What the data says about crime in the U.S.
Federal statistics show dramatic declines in U.S. violent and property crime rates since the early 1990s.
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Federal statistics show dramatic declines in U.S. violent and property crime rates since the early 1990s.
While views of and experiences with police vary substantially across demographic groups, there is support for a number of police reforms.
Six-in-ten U.S. adults say gun violence is a very big problem in the country today, up 9 percentage points from spring 2022.
Veterans and non-veterans in the United States largely align when it comes to the decision to pull all troops out of Afghanistan.
The biggest takeaway may be the extent to which the decidedly nonpartisan virus met with an increasingly partisan response.
For some governments, the debt incurred on COVID-19 relief will add to the considerable red ink already on their ledgers before the pandemic.
Veterans of prime working age generally fare at least as well as non-veterans in the U.S. job market, though there are differences in the work they do.
Trials are rare in the federal criminal justice system: Just 2% of criminal defendants went to trial in fiscal 2018. Acquittals are even rarer.
Amid questions over e-cigarettes and public health, here’s a look at what data shows about vaping in the U.S.
Depression is rising among American teenagers, and teen girls are particularly likely to have had recent depressive episodes.
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