Bureau of Justice Statistics

Launched by Australian Visionary, U.S. Peace Index Hits Year Two

Jim Luce | Posted 05.15.2012

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Jim Luce

The U.S. Peace Index was launched last year with the aim is to further understand the types of environments that are associated with peace and its economic impacts at a more specific regional level.

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1 In 4 American Women Attacked By Intimate Partner, Survey Finds

AP | By MIKE STOBBE | Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: Shannan Catalano, Kim Frndak, Sexual Assault Rape, Linda Degutis, Rescue Center to End Domestic Violence, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Futures Without Violence, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Linda James, Intimate Partner Violence, Domestic Violence, Crime News

ATLANTA -- It's a startling number: 1 in 4 women surveyed by the government say they were violently attacked by their husbands or boyfriends. Experts...

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Sexual Abuse Shatters the Lives of Inmates

Lovisa Stannow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lovisa Stannow, Attorney General, Eric Holder, Prison Rape, Jdi, Bjs, Sexual Abuse, Just Detention International, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Politics News
Lovisa Stannow

Last week, like most weeks, Just Detention International received some 40 letters from survivors of sexual abuse in detention -- still behind bars, unable to get away from their assailants.

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What's Costlier Than A Government Run Prison? A Private One

Aug. 18, 2010 | D.M. Levine, Contributor | Posted 05.25.2011

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FORTUNE -- Early this month, three convicted murderers escaped from a prison in Kingman, a small town along Route 66 in northwest Arizona. According t...

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Jail Population Is Down For First Time In 20 Years

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The nation's local jail population is declining for the first time since the federal government began keeping count, reflecting wha...

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Getting Serious About Prison Rape

Pat Nolan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rape, Prison, Prisoners, Prison Rape, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prison Rape Elimination Commission, Politics News
Pat Nolan

Prison rape has long been a staple of jokes on late night TV, but otherwise it has been ignored as an unseemly but intractable problem of our prisons.

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