Crime Rates

Guest Viewpoint: Groups that aid criminal offenders help keep us all safer

July 12, 2010
Paul Solomon, PSJ's board chairman and Sponsors' asst. executive director, and Ron Chase, Sponsors' executive director, respond to tough-on-crime advocate Josh Marquis' claims that Oregon needs mandatory minimum sentences.

Guest Viewpoint: Groups that aid criminal offenders help keep us all safer

Imaginary fiends - Crime in America keeps going down. Why does the public refuse to believe it?

February 16, 2010
The crime rate has dropped, yet most Americans believe it has risen. Why is there a difference between public perception and the facts? (Boston Globe)
By Joe Keohane | February 14, 2010

Oregon Crime Drop Leads the Country

December 3, 2009
Oregon's crime rates are down, and with this article we explore why and how this compares with national trends.

Article by Denise Welch

Decline in Crime (JM-Fall 2009)

December 3, 2009
With this issue we examine Oregon's record-low crime rates and answer the question: Is Measure 11 really working? We also discuss PSJ's new Crime Survivors' Toolkit and share tips on surviving holiday stress while in prison or as a crime survivor.

In this issue:

Drug Treatment Approach Credited with OR Crime Drop

September 18, 2009
Oregon is doing something right, if new crime figures from the FBI are the gauge. The state’s rate of violent crime dropped 10.6 percent from 2007 to 2008, the largest decrease in the nation, and property crimes dropped almost 7 percent during the same time period.

Oregon is doing something right, if new crime figures from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are the gauge.

Violent crime in Oregon takes nation's biggest drop; decrease in meth production may be key

September 16, 2009
At least one factor in the precipitous decline in Oregon's crime rate - both violent and property crimes - appears to be based on the state's aggressive attack on methamphetamine production. (The Oregonian)

Violent crime in Oregon takes nation's biggest drop; decrease in meth production may be key

Evidence-Based Public Policy Options to Reduce Future Prison Construction, Criminal Justice Costs, and Crime Rates

June 11, 2009

From the Washington State Institute for Public Policy, this report reviews a wide range of programs across

Oregon: Crime Reduction Report

June 30, 2004
Many of its supporters of Measure 11 have argued that M11 has caused crime rates to drop. Yet, statistics show that Oregon is not alone in experiencing a drop in crime rates.
Report by Judith Greene of Justice Strategies 

1994 was a seismic year for the US criminal justice system.

2 Million Locked Up and Locked Out: We All Should Be Outraged

March 31, 2000
America is Number 1 again, but this time we should hang our heads in shame and raise our voices in outrage. We are now the world's biggest jailer. With 5% of the world's population, we have 25% of the world's prisoners --- now over 2 million.

Article by Brigette Sarabi 

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