updated data on this website. Please use the search button. June and warm weather months have the most crime. Author Leonard Adam…
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Crime Victimization Increases for the Elderly-Women and Disabled. Why?
Subtitles Criminal victimization increases for older Americans, women and the disabled. Arrests for older Americans and women increase. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Thirty-five years…
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Female Victims and Offenders Are Increasing
Subtitles Women, homicides and violent crime. With violence against women increasing, and with more female offenders, are women an endangered species? Author Leonard Adam…
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The Disabled and Vulnerable Groups Have Higher Rates of Violent Crime
Summary The rate of serious violent crime for persons with disabilities was more than three times the rate for persons without disabilities. People perceived…
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Crime in Schools-65 Percent Had Incidents of Violence
Observations for School Crime 65 percent of public schools recorded that one or more incidents of violence had taken place, amounting to an estimated 757,000…
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Domestic Violence Reports to Police Exceed General Violent Crime-But 600,000 Unreported Each Year
Observations 1.3 million nonfatal domestic violence victimizations occur each year. Police were notified of more than half (56%) of these victimizations. Does increased reporting…
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What Causes Violent Crime? New Video
What causes violent crime in the United States? What are the factors contributing to violent crime? What are the root causes? This is a…
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