Highlights How are crime writers supposed to place violent crime in its proper perspective? How do we factually write about crime when the issue has…
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A User-Friendly Summation of Updated US Crime Statistics
Updated late October 2023 This article promotes a yearly summation of the best, user-friendly crime statistics from federal and related sources. Did you know that…
View More A User-Friendly Summation of Updated US Crime StatisticsIs Violent Crime in America Increasing?
Highlights The collective data indicate that we are entering a new era of increasing violent crime. This article offers a comprehensive overview of crime with…
View More Is Violent Crime in America Increasing?Does Negative Publicity Regarding Cops Affect Reported Crime?
Highlights Does negative publicity about law enforcement hamper reported crime? Violent crime increased by significant numbers. There is no question that the US Department of…
View More Does Negative Publicity Regarding Cops Affect Reported Crime?Violent Crime in America Increases By Twenty-Eight Percent
Highlights Violent Crime: From 2015 to 2018, the total number of violent victimizations increased by 28%. The rate of total violent victimizations also increased. The…
View More Violent Crime in America Increases By Twenty-Eight PercentViolent Crime Stats Explained-Violence Down For 2018
Highlights Per the FBI, there is a decrease of 4.3 percent in the number of violent crimes brought to their attention for the first 6…
View More Violent Crime Stats Explained-Violence Down For 2018Violent Crime Victims and Offenders
Highlights Many reader questions regarding violent crime victims and offenders are answered by a recent report from the National Crime Survey from the Bureau of…
View More Violent Crime Victims and OffendersDoes The US Have The Highest Rates For Violent Crime?
Updated in late 2020-See Crime in America. Introduction A reader insists that the United States has the world’s highest rates of crime and violence and…
View More Does The US Have The Highest Rates For Violent Crime?Violent and Property Crime Increases Per USDOJ
Police Van Highlights Violent crime increased for a variety of categories. Property crime saw the first increase since 2013. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired…
View More Violent and Property Crime Increases Per USDOJNational Violent Crime Remains Consistent
Highlights Violent crime remains flat. Many cities continue to be plagued by violence. 78 percent of Americans worry about crime and violence a great deal…
View More National Violent Crime Remains ConsistentThe US Is One Of The World’s Safest Countries
Issues Some suggest that the United States is one of the world’s most violent countries. Some suggest that it’s comparatively safe. Who is correct? The…
View More The US Is One Of The World’s Safest CountriesMouthy Offenders And Violence
Prison Cells Observations Per data, offenders can be verbal, intoxicated people who overreact to perceived provocations that result in criminal violence. We see crime…
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56 Percent Say Reducing Crime Is A Top Priority
Observations 56 percent of Americans believe that crime needs to be reduced. 68 percent of Americans believe that crime is increasing. Author Leonard Adam Sipes,…
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Violent Crime Reduction Needs Context
Observations A small reduction in violent crime for the first six months of 2017 is good news, and we all hope it continues, but declaring that violent…
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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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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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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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Crime, Pessimism, Baltimore And Past Lessons
Observations Do current events influence our ability to lead and to see things clearly? Success won’t come from the media or advocates or the criminological…
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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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