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Current selection: Crime
Black Americans saw a rise in police threats and nonfatal use of force in recent years.
A look at the Government Accountability Office's high risk list. Plus, here's the background on what the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives tracks to help understand how guns end up at crime scenes.
Thirty-six percent of guns traced to female buyers were used in a crime within one year of purchase, 12 points higher than male buyers.
Despite a lack of FBI violent crime data, violent crime did not necessarily increase in the cities affected by the TikTok “Kia Boys” challenge.
Shorter time-to-crime suggests a higher chance that a gun was bought for a criminal purpose.
Over 70% of crime guns that the ATF traced were obtained from a dealer.
Twenty-one percent of female cadets and 4% of male cadets said they’d experienced unwanted sexual contact in the 2021–22 school year.
An increasing share of guns bought by women and 18–34-year-olds are ending up at crime scenes.
USAFacts looks into the rise in Kia and Hyundai thefts. Plus, here's the background on bank failures to help make sense of the Silicon Valley Bank failure.
From 2017 to 2021, the federal government traced approximately 1% of submitted PMFs to their original purchasers.
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