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F ifty years ago this month, President Lyndon B. Johnson called for a “War on Crime,” a declaration that ushered in a new era of American law enforcement. Johnson’s turn toward crime control...
Apr 24, 2024 · Among violent crimes – excluding homicide, which BJS doesn’t track – robbery was the most likely to be reported to law enforcement in 2022 (64.0%). It was followed by aggravated assault (49.9%), simple assault (36.8%) and rape/sexual assault (21.4%). The list of crimes cleared by police in 2022 looks different from the list of crimes ...
Jun 17, 2021 · During the War on Drugs, the Brownsville neighborhood in New York City saw some of the highest rates of incarceration in the U.S., as Black and Hispanic men were sent to prison for lengthy prison...
Sep 29, 2021 · A historic rise in homicides in 2020—and continued bloodshed in 2021—has incited fears that after years of plummeting crime rates, the U.S. could be headed back to the bad old days, when a...
- David A. Graham
Nov 3, 2022 · Unless more politicians change course, the U.S. is on the verge of a new wave of mass incarceration—as history repeats itself. Tough on crime rhetoric in the 2022 Midterms threatens a new era...
Jan 12, 2022 · Nationally, police data suggests homicides rose seven percent in 2021. And while many Americans know that 2020 was a particularly bloody year—with homicides surging 29 percent, with 77 percent of...
Oct 24, 2022 · Police departments across the US define violent crime in slightly different ways, but the data generally includes murder, robbery, assault and rape.
