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2011
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The latest crime statistics are reported from the 2010 Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report. Highlights include: states are spending less on corrections—FY2009 expenditures for corrections only rose 0.9% compared to an increase of 6.5% in FY2008 w... Read More
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2011
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Arrest trends over the thirty year period of 1980 to 2009 are presented. Sections of this report are: highlights; introduction; murder and non-negligent manslaughter; forcible rape; robbery; aggravated assault; simple assault; burglary; larceny-theft... Read More
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2011
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“Beginning in the late 1990’s, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) Information Center began scanning social, economic and corrections issues to inform the development of programs and services offered by NIC. This report, now in its 6th editio... Read More
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2010
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This research brief shows that “for most major offenses, youth arrest rates nationally stand at their lowest level today than at any time in at least four decades, and perhaps ever” (p.1). The fact is that youth are not committing more violent crimes... Read More
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2010
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An overview is provided of cases involving 81,372 individual defendants and 177 corporations or “organizational” defendants. Sections of this brief include; case load at a glance; offender characteristics; case disposition; the most common crimes—imm... Read More
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2009
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The "intersection of media coverage of youth crime, public perception, public policy, and true trend and issues in youth crime" in Dallas, Washington, DC and San Mateo (CA) is examined (p. ii). Sections of this report after an executive summary inclu... Read More
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2009
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The relationship between crime and economic recession is investigated. Sections of this report include: introduction; literature review; research methods; recession; results according to reported crime, arrest rates, and incarceration rates; and con... Read More
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2009
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Felony arrest rates for probationers within one, two, and three years of sentence are presented. Information is provided per county for: number sentenced during year; percent arrested for VFO (violent felony offenses); percent arrested for drug offe... Read More
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2009
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2009
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An overview is provided of cases involving 76,279 individual defendants and 199 corporations or “organizational” defendants. Sections of this brief include; case load at a glance; offender characteristics; case disposition; the most common crimes—dru... Read More
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2008
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The relationship between substance abuse treatment and the use of incarceration is investigated. Sections of this brief include: introduction (executive summary); increases in admissions to substance abuse treatment are associated with reductions in ... Read More
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2008
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The process of collection and reporting of crime data by two federal criminal justice programs is analyzed. Sections contained in this report include: introduction; Uniform Crime Report (UCR); National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS); the UCR comp... Read More
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2008
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Incarceration levels in the United States are examined. Sections following an executive summary include: snapshot of prison growth; the costs -- high and climbing fast; controlling crime and costs; and a final word. A few of the statistics revealed ... Read More
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2008
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The relationship between incarceration and crime is discussed by Dr. Alfred Blumstein and Dr. James Q. Wilson. Topics covered include: what research tells us about the impact of incarceration on crime; the credit prisons deserve for the decline in c... Read More
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2008
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The relationship between public housing reform in Memphis (TN) and the city's rising crime rate is investigated. It appears crime and gangs have left the razed housing projects and moved into suburbia.... Read More
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2008
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The relationship between prenatal and childhood blood lead levels and criminal offenses is ascertained. This article contains these sections: abstract; introduction; methodology; results; discussion; and editors' summary. Prenatal and postnatal bloo... Read More
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2008
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Faults with the reasoning of the "Third Way" report (regarding four trends leading to a devastating crime wave) are shown. This report is comprised of the following sections: background and summary; "the reentry explosion" and the facts; "the length... Read More
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2008
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Issues related to the analysis of crime trends are discussed. Papers contained in this report are: “Introduction” by Richard Rosenfeld and Arthur Goldberger; “Factors Contributing to U.S. Crime Trends” by Alfred Blumstein and Rosenfeld; “Gender and V... Read More
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2008
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2005
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(Updated in 2008) Access to statistics about corrections in the U.S., according to each state, can be found at this website. Statistics (per 100,000) for each state include: crime rates; corrections population; incarceration rate; community correcti... Read More
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