FBI statistics show local rise in violent crime.
Byline: Jack Moran The Register-Guard Violent crime increased 15 percent in Eugene last year, although the number of murders and property crimes dropped, according to an FBI report released Monday. The number of reported rapes in Eugene rose from 44 in 2006 to 55 last...

Brady President: Violent Crime Surge Helped By 'More Guns, Less Police' Approach.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Paul Helmke, President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and the former three-term Mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana, issued the following statement about yesterday's release of FBI crime data showing a surge in violent crime: "The statistics released by the...

FBI figures show rise in violent crime rate, but number is small.
Byline: Andrea Damewood The Register-Guard Violent crimes increased 67 percent in Eugene during the first half of 2007, according to FBI preliminary crime statistics released on Monday, but both FBI and local officials cautioned that the number could be misleading. The number of reported violent...

Dangerous Trend: Violent Behavior by Girls.
MONTEREY, CALIF. -- The phenomenon of youth violence in this country has developed a new, unanticipated, and unprecedented aspect: violence by girls. Violent behavior by adolescent girls and even younger girls is clearly on the rise, Dr. Howard R. Spivak said at a symposium sponsored by the...

Eugene sees less crime in 2001, FBI says.
Byline: The Register-Guard and news service reports Eugene bucked a national trend with decreases in major crimes last year, according to FBI statistics released Monday. Preliminary FBI numbers show overall crime down in Eugene by 4.9 percent and violent crime down by 5.3 percent. ...

Aggression and violence in the United States: reflections on the Virginia Tech shootings.
The shootings at Virginia Tech University in April 2007 have again brought home the tragic consequences of violence. As yet another instance of senseless aggression unfolded, the nation watched as details emerged about the perpetrator and the deaths of 32 students and professors. The shooter, Seung-Hui Cho, lived a...

Perpetrators of Violence: Adolescents in America.
Abstract Violent interpersonal crime committed by American adolescents has been brought to most people's attention due to the horrific events that unfolded at the Columbine High School in April, 1999. FBI Uniform Crime Statistics currently indicate that overall violent crime is decreasing. However, violent crime perpetrated by...

Perceptions of Crime Problem Remain Curiously Negative; More see crime worsening rather than improving.
Byline: Lydia Saad Synopsis: With about half of Americans currently saying crime is up in their local areas, and about 7 in 10 saying it is up nationally, the U.S. public has a decidedly negative outlook about crime. Americans were relatively upbeat on these measures only six...

Letters.
Gun Control Twists In "Gun Control's Twisted Outcome" (November),Joyce Malcolm claims that "in the four years from 1997 to 2001, the rate of violent crime [in England] more than doubled." She asserts that British gun control caused the increase. It took me less than five...

Gallup Finds Slight Drop in Crime Victimization Compared With 2005; Twenty-eight percent say their household was victimized by crime in last year.
Byline: Jeffrey M. Jones Synopsis: Following a slightly higher estimate in 2005, Gallup finds a drop in self-reported crime victimization this year. Gallup has not found a lower estimate of household crime victimization since 2001, and has not found a lower personal crime victimization rate since 2000....