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Crime Analysis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Crime analysis is a law enforcement function that involves systematic analysis for identifying and analyzing patterns and trends in crime and disorder.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_analysis
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How To Make Sense Of Conflicting, Confusing And Misleading Crime Statistics
Crime statistics often are confusing, misleading and incomplete - and rarely more so than at the start of a new year, when cities start reporting last year's crime totals. Numbers out this week show a surge in homicides in many cities, adding urgency to the usual early-January headlines, but you should view them with extreme skepticism.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-to-make-sense-of-conflicting-confusing-and-misleading-crime-statistics/
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These Surprising Maps Show How Crime In America Has Changed Over The Last Decade - Movoto
There's good news for some states, bad news for others, and some crime-rate surprises in places you'd never expect.
http://www.movoto.com/blog/opinions/crime-maps-over-time
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America's Faulty Perception of Crime Rates - Huffington
One would think that with the dramatic drop in crime, America's communities would be reveling in the streets as though it were Mardi Gras, or at least talking about how much safer they feel walking around their neighborhoods as adults than they felt walking the streets as teenagers. But decades of Gallup polls indicate otherwise.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laurenbrooke-eisen/americas-faulty-perceptio_b_6878520.html
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New DOJ Statistics on Race and Violent Crime
Heather Mac Donald of the Manhattan Institute has just published a table of statistics on race and violent crime that she received from the Department of Justice. For the first time in figures of this kind, DOJ has treated Hispanics as a separate category rather than lumping them in with whites. These data cover all violent crimes except murder, but the number of murders is tiny compared to other violent crimes.
http://www.amren.com/news/2015/07/new-doj-statistics-on-race-and-violent-crime/
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Crime Information and Statistics -National Center for Victims of Crime
The statistical overviews below represent a snapshot of recent findings about the status of crime in the United States. Data is drawn largely from two national, annual reports--the FBI's Uniform Crime Report (UCR) and the Bureau of Justice Statistics' National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)--which measure the scope, magnitude, and impact of crime in the United States.
https://www.victimsofcrime.org/library/crime-information-and-statistics
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Violent and Property Crime in the US - Crime in America
There are two primary sources for crime data in the United States. The first is crime reported to law enforcement agencies, processed at the state level and reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Many criminologists see this data as an index of serious crimes.
http://www.crimeinamerica.net/crime-rates-united-states/
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Crime Statistics -Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Wikipedia's information about crime statistics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_statistics
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Research Findings on Transnational Organized Crime -National Institute of Justice
NIJ's research in transnational crime seeks to measure the extent of crime, provide suggestions for allocating law enforcement, assess how illegal networks operate, and anticipate the movement of crime groups in the future.
http://www.nij.gov/topics/crime/organized-crime/pages/research-findings.aspx
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Violence in Schools: Research Findings on Underlying Dynamics, Response and Prevention -Journalist's Resource
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 7.4% of high school students in 2011 reported being threatened or harmed with a weapon on school grounds.
http://journalistsresource.org/studies/society/education/mass-killings-schools-research-roundup
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation - FBI
We regularly publish or contribute to a series of statistical crime reports and publications, detailing specific offenses and outlining trends that can help you better understand crime threats both nationally and locally.
https://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/crimestats
