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- Jan 2, 2022
- 3 min
Increasingly, Cities Use Crisis Response Teams to Improve Police Interactions with the Mentally Ill
Police officers come into contact with millions of individuals with serious mental health problems each year. Many are arrested and end...
- Dec 14, 2021
- 2 min
New Research: College-in-Prison Programs Dramatically Reduce Recidivism
One of the great failings of America's prison system is that it does very little to rehabilitate prisoners. As a result, our recidivism...
- Apr 21, 2021
- 2 min
Chauvin Verdict is Satisfying, But Now We Need to Pass Real Criminal Justice Reform Legislation
The verdicts in the trial of Derek Chauvin are satisfying as the evidence of guilt was overwhelming. However, the nation will face many...
- Apr 6, 2021
- 2 min
Fascinating Research: Not Prosecuting Some Non-Violent Misdemeanors Reduces Future Criminal Activity
For decades most criminal justice experts and district attorneys accepted the theory that vigorously prosecuting defendants for minor...
- Feb 12, 2021
- 2 min
New Research; More Crimes Go Unreported in Cities that Cooperate With ICE
Police officials and researchers have known for some time that many individuals in the Hispanic community are reluctant to contact police...
- Feb 6, 2021
- 2 min
A Momentous Day in Richmond; Virginia to End Capital Punishment
Virginia is poised to be the 23rd state to ban capital punishment, but the first in the South. It's quite a change of heart for the state...
