Highlights Cops are leaving the job in record numbers. If there is any question as to the impact of police officers on society, remove them…
View More Cops Are Leaving-What Does This Mean For Public Safety?Tag: Fear of Crime
Tough On Crime Wins Elections
Highlights Obama-Cool it with the “defund the police” slogan. Gallup-The majority of those polled believe that “tough on crime” issues should guide public policy. Marshall…
View More Tough On Crime Wins ElectionsAmericans 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 1993Coronavirus And Crime-Everyone Now Loves Cops
Highlights Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, every American realizes that police officers are their primary or only defense in an uncertain world. Being a cop…
View More Coronavirus And Crime-Everyone Now Loves CopsViolent Crime Beats Coronavirus As The Number One Issue
Highlights Maryland declares that violent crime is their first concern even when considering the coronavirus. There are six million violent crime incidents in the United…
View More Violent Crime Beats Coronavirus As The Number One IssueMost Americans Describe Crime As Extremely Or Very Serious
Highlights Per Gallup, the majority of Americans describe the fear of crime problem as “extremely” or “very serious.” Violent crime increased 28 percent per the…
View More Most Americans Describe Crime As Extremely Or Very SeriousViolent Crime And Fear Of Crime Numbers Are Striking
Highlights Violent crime and fear of crime numbers are concerning. These findings have implications for presidential and local politics, law enforcement and criminal justice reform.…
View More Violent Crime And Fear Of Crime Numbers Are StrikingDemocrats May Lose The Election Over Crime, Cops And Incarceration
Highlights If you believe in a platform that is anti-police, anti-prison and dismissive of the safety concerns of most Americans, you’re going to lose the…
View More Democrats May Lose The Election Over Crime, Cops And IncarcerationSeventy-Five Percent of Americans Worry About Crime
Highlights When 75 percent of Americans worry about crime, and when related issues of guns and drug use also score high, it’s an indication that…
View More Seventy-Five Percent of Americans Worry About CrimeAmericans Increasingly Satisfied With Crime Reductions
violent crime Highlights There may be a glimmer of hope that crime and citizen perceptions may be getting better. An overview of recent polls as…
View More Americans Increasingly Satisfied With Crime ReductionsHalf of Americans Believe Crime Is Very or Extremely Serious
Highlights Fear of crime declines but impacts half of Americans. Concern over crime shifts to personal data. 78 percent of Americans worry about crime a great…
View More Half of Americans Believe Crime Is Very or Extremely SeriousCrime Will Play A Major Role in the Midterm Elections
Crime and Congress Highlights 78 percent of Americans worry about crime and violence a great deal or a fair amount, the same as health…
View More Crime Will Play A Major Role in the Midterm ElectionsDo You Trust Cops? Do Cops Trust You?
Question Do you trust cops? According to the most recent Gallup survey, you do. Do cops trust you? According to the data below, they have…
View More Do You Trust Cops? Do Cops Trust You?What Happens When We Run Out of Cops?
Police Officers Observations When it comes to crime, violence and citizen perceptions, police recruitment and retention may be one of the most important problems facing…
View More What Happens When We Run Out of Cops?78 Percent of Americans Worry About Crime-Gallup
Observations 78 percent of Americans worry about crime and violence a great deal or a fair amount, the same as health care, the number one…
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Crimes Americans Worry About Most
Overview When you have 20 to 40 percent of Americans worried about street crime, and 65 percent concerned about cybercrime, it explains a…
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68 Percent Say Crime is Increasing in the US
Overview This article provides an overview of two recent documents from Gallup, one dealing with national and local perceptions of crime (is crime increasing?) and a second…
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Science, Evidence-Based Principles, Donald Trump And Crime Control
Observations Does everyone in the criminological community religiously adhere to scientific, evidence-based principals before suggesting or implementing policy? What we want and what we…
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Economic Criminology-Trump’s Crime Address To Congress
Observations An examination of Trump’s speech to Congress focusing on crime and justice issues. For those insisting that violent crime is not increasing, you…
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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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