ADVISORY/Number of Violent Crimes Remains Steady, Report Says.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 31, 2001 TOPIC: According to a new FBI report, preliminary figures show that occurrences of violent crime remained virtually unchanged between the years of 1999 and 2000, after showing declines in the eight previous years. The New York Times reports that the statistics apparently show that slight declines in some areas, such as homicide arrests, seemed to be balanced by slight increases in other areas, such as rape arrests. The report measures homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault, as well as burglary, larceny and motor vehicle theft, the story said. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Buck Revell is the Former Deputy Director of the FBI. Now, President of the Law Enforcement Training Network, Buck speaks regularly on international crime, terrorism, homicides and other issues concerning or involving the FBI. 972/463-6601; rgi@airmail airmail, transport of mail by airplanes. Demonstration flights that showed the feasibility of carrying mail by air were made in Great Britain and in the United States in 1911. .net or PR: Lonny Wilder lonnyw@pwpl.com Prof. Gregg Barak is an interdisciplinary criminologist crim·i·nol·o·gy n. The scientific study of crime, criminals, criminal behavior, and corrections. [Italian criminologia : Latin cr at Eastern Michigan University Eastern Michigan University, mainly at Ypsilanti, Mich.; coeducational; founded 1849 as a normal school, became Eastern Michigan College in 1956, gained university status in 1959. . His research and consulting work has traversed myriad social problems, domestic and international, including but not limited to the following: domestic violence, sexual assault, governmental abuse and law enforcement, homelessness, juvenile delinquency juvenile delinquency, legal term for behavior of children and adolescents that in adults would be judged criminal under law. In the United States, definitions and age limits of juveniles vary, the maximum age being set at 14 years in some states and as high as 21 , victimization victimization Social medicine The abuse of the disenfranchised–eg, those underage, elderly, ♀, mentally retarded, illegal aliens, or other, by coercing them into illegal activities–eg, drug trade, pornography, prostitution. , media representations of crime and violence, crime prevention and social justice. 313/487-0012. Prof. Jay Weinstein is a sociologist at Eastern Michigan University. His expertise includes demography demography (dĭmŏg`rəfē), science of human population. Demography represents a fundamental approach to the understanding of human society. and urban sociology Urban sociology is the sociological study of social life and human interaction in metropolitan areas. Like most areas of sociology, urban sociologists use statisticial analysis, observation, social theory, interviews, and other methods to study a range of topics, including . 313/487-0012 ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com/media) for more information. |
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