President Biden outlined his achievements in key policy areas and sketched out his plans for the rest of his term in office.
- Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska Omaha
Police departments have faced recruitment and retention problems since the 2020 George Floyd protests. It has meant some agencies have had to lower standards to attract new officers.
Whether crime is up or down depends on what kind of crime, what the comparison is to, and where you’re counting crimes.
FBI statistics recorded a 30% rise in homicides in 2020. A criminologist helps break down what was behind the spike.
Calls to police and hotlines by domestic violence victims increased during the pandemic. This translates into an expanded number of families that will need help even after the pandemic.
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