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2011
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FBI: Crime Fell in 2010: States Safely Reduce Prison Populations and Save Money
Justice Policy Institute (Washington, DC).
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 with an estimated decrease of 2.8% in FY2010; the number of violent offenses reported to law enforcement has decreased 5.5% in 2010; and crime is going down as states reduce the number of individuals in prisons.... Read More
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2 pages
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2011
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Arrest in the United States, 1980-2009
By Snyder, Howard N..
U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (Washington, DC).
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; motor vehicle theft; weapon law violations; and drug abuse violations. “Over the 30-year period ending in 2009, the adult arrest rate for murder fell 57%, while the juvenile arrest rate fell 44%.”... Read More
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24 pages
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2011
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Environmental Scan 2011
National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Aurora, CO).
“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 edition, has continued to evolve into a popular tool that is also used by corrections practitioners to inform their work in jails, prisons and community corrections. Since there are many issues beyond what is addressed in this environmental scan that poten... Read More
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40 pages
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2010
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Are Teenage Criminals Getting Younger and Younger? Exposing another Urban Legend
By Males, Mike; Macallair, Daniel.
van Loben Sels/RembeRock Foundation (San Francisco, CA); Haigh Scatena Foundation (Davis, CA); Drug Policy Alliance (New York, NY).
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (San Francisco, CA).
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 than in the past.... Read More
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10 p.
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2010
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Overview of Federal Criminal Cases: Fiscal Year 2009
By Schmitt, Glenn R..
U.S. Sentencing Commission (Washington, DC).
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—immigration, drugs, firearms and other weapons, and fraud; organizational cases; and resentencings and other modifications of sentence.... Read More
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14 p.
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2009
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Youth Violence Myths and Realities: A Tale of Three Cities: The Different Story of Delinquent Youth as Told by the Media and by Juvenile Justice System Professionals and the Youth Themselves
By Krisberg, Barry; Hartney, Christopher; Wolf, Angela; Silva, Fabiana.
Annie E. Casey Foundation (Baltimore, MD).
National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD).
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 include: introduction; project methods; the media's representation of youth and youth violence; the data -- trends in crime, arrests, and public attitudes; professional stakeholders and youth interviews; and summary of findings. The media often misuse cr... Read More
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60 p.
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2009
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Crime and Economic Hard Times
By Krisberg, Barry; Guzman, Carolina; Vuong, Linh.
National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD) (Oakland, CA).
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 conclusion. "NCCD's secondary research shows that there is no clear relationship between economic recession and crime rates" (p. 7).... Read More
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8 p.
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2009
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Probationer Felony Re-Arrest Rates Following Sentence
New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (Albany, NY).
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 offense; percent arrested for other offenses; and total percent of probationers arrested within one, two, or three years. "Probationer felony re-arrest rates have declined steadily between 1998 and 2007, driven primarily by decreases in New York City" (p... Read More
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68 p.
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2009
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Criminal Victimization, 2008
U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance (Washington, DC).
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2009
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Overview of Federal Criminal Cases: Fiscal Year 2008
By Schmitt, Glenn R..
U.S. Sentencing Commission (Washington, DC).
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—drugs, immigration, and firearms and other weapons; and organizational cases.... Read More
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11 p.
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2008
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Substance Abuse Treatment and Public Policy
By Natarajan, Nila; Petteruti, Amanda; Walsh, Nastassia; Ziedenberg, Jason.
Justice Policy Institute (Washington, DC).
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 crime; while drug treatment admissions and federal spending on drug treatment increased, violent crime fell; case study -- drug treatment, imprisonment, and public safety in Maryland; increased admissions to drug treatment are associated with reduced... Read More
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17 p.
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2008
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How Crime in the United States Is Measured
By James, Nathan; Council, Logan Rishard.
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service (Washington, DC).
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 compared to the NCVS; and select issues. "The primary objective of the UCR is to provide a reliable set of criminal justice statistics for law enforcement . . . [while the] NCVS was created to provide previously unavailable information about crime (inclu... Read More
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64 p.
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2008
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One in 100: Behind Bars in America 2008
By Warren, Jenifer.
Pew Center on the States. Public Safety Performance Project (Washington, DC).
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 are: one in 100 adults is incarcerated; one in nine African-Americans ages 20-34 is behind bars; 13 states spend more than $1 billion on corrections; and from 1987 to 2007 there was an increase in spending for corrections of 127% while spending on h... Read More
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35 p.
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2008
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The Impact of Incarceration on Crime: Two National Experts Weigh In
Pew Center on the States. Public Safety Performance Project (Washington, DC).
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 crime rates; would crime be reduced by more imprisonment; an explanation for New York's decrease in violent crime of 57% with a decrease in imprisonment, while Florida has tripled its prison population and decreased violent crime by 30%; other factors... Read More
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4 p.
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2008
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American Murder Mystery: Why is Crime Rising in So Many American Cities? The Answer Implicates One of the Most Celebrated Antipoverty Programs of Recent Decades
By Rosin, Hanna.
theAtlantic.com (Washington, DC).
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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14 p.
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2008
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Association of Prenatal and Childhood Blood Lead Concentrations with Criminal Arrests in Early Childhood
By Wright, John Paul; Dietrich, Kim N.; Ris, M. Douglas; Hornung, Richard W.; Wessel, Stephanie D.; Lanphear, Bruce P.; Ho, Mona; Rae, Mary N..
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 blood lead concentrations are associated with higher rates of total arrests and/or arrests for offenses involving violence. "This is the first prospective study to demonstrate an association between developmental exposure to lead and adult criminal behav... Read More
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9 p.
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2008
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Getting the Facts Straight: NCCD Questions the "Impending Crime Wave" Report by Third Way
By Guzman, Carolina; Tsukida, Chris.
National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD) (Oakland, CA).
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 lengthening shadow of illegal immigration" and the facts; "the sprawling parentless neighborhood of the Internet" and the facts; "the surging youth population" and the facts; and conclusion. "The Third Way report is a collection of false contentions that a... Read More
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7 p.
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2008
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Understanding Crime Trends: Workshop Report
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Understanding Crime Trends (Washington, DC).
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 Violence in the United States: Trends in Offending and Victimization” by Karen Heimer and Janet L. Lauritsen; “Crime and Neighborhood Change” by Jeffrey Fagan; “An Empirical Assessment of the Contemporary Crime Trends Puzzle: A Modest Step Toward a Mo... Read More
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241 p.
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2008
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Criminal Victimization, 2007
U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (Washington, DC).
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2005
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Correctional Statistics...In Your State
LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO)
National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO).
(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 corrections--probationers and parolees; cost per inmate; and general information about the state's jails, prisons, and community corrections. Also provided are at-a-glance graphs that compare the state's ranking against other states and the U.S. total.... Read More
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1 p.
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