Strained state resources did not deter legislatures from enacting these policies. Voter ideology and political culture had less than expected impact. The study concludes that political entrepreneurs, rather than state characteristics, were responsible for adoption....
Criminal justice reformRacial inequalities in criminal justice are pressing problems for policymakers. Prior literature suggests elected officials promulgate punitive, racially disparate criminal justice policies due to partisanship and racial fears, but scholarship has yet to explain how and why elected ...
In this study, we show how the introduction of risk assessment tools in the criminal justice sector on the local level in the USA has deeply transformed the decision-making process. We argue that this is mainly due to the fact that the evidence generated by the algorithm introduces a notion...
Microsoft government cloud services adhere to the US Criminal Justice Information Services Security Policy.
Denial is a central theme in the management of sex offenders; sex offender therapists generally assume that all sex offenders are in some degree of denial about their crimes or the seriousness of their actions. Field interviews conducted in an NIJ-sponsored research project confirmed the importance...
The killing of George Floyd in police custody triggered a nationwide rallying cry to dismantle long-standing policies and laws that reflect bias. University of Southern California law professor Jody Armour speaks with U.S. News Senior Editor Joseph Williams on the ways that America can eradicate th...
The criminal justice system in America was created to keep communities safe, to respect and restore victims, and to return offenders who leave prison to be self-sufficient and law-abiding. What the system has become is a monumental failure that our states and nation can no longer afford ...
Zero tolerance policies start early — on average 250 preschoolers are suspended or expelled every day — and, even in the youngest years, students of color bear the brunt. In later grades, Black and Brown students are disproportionately arrested in schools, while students with disabilities face ...
IntroductionThis paper reports the results of a survey taken by nearly 500 people who attended the RIT Imagine Festival in May of 2016. It examines opinions on five criminal justice policy issues confronted in New York State: (1) medical use of marijuana, (2) recreational use of marijuana, ...
The International Criminal Justice Series aims to create a platform for publications covering the entire field of international criminal justice. It, ...