Irvin Waller

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¨An Impressive Review of What Prevents Violence
– Actionable Recommendations for Politicians.¨

-Speeches from Beijing to D.C.

-Truths about topical crime issues

"Powerful, passionate and persuasive writing. A must read for every voter"

The USA sadly leads the modern world in rates of homicide, yet taxpayers pay more than $200 billion – for the privilege of incarcerating one in four of all men incarcerated on this planet.

But it could be different. The prestigious National Academy of Sciences and the World Health Organization confirm numerous examples where tackling the roots of violence not only stop victimization but also save lives and money.

In this short book, Waller describes these successes and their implications for politicians and voters so that they have the tools to stop violence – A Violence Prevention Act instead of more police, judges, and prisoners.

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Updates

Updates taken from the US Bureau of Justice Statistics

Violent crime rates in the USA

In 2005, U.S. residents age 12 or older experienced approximately 23 million crimes, according to findings from the National Crime Victimization Survey. 18 million were property crimes and 5 million were crimes of violence. For every 1,000 persons age 12 or older, there occurred 1 rape or sexual assault, 1 assault with injury and 3 robberies. There were 16,000 murder victims or about 6 murder victims per 100,000 persons.

Prisoner population in the USA increases to 2.2 million.

In 2006, 2,245,189 persons were incarcerated. Two-thirds were in in a state or federal prison (1,479,179), and the other one-third was held in local jails (766,010). Waller calculates that 2.24 million is a rate of 740 per 100,000. More than seven times the comparable rate for Canada and France and five times that for England and Wales.

In 2006, black men comprised 37 percent. This is 4.8 percent of all black males in the general population and 11 percent of men age 25 to 34 years. Only 1.9 percent of Hispanic males and 0.7 percent of white males were incarcerated.

Expenditures on police, judicial and corrections increases to $204 billion

	Police	Judicial	Corrections	Total
1982	$19,022,184,000	$7,770,785,000	$9,048,947,000	$35,841,917,982
2005	$94,437,440,000	$44,607,363,000	$65,091,212,000	$204,136,017,005