Leonard Sipes
Data for the most prominent months for violent and property crimes are available. Times that most crimes occur are also offered.
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Are we at the point when writing factually about crime becomes impossible? This is the first of a three-part series on the use of crime statistics and research.
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Biden firmly states that crime went down considerably in 2022 based on the most recent yearly crime reports. He suggests that crime went down in cities. Is he correct?
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We’ve been looking at data from the FBI for 2022 (the latest yearly numbers) examining an array of crime topics. The final three include arrests by race, age, and sex.
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This article is based on the number of crime victims regardless of how many times they were victimized (repeat victimization). If a woman is violently victimized by her husband five times, it’s not one victim but five separate victimizations.
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If you’re interested in yearly national “reported” crime data from the FBI, and how it’s produced, and what affects the numbers, this article is for you.
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It’s safe to say, based on polling data, that the great majority of the 54 million yearly police-citizen contacts, interactions were mostly positive which almost seems almost impossible considering the nature of the job.
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We may want to rethink our traditional assessment of older individuals as being safe from violent and property crimes. Those in the 50-65 and above groups have disturbingly high numbers.
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It’s important to recognize that there are dozens of cities reporting increases in major categories of violent crime in 2023 with many reporting increases in homicides, some with considerable gains.
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What is the most likely indicator of a violent incident turning into a murder, nonnegligent manslaughter, or aggravated assault?
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Maybe it’s time to understand that we ask too much from too few and provide the resources cops need to solve crimes.
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If we had a better count of reported crimes, the 250,000 number above would be small in comparison.
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According to the latest report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the US Department of Justice based on the National Crime Victimization Survey, firearms are used in just 10 percent of violent crimes.
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The simple answer for the lack of money for correctional treatment is, quite simply, that they have questionable track records of success.
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In the midst of claims about decreasing violence rates, a crucial report from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) reveals a startling 44 percent increase in violent crime, marking the largest spike ever recorded.
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