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According to recent statistics released by the FBI (June 3, 2013), the Western United States experienced a 3.3 percent increase in violent crimes when compared to statistics from the previous year. Randy Collins, California criminal defense attorney, believes the study to reinforce his own findings and provides reasoning for the court’s new sentencing structure. Newport Beach, California (PRWEB) June 08, 2013 According to recent statistics released by the FBI (June 3, 2013), the Western...

The Electronic Security Association provides tips for maintaining a safe neighborhood Irving, TX (PRWEB) March 21, 2013 Neighborhood safety is often a main concern of homeowners and unfortunately, even the safest community is susceptible to crime. According to the preliminary 2012 Uniform Crime Report published by the FBI, nearly every U.S. region saw an increase in violent crime, robbery, aggravated assault, property crime, burglary and larceny-theft since 2011. With crime rates on the...

National Capital Ravelco is the new distributor of the Ravelco Vehicle Anti-theft Device serving the Maryland, Washington DC and Northern Virginia area offering the best car security available. Washington, DC (PRWEB) February 04, 2013 Ravelco's expansion in the National Capital Area market signals the best car security option in the fight against vehicle theft has arrived. Over 4 million installations since 1976 with NOT ONE vehicle stolen has proven Ravelco to be a simple to use,...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In what has become a frustrating annual exercise for The U.S. Conference of Mayors, the organization has again denounced the expected CQ Press publication of city-by-city crime rankings that misuse Federal Bureau of Investigation crime data at the expense of the reputations and economies of individual cities across the nation. The publication containing the rankings is being released today. (Logo:...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Strangers committed about 1.8 million nonfatal violent crimes in 2010, or about 38 percent of all nonfatal violent victimizations during the year, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. This represents a 77 percent decline from 7.9 million nonfatal violent crimes committed by strangers in 1993, according to the earliest available data from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). During...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- About 1.4 million firearms were stolen during household burglaries and other property crimes over the six-year period from 2005 through 2010, according to a report released today by the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). This number represents an estimated average of 232,400 firearms stolen each year-- about 172,000 stolen during burglaries and 60,300 stolen during other property crimes. These estimates are...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) released Arrest in the United States, 1990-2010, which presents annual estimates of arrests in the United States covering the period from 1990 through 2010. Based on data collected by the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program, this report expands the FBI's set of published arrest estimates to include offense-specific arrest estimates grouped by age, sex and race. These...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) released Tribal Crime Data Collection Activities, 2012 which describes BJS's activities to collect and improve data on crime and justice in Indian country, as required by the Tribal Law and Order Act, 2010. The report summarizes the comprehensive BJS outreach and collaboration strategy to implement a census of courts operating in Indian country. It presents data from the...

HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The overall number of crimes in Pennsylvania reported to the Pennsylvania State Police through the Uniform Crime Reporting System decreased .7 percent in 2011, Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan announced today. Violent crimes declined .9 percent during 2011, the lowest total since 2003, Noonan said. The statistics are included in the 2011 Uniform Crime Report available online through the Public Services...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than half of the nation's violent crimes, or nearly 3.4 million violent victimizations per year, went unreported to the police between 2006 and 2010, according to a new report published by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). Using data from BJS's National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), this new report examines characteristics of unreported victimizations, the reasons victims did not report crimes and trends from 1994...