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Highlights   There’s no national consensus as to what we want from parole and probation employees or agencies.   Parole and probation agents supervise and… The post Parole And Probation: Dangers, Realities, and the Need for Change appeared first on Crime in America.Net.

Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs . . . Elected as a member of the Republican Party, Mayor Jacobs has a long libertarian streak running through him, especially when it comes to civil rights and economic freedom. “I was taught, growing up, that there are two ends of the political spectrum: left and righ...

Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Real Clear Politics. . Being in the public eye brings many challenges, and the Pollack family knows this all too well. In 2018, they lost their daughter, Meadow, in the horrific shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. This devastating event ...

This is Dr. John Lott’s brief testimony before the Wyoming state Senate Judiciary Committee on February 18th, 2025. The bill had already passed the House by a veto proof 50-to-10 margin. On February 18th, 2025, the bill was unanimously approved by the state Senate Judiciary Committee. Dr. Lott had w...

There has been a sudden surge in optimism under Trump, but what is particularly interesting is that the biggest increase has been among the least educated and lowest income people.

Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at The Federalist: There is a lot of attention on the Trump administration removing dozens of Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI officials involved in charging 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants, but one area of politicization in the FBI and DOJ that isn’t getting attention...

An early morning attempted armed robbery in Chicago’s Homan Square neighborhood ended with an exchange of gunfire and one suspect dead after the victim, who had a FOID card and Concealed Carry License, fired shots, police said.  The incident took place around 5:18 a.m. in the 900 block of S. Homan, ...

President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order on the death penalty that directs the attorney general to reinstate the federal death penalty and “take all necessary and lawful action” to ensure that states have enough lethal injection drugs to carry out executions. By the authority vested ...

Full Measure’s Sharyl Attkisson does a deep dive with Dr. John Lott on problems with the FBI’s crime data. This interview was related to Dr. Lott’s investigative piece at Real Clear Investigations titled “Stealth Edit: FBI Quietly Revises Violent Crime Stats.” (Sunday, January 12, 2025) After suffer...

Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics. President Biden’s and President Trump’s pardons have generated a lot of controversy. But there are large differences between the two sets of pardons, with a two-tiered system of justice unfairly biased against Jan. 6 defendants. Last month, Biden...

Highlights Most crimes involve reduced charges or dropped or deferred prosecutions. Concessions through plea-bargains, dropped charges, and limited prison sentences are seen as necessary to… The post How Many Crimes Are Prosecuted In The United States? appeared first on Crime in America.Net.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons has numbers on the sex of inmates. Of the 10,025 people in federal women’s prisons, 1,529 are men or 15.3%. Of the 143,714 people in federal men’s prisons, 744 are women or 0.5%. So-called transgender females are thus greater over represented in federal prisons relative...