ADVISORY/Studies Conflict On Violent Crime Rate.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 2001 TOPIC: The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics conducted a survey in which tens of thousands of people were asked if they were victims of major or minor offenses, and found that the violent crime rate dropped by 15 percent, according to an article by the Los Angeles Times. This information allegedly conflicts with a recent study from the FBI that stated the decline in national crime rates over the past decade is coming to an end. Criminologists say the conflicting surveys reportedly may be due to how crime is defined and by whom. The FBI uses police reports to track serious crime, as opposed to surveying people as done by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, the article says. Lawrence Greenfield, acting director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, says he believes the public can feel safer as that is what was told in the survey conducted by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Dr. Noelle C. Nelson, clinical psychologist, trial consultant, author, believes we are feeling the effects of the chronic "danger lurks" mentality that is ever-present in our society. She can discuss how unfounded fear of danger and crime keeps our internal emotional, mental and physical emergency response system on 24/7/365, instead of during the brief moments when we actually are in danger. This leads to irritability irritability /ir·ri·ta·bil·i·ty/ (ir?i-tah-bil´i-te) the quality of being irritable. myotatic irritability the ability of a muscle to contract in response to stretching. , paranoid par·a·noid adj. Relating to, characteristic of, or affected with paranoia. n. One affected with paranoia. thinking, fearfulness, anxiety, insomnia insomnia, abnormal wakefulness or inability to sleep. The condition may result from illness or physical discomfort, or it may be caused by stimulants such as coffee or drugs. However, frequently some psychological factor, such as worry or tension, is the cause. , exhaustion and anger. 310/589-4923, nnelson@dr.noellenelson.com; PR: Diane Rumbaugh (rumbaugh@earthlink.net). Professor Gregg Barak, of 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. , Department of Sociology Noun 1. department of sociology - the academic department responsible for teaching and research in sociology sociology department academic department - a division of a school that is responsible for a given subject , is an interdisciplinary criminologist crim·i·nol·o·gy n. The scientific study of crime, criminals, criminal behavior, and corrections. [Italian criminologia : Latin cr whose research and consulting work has traversed a myriad of social problems, 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, 734/487-1849 (University PR Phone). Mr. 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; PR: Lonny Wilder (lonnyw@pwpl.com). 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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