Tag: Statistics

Shoplifting down but ORT up | Modern Policing

This article reports a 33% decrease in retail theft and fraud in Michigan since 2008 and over a 50% decrease nationally in overall retail shrinkage since the 1990s. Experts credit crime prevention technologies such as security cameras, anti-theft tags, and algorithms that monitor employee behavior at the cash register. One worrisome counter-trend is an increase…
— Read on gcordner.wordpress.com/2019/12/10/shoplifting-down-but-ort-up/

Policing changes linked to fewer gunshot patients at major trauma center

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A wholesale change in policing tactics earlier this decade in Camden, NJ is associated with fewer gunshot patients at a major city hospital.
— Read on journalistsresource.org/studies/government/criminal-justice/policing-camden-gunshot-patients/

5 facts about crime in the U.S. | Modern Policing

A useful synopsis of crime in the U.S. as of 2018 is available here from the Pew Research Center. Violent and property crime are down dramatically over the last 25 years, although these gains are not always recognized by the public. Crime rates vary substantially around the country — Alaska and New Mexico have violent…
— Read on gcordner.wordpress.com/2019/10/21/5-facts-about-crime-in-the-u-s/