Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. New research from RAND explores the impact of violent crime and firearm violence on the Black…
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Tag: Violent Crime
Top Factors That Contribute To Violent Crime
Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. Per a reader’s request, the article lists the primary factors that contribute to violent and overall…
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Sexual Assault and Older Female Victims
Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. This article addresses whether sexual assault of elderly women is so unlikely that it can reasonably…
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Fear Of Crime Continues To Decline in 2026 Per Gallup
Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. The criminological literature is very clear: fear of crime concerns can destroy cities, the psychological well-being…
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Are Crimes Solved Increasing? Is The Justice System Stabilizing?
Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. For the first time in many years, jail admissions, incarcerations, and arrests seem to be increasing…
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We’re Putting More People in Prison, Right? Reasons For Declining Reported Crime
Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. “There have to be reasons for declining crime,” states one reader. What about jail and prison…
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When Pigs Fly-Democratic Think Tanks Get Tough On Crime
Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. “Protecting people from crime is one of the government’s most fundamental and urgent responsibilities. However, the…
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Cities Say Social Programs Reduced Homicides-Are They Right?
Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. It’s unrealistic to expect that limited social interactions by violence interrupters and program providers are going…
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USDOJ-States With The Highest Rates For Violent And Property Crimes
Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. An overview of the states with the highest and lowest rates of violent and property crime…
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Is A Record Low In Alcohol Use Connected To Violence Reductions?
Highlights This article is available as a podcast on YouTube. Could a record low in alcohol use be contributing to crime reductions? Alcohol use is…
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Latest Data On American Fear Of Crime-Fear Remains High But Improved
Highlights This article is available as a video podcast on YouTube. Americans’ views of crime in the U.S. have improved for the second straight year.…
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Has Crime Decreased In Washington D.C. Since Trump’s Interventions?
Trump and crime in Washington, D.C.
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World And US Crime Rankings From Gallup-US Fear Of Crime An Issue
Highlights This article is available as a podcast on YouTube. Quote from Gallup: Sustainable Growth Starts With Ensuring People Feel Secure. Fear of crime decays…
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Per USDOJ Statistics-Only 13 Percent Of Urban Sex Crimes Are Reported
Highlights This article is available via a YouTube Video. Rapes and sex assaults reported to law enforcement have plummeted, per the latest full-year report from…
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USDOJ-Violent Crime Rates Remain High After 44 Percent Increase
Highlights We are at a new level of criminal violence in the United States. This article is available as a podcast on YouTube. Per the…
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The USDOJ-Most Urban Mayors And 70 Percent of Americans State That City Crime Is Increasing
Highlights This article is available as a podcast on YouTube. Per the USDOJ’s updated National Crime Victimization Survey, record rates of violent crime continue. Urban…
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What You Think You Know About Crime In Cities Is Wrong-USDOJ
Highlights This article is available as a podcast on YouTube. The vast majority of urban violent and property crimes are not reported to the police.…
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The FBI-D.C. And Local Crime Reductions-Do You Feel Safer?
Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. The FBI and local police agencies offer data indicating substantial reductions in violent and property crime…
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Violent Crime Decreased 4.5 Percent from 2023 to 2024
Summation There were considerable decreases in violent and property crime in 2024. In 2024, reported LEOKA assaults ─ which include aggravated and simple assault offenses…
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USDOJ: A Record Increase in Violence “Or” Violent Crime Declined 3 Percent
Highlights As to crime in America, who do we believe, the FBI with its 3 percent decrease in violent crime, or the National Crime Victimization…
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