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Criminal Justice Reforms Stall or Roll Back In Several States
Louisiana voters defeated a constitutional amendment that would have allowed more teens to be sent to adult courts, jails and prisons but...
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Apr 11 min read
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Study Identifies 'Resource Attacks' As Potent Reform Tool
Criminal justice reformers and the scholarly literature that guides their work have paid too little attention to a tactic that...
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Mar 42 min read
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State Tough On Crime Approach 'Back In Political Favor'
Within minutes of his inauguration Monday, new Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe is expected to issue a variety of orders targeting crime. The...
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Jan 132 min read
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Will Backlash To Criminal Justice Reform Persist Under Trump?
The spike in crime rates prompted by the 2020 pandemic cemented the backlash to progressive criminal justice reform. Lawmakers from both...
Crime and Justice News
Dec 30, 20243 min read
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The Often-Invisible Defendants Who Move Directly to Sentencing After ‘Noncompliance’ in Court Diversion
In recent years, justice reformers have called for increasing alternatives to incarceration, including drug treatment programs. But...
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Dec 12, 20243 min read
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Why Do Californians Feel Unsafe Even If Crime Totals Are Down?
California voters rolled back a number of criminal justice reforms this month. Los Angeles County ousted District Attorney George...
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Nov 22, 20242 min read
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Votes In Both Blue, Red States Show Shift Away From Justice Reforms
Votes on seven ballot measures in Arizona, California and Colorado reflect a stricter approach to crime, with voters and policymakers...
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Nov 19, 20242 min read
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CA Retreat on Criminal Reform More Nuanced Than Radical
Despite major losses in last week's election, advocates on both sides of California criminal justice policy warn against seeing the...
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Nov 14, 20242 min read
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CA Approves Prop 36, Which May Increase Prison Population
California voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure to reverse course on progressive criminal justice reform, cracking down on...
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Nov 6, 20241 min read
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Report: Crime Doesn’t Increase Under Pro-Reform Prosecutors
Because some people believe that pro-reform strategies drive increases in crime, Brennan Center researchers evaluated those claims,...
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Oct 25, 20242 min read
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30 Years After Federal Crime Law, Has 'Carrot-Stick' Scheme Worked?
Thirty years ago, President Bill Clinton signed what amounted to the biggest federal intervention in crime and justice in a generation....
Crime and Justice News
Sep 16, 20242 min read
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Newsom Likens Tough-On-Crime Measure To Nixon Drug War
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is trying to defeat a tough-on-crime ballot initiative by convincing voters it would mark a return to the...
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Sep 16, 20242 min read
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The State Of Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform
In the summer of 2020, as millions of people demonstrated for racial justice following the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police,...
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Sep 4, 20242 min read
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Presidential Candidates Rely on Different Crime Data, Avoid Mention of Justice Reform
Two recent Washington Post opinion pieces parse the discussion of crime in the presidential race, which has thus far largely focused on...
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Aug 22, 20243 min read
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California Democrats Split Over Tough-On-Crime Initiative
To see where California Democrats stand on the tough-on-crime Proposition 36, look at where they sit. On one side of the ballot-measure...
Crime and Justice News
Aug 15, 20242 min read
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Fight Crime By Dropping Ineffective Punitive Policies, Travis Urges
The U.S. has an "unprecedented opportunity to usher in a new approach to crime" but only if the nation comes to terms "with the damage...
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Aug 13, 20243 min read
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Will Californians' Frustration Lead To Tougher Crime Approach?
Deodorant, shampoo and underwear are under lock and key in many stores in California. Retail clerks are often told to ignore shoplifters...
Crime and Justice News
Jul 23, 20242 min read
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New Panel Focuses On Challenges Of Women In Justice System
Women are as likely as men to be victims of violent crime. They account for more than a quarter of adult arrests. The rate of women’s...
Crime and Justice News
Jul 9, 20243 min read
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Left, Right Agree: Justice System Is Flawed By Bias, Political Agendas
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was asked by CNN, “Do you have confidence in the Supreme Court?” “No,” she said. “I think they have...
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Jul 1, 20242 min read
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California Dem Backs Initiative To Roll Back Prop 47's Penalty Cuts
Another powerful California Democrat broke ranks with party brass and endorsed a November ballot initiative that would increase prison...
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Jun 30, 20241 min read
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