Highlights Although most schools report at least one incident of violent crime per year, the trends for violent crime and serious violent crime in schools…
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Americans Believe Crime Is At Its Highest Point Since 1993
Highlights Americans are more likely to perceive crime in the U.S. as having increased than they have since 1993. Fifty-one percent say that the issue…
View More Americans Believe Crime Is At Its Highest Point Since 1993Did Lockdowns Drive Crime And Protests? Will Biden Lock Down The Country Again?
Highlights “The U.S. can expect increased Covid-19 testing, a national mask mandate and the possibility of nationwide lockdowns once President-elect Joe Biden takes office.” “Criminologists…
View More Did Lockdowns Drive Crime And Protests? Will Biden Lock Down The Country Again?“Democrats Sorting Out The Wreckage” Republicans Won Big Because Of Protests, Crime And Cops
Highlights Joe Biden famously said, “Give me the crime issues and you will never lose an election.” He was right. House Democrats are asking themselves…
View More “Democrats Sorting Out The Wreckage” Republicans Won Big Because Of Protests, Crime And CopsCrime Costs More Per Person Than The National Defense
Highlights The cost of crime could increase to $2.1 trillion—or nearly 10 percent of the Gross National Product (GDP). The explosion of violence in a…
View More Crime Costs More Per Person Than The National DefenseThe 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…
View More The US Correctional Population Reaches A 19 Year Low-Why?Biden-Give Me The Crime Issue And You’ll Never Have Trouble With It In An Election
Highlights Past Quotes From Joe Biden: “Give Me The Crime Issue And You’ll Never Have Trouble With It In An Election” “Violent crime is…
View More Biden-Give Me The Crime Issue And You’ll Never Have Trouble With It In An ElectionViolent Crime And The Presidential Debate-Is Violence Up?
Highlights Presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump will debate for the first time. One of the six topics is protests, crime and violence in…
View More Violent Crime And The Presidential Debate-Is Violence Up?Protests, Law Enforcement And Crime Dominate The News And Presidential Debates
Highlights Presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump will debate for the first time. One of the six topics is protests, crime and violence in…
View More Protests, Law Enforcement And Crime Dominate The News And Presidential DebatesViolent Crime By Month And Time
There is a new and updated article for times of crime published in 2024, see The Time Of Day For Violent And Property Crimes. There…
View More Violent Crime By Month And TimeRecord One To Two Billion in Insurance Damages Due To 2020 Riots-Election Violence Possible
Highlights If most of the 2020 protests were “peaceful,” they are coming at an extraordinary cost beyond people leaving cities, rising violent crime, and increasing…
View More Record One To Two Billion in Insurance Damages Due To 2020 Riots-Election Violence PossiblePer The FBI-Overall Violent Crime Is Flat-Murder and Aggravated Assaults Increased During 2020
Highlights Per the FBI, violent crime was flat for the first six months of 2020 (decreased 0.4 percent). The number of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter…
View More Per The FBI-Overall Violent Crime Is Flat-Murder and Aggravated Assaults Increased During 2020Violent Crime Decreased in 2019 Per The National Crime Survey
Highlights Two reports from the US Department of Justice show decreases in violent crime in 2019. A variety of violent crime data for recent years…
View More Violent Crime Decreased in 2019 Per The National Crime SurveyPeople And Businesses Leaving Cities Because Of Disturbances And Crime
Highlights People are leaving cities because of riots, crime and COVID. “The coronavirus is not the only reason those major cities are seeing an exodus…All…
View More People And Businesses Leaving Cities Because Of Disturbances And CrimeCongressional Committee-Is There Is A Potential Street War Brewing?
Highlights (abbreviated quotes-sources below) “I think we are coming into very dangerous waters over the next couple of months” “This is serious. I haven’t seen…
View More Congressional Committee-Is There Is A Potential Street War Brewing?81 Percent Express Confidence in Police Yet Polls Show Declines And Disparities
Highlights When adding all three categories in a recent Gallup poll, a great deal of confidence, quite a lot, and some, 81 percent expressed a…
View More 81 Percent Express Confidence in Police Yet Polls Show Declines And DisparitiesIncreasing Violent Crime In America Per Polls And University Data
Highlights Violent crime is up 28 percent since 2015 per the Department of Justice. Seventy-seven percent say they are concerned that crime is rising in…
View More Increasing Violent Crime In America Per Polls And University DataFunding Reduced For Most Police Agencies-Violence Increasing
Highlights Few law enforcement agencies, regardless of size, are being spared. It’s being called a “perfect storm” and the biggest budget cuts in a decade.…
View More Funding Reduced For Most Police Agencies-Violence IncreasingWhat The Public Thinks About Police Reform And Defunding
Highlights Per Gallup, “Most Americans Say Policing Needs Major Changes.” Every day brings more protests and endless videos of riots, looting, arson, graffiti, and assaults…
View More What The Public Thinks About Police Reform And DefundingWhy 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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