"C" Of A To Z Web Directory - GC Library AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE Alternatives to incarceration American Probation Current crimeInfo Idea House crime and Gun 1-800-627-6872 (will give stats over phone http://www.gc.peachnet.edu/library/main/AtoZ/C.htm
Extractions: REPORTING OF CONTEXT, PERSPECTIVE, CONSEQUENCES, RISK FACTORS Jane Amari, Executive Editor at The News Journal at Wilmington, wrote a chapter on crime coverage for a book being produced by the ASNE Readership Committee. NEWS WATCH asked Amari to share her report here. It provides excellent material for discussion in newsrooms everywhere. By Jane Amari, Executive Editor, The News Journal at Wilmington It's easy to understand why crime coverage has become so important to newspapers. It's news. There are documents in a central location and public employees are available as sources. Many of the documents are privileged, allowing us to cover without fear of lawsuit. The best crime stories have ... drama, conflict, good and evil. For these reasons, newspapers have institutionalized crime coverage. Virtually every newspaper has a police reporter. When something "newsworthy" happens, the reporter is there for the details. But the efficiency of that approach to crime has led to some unforeseen byproducts. The first is the proportion of crime news to other news. Because we have at least one reporter assigned full time to covering the police and often others assigned full time to covering criminal courts, we produce a quantity of coverage that may make the world look unsafe to our readers.
TV News Fuels Crime Fears frustrated police officials and FBI crime stats arent among many whites that violentcrime comes exclusively cycle of arrest and incarceration for blacks http://www.exodusnews.com/editorials/editorial-038.htm
Extractions: By Earl Ofari Hutchinson The recent FBI report that crime rates have plunged seven years in a row should be cause for great joy. But many police officials instead have expressed frustration that much of the public still doesnt believe they have. Many blame the media for fueling public perceptions that crime still rages and criminals lurk behind every street lamp. But for many who call the shots in TV newsrooms, frustrated police officials and FBI crime stats arent likely to change how they present crime news. Theyve spent the past two decades turning TV crime into a sure-fire formula for ratings. That formula is ridiculously simple. Just have helicopters and mobile camera crews hover over or roam around city streets looking for police car chases, dead bodies, gang shoot-outs, and drug busts. And most importantly, make sure those city streets are in black and Latino neighborhoods. The formula is bloody, exploitative, and racist. But it is a smash success.
The Zoh Show: Zoh's Commentary 10/21/99 - Power, Politics & Crime will be listed in the crime stats as five The National Council on crime and Delinquencyanalyzed the The policing and incarceration industry is big business. http://www.zohshow.com/Zone/commentaryoct99/commentary102199.htm
Extractions: The FBI and Justice Department, in consort with law enforcement, are keeping the records on their own success or failure. So then, why are more and more people being sent to prison, yet there is less and less crime to person or property? Have you ever stopped and wondered just why the media and our politicians talk about crime more than anything else? William Chambliss, past president of The American Society of Criminology and of The Society for the Study of Social Problems has authored a book addressing all of these questions. Power, Politics, and Crime makes clear by its facts that the drug war is not in any way an effort to stem the flow, manufacture, or use of drugs. Rather it is decidedly a war against the rule of law in America. It is definitively an ethnic war, conclusively a civil war, and a war as well against impoverished women in America. Yes, the war on crime has become like the days of hunting women down as witches, a modern day hunt of women in possession of drugs. Not drug prescriptions given to millions of women of all ages by their doctors or psychiatrists, but drugs they elect to use that they buy from others in the community. However, drug prescriptions are responsible for 300,000 wrongful deaths a year, and illicit drugs overdoses are responsible for several thousand. Which is a greater health care crisis? In the guise of the drug war, more and more women are being imprisoned, not for crimes against other people or their property, as being the only true crimes according to our Constitution, but simply for carrying or using substances in their own bodies that are no more lethal or dangerous than marijuana, and less dangerous to their health than most pharmaceutical drugs.
Salt Of The Earth: Stat HouseNovember 2000 Stat house November 2000. Diminishing Returns crime and incarceration in the 1990sFrom 1991 to 1998 the rate of crime in the United States fell by 22 percent. http://salt.claretianpubs.org/stats/2000/11/sh0011.html
Extractions: From 1991 to 1998 the rate of crime in the United States fell by 22 percent. This decline occurred during a period when the number of state and federal prisoners rose substantially, from 789,610 to 1,252,830. These two developments have led some observers to conclude that the massive increase in incarceration caused the dramatic decline in crime. Diminishing Returns: Crime and Incarceration in the 1990s from the Washington, D.C.-based Sentencing Project examines this contention by comparing state-level changes in the use of imprisonment. Major findings of the report include: Crime rates declined nationally during this period, but the states that increased their use of incarceration greater than the national average achieved smaller reductions in crime than the states with below average increases. "Above average" states increased their rate of incarceration by 72 percent and experienced a 13 percent decline in crime. "Below average" states increased imprisonment by 30 percent and crime rates declined by 17 percent.
Salt Of The Earth: Statistics Of Interest stats 2000 November 2000 Diminishing returns crime and incarceration in the 1990sOctober 2000 USDA report indicates decline in hunger August 2000 Jailing http://salt.claretianpubs.org/stats/2000.html
Florida To Upgrade Crime Systems crime stats at Pennsylvanians' fingertips civic.com, May 7, 2001 A longer armof of an individuals arrest, case history, and/or incarceration, with its http://www.fcw.com/civic/articles/2001/0521/web-fdle-05-22-01.asp
Extractions: The Florida Department of Law Enforcement, which collects and maintains statewide criminal records, plans to modernize and integrate its two major information systems. The project would unite the states Computerized Criminal History System (CCHS), which maintains master records of an individuals arrest, case history, and/or incarceration, with its Automated Fingerprint Identification System, said Mark Scharein, agency operations manager. The work is estimated to cost $17 million during the next two years. Although CCHS, launched in the early 1970s, is linked to the fingerprint system, which went up in the late 1980s, both systems are proprietary, outdated and unable to support high-volume processing. Scharein said the new Integrated Criminal History System, as it is being called, would support additional features, such as mug shot images, and would allow immediate fingerprint-based searches. It also would reduce the processing time for creating and updating records.
NCJRS: Statistics - Additional Resources org/ Provides national and international incarceration statistics, and demographic,education, health and crime statistics. Service http//www.stats.org/index http://www.ncjrs.org/statwww.html
AFROCENTRIC NEWS Network frustrated police officials and FBI crime stats aren't among many whites that violentcrime comes exclusively with cycle of arrest and incarceration for blacks http://www.afrocentricnews.com/html/ofari_tv_news.html
Extractions: The recent FBI report that crime rates have plunged seven years in a row should be cause for great joy. But many police officials instead have expressed frustration that much of the public still doesn't believe they have. He blamed the media for fueling public perceptions that crime still rages and criminals lurk behind every street lamp. But for many who call the shots in TV newsrooms, frustrated police officials and FBI crime stats aren't likely to change how they present crime news. They've spent the past two decades turning TV- crime verite into a sure fire formula for ratings. That formula is ridiculously simple. Just have helicopters and mobile camera crews hover over or roam around city streets looking for police car chases, dead bodies, gang shoot-outs, and drug busts. And most importantly, make sure those city streets are in black and Latino neighborhoods. The formula is bloody, exploitative, and racist. But it is a smash success. It has hooked so many Americans on the murder and mayhem nightly news broadcasts that the networks have spun off a legion of hybrid clones. These shows simulate live-action crime chases and busts and worse they almost always depict blacks and Latinos as violent criminals. This has convinced many white suburbanites that their lives are at grave risk from violence-prone, drugged out Latinos and African-Americans.
Journalism At Bucks County Community College The incarceration rate in the US is 445 per 100,000 people. the FBI's Uniform crimeReports, the most comprehensive national database of crime stats and trends http://www.bucks.edu/~rogerst/coplect.htm
Extractions: J OURNALISM LINKS CAREERS COURSES DEGREE REQUIREMENTS DISTANCE LEARNING ... HOME Quick Links Virtual Newsroom Mass Media Reporter's Tools Writers to Read Writing Workshop J-Schools Jobs Organizations THE POLICE BEAT Basic Numbers One out of every four households is hit by crime each year. One in 20 households is hit by a violent crime . A rape is committed every five minutes, a murder every 21 minutes. The number of crime victims - almost 35 million. About 2.5 million women are the victims of violent crime each year . The most frequent crime against them is assault, often domestic assault . More than two-thirds of women victims knew their attackers. Meanwhile, the prison population is exploding - from 300,000 in the mid 1970s to more than 1.7 million in the mid 1990s. In recent years the public has demanded longer prison sentences. Parole has been eliminated in some states. And increasing numbers of people are imprisoned for drug offenses The incarceration rate in the U.S. is 445 per 100,000 people. In England it's 97; France 81; Japan 45.
Extractions: Registered: Dec 2001 posted 01-10-2003 08:18 THERE! I knew it all along! You damn yanks are responsible for Britains growing "gun culture". If it wasn't for you, and your bloody 2nd Ammendment. England would a crime free utopia! You also caused AIDS and Ebola Virus. Just ask ANY African! YOUR DISEASED! DISEASED! I TELL YOU! LONDON, England (CNN) People illegally owning or using firearms will face a minimum five-year prison sentence, the UK Home Secretary David Blunkett has said. The move is part of an attempt to crack down on the "unacceptable increase in the flagrant use of guns in crime across the country" especially in relation to drug and gang war crime culture, he added. The Home Office said on Monday that the move comes at the end of a "wide ranging review" into the problem of gun-related crime, but it also follows the murder of two teenage cousins at a New Year party in Birmingham, central England.
Oregon Criminal Justice Commission_213_008 crime seriousness category of the most serious current crime of conviction section(4) of this rule, terms of incarceration 12 months Auth. ORS 137.667 stats. http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/rules/OARS_200/OAR_213/213_008.html
Extractions: DIVISION 8 DEPARTURES Departure Sentences Except as provided in OAR 213-005-0006, the sentencing judge shall impose the presumptive sentence provided by the guidelines unless the judge finds substantial and compelling reasons to impose a departure. If the sentencing judge departs from the presumptive sentence, the judge shall state on the record at the time of sentencing the substantial and compelling reasons for the departure. Stat. Auth.: ORS 137.667 Hist.: SSGB 2-1988, f. 12-30-88, cert. ef. 9-1-89; SSGB 1-1989, f. 5-25-89, cert. ef. 9-1-89; CJC 1-1996, f. 3-6-96, cert. ef. 3-8-96; Renumbered from 253-008-0001 Departure Factors (1) Subject to the provisions of sections (2) and (3) of this rule, the following nonexclusive list of mitigating and aggravating factors may be considered in determining whether substantial and compelling reasons for a departure exist: (a) Mitigating factors: (A) The victim was an aggressor or participant in the criminal conduct associated with the crime of conviction.
MEL: Statistical Resources -- Justice Project crime, arrests, sentencing, incarceration rates, disparities. World DrugReport World crime Survey Data mel.org/government/GOVstats-justice.html http://mel.lib.mi.us/government/GOV-stats-justice.html
Gun Stats Since lower incarceration rates are mostly due to prison overcrowding, crimeStrikelobbied for state prison construction in the 1994 Federal crime Bill. http://www.chetbacon.com/stats.htm
Canada_stats General Canadian stats CANADA Youth Population (1217yrs) 1995 In 1997, (StatisticsCanada) http//www.crime.org - If recent incarceration remains unchanged http://www.stv.net/canada_stats.htm
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Prison Links Prisoner's Rights. crime Bill Contents. Alternatives to incarceration. PrivatePrisons. Prison Rape. US Department of Justice (Reports, stats, Press Releases). http://web.syr.edu/~tckerr/PrisonLinks.html
The Honolulu Advertiser | Opinion crime stats show drop, but do we see a trend officials suggest the drop in crime wasthe community policing, community involvement and incarceration of criminals http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/2000/May/09/opinion12.html
Extractions: Posted on: Tuesday, May 9, 2000 Crime stats show drop, but do we see a trend? Honolulu Police Department statistics indicate a 10 percent drop in serious offenses in 1999 over 1998, and a 36 percent decline from 1995. Officials expect a drop on that order for overall state numbers, too. Law enforcement officials suggest the drop in crime was the result of community policing, community involvement and incarceration of criminals. No doubt each of these has had some impact on crime. But let’s take a closer look. Yes, the crime rate (that is, the number of so-called "index" crimes per 100,000 resident population) was lower than last year and a lot lower than 1995. But what about the years in between, and the years before? A look at the statewide crime rate over several decades, from 1975 to 1998, shows that 1998 was really low - but so was 1985. The two years, in fact, were relative anomalies in Hawaii. Perhaps when the numbers are reported, 1999 will be one, too. The state crime rate in 1998 was 5,333 per 100,000 population, and in 1985 it was 5,262 per 100,000. For the entire span since 1975, however, the typical rate was more like 6,000 per 100,000. In other words, 1998 and 1985 were the exception, not the norm.
Connect - Publications, Written Papers Plainly deterrence (and incarceration) can have an effect on offending, and social Honestyand clarity the crime stats are not believed; there are smart http://www.connectweb.org/papers/ross.htm
Extractions: Throughout the twentieth century the right have believed crime can be cut by being nastier to offender; the left that it could be cut by being nicer to them. Plainly deterrence (and incarceration) can have an effect on offending, and social improvements are in any case desirable, but both sides ignore deeply problematic data. The emphasis of crime policy is on the criminal justice system, which is mostly about shutting (a few) stable doors after the event. Many crimes (including serious ones) are unreported, some reported crimes are unrecorded, many remain undetected, others will not be prosecuted or will be plea bargained away, and only a very small minority of offences come before the courts. Prison deals with an even tinier minority. In any case the criminal justice system is about blame, not prevention a crime is said to be solved when a culprit has been found; this is a reckless way to approach issues community safety. Disadvantage and lack of punishment are only minor causes of crime.
[Upstream] Stats Vs Soc. Behaviour Perhaps you should ignore stats and look crime I believe - is not about gettingrich, but about is not the reason behind the high incarceration rate of http://www.mugu.com/pipermail/upstream-list/2002-May/004215.html
