On his first day in office, Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascóngave a speechthat criminal justice reform advocates hailed as heroic, but many police officers and prosecutors took it as the end of public safety in L.A. Gascón, 70, imploded the entrenched tough-on-crime mental...
While it is tempting to be cynical and take the presidential election results as a referendum on the potential for criminal justice reform at the federal level, the success of criminal justice reform in part lies on our ability to continually remind the American people of what they alre...
Increasing awareness of racial disparities in case processing and sentencing has led justice reform advocates to challenge locally elected officials, specifically chief prosecutors, to address disparate treatment through criminal justice reforms. Elected prosecutors within across several jurisdictions have ...
Criminal justice is a term used to describe the system of law enforcement, courts, and corrections that works together to prevent and respond to criminal behavior. It involves the investigation, prosecution, and punishment of individuals who violate the law. The criminal justice system is responsible...
the causes of wrongful convictions and serves as a great discussion starter for classes of all kinds, community/church groups, and criminal justice reform advocates. It is equally important for every average citizen to see this film, as each is a potential “juror” in our criminal justice ...
Exploring criminal justice & criminal punishment like restorative justice with a therapist can help identify your views on crime as well as your values.
If criminal justice advocates wish to fully comprehend the mechanisms behind how reentry programs benefit participants, expanding analyses to include attrition is a logical next step. We present the results of a jail reentry program that addressed the need for employment, housing, and healthcare whi...
The concluding chapter defends the adversarial system of justice and delineates the responsibilities of advocates, police officers, and judges if such a system is to work properly. The need for reform of the system is also considered. Appended Bill of Rights and criminal-procedure amendments to ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Minutes after George Gascón was sworn in as Los Angeles County district attorney, he fulfilled a promise to institute sweeping criminal justice reform, sending a lengthy memo ordering prosecutors to stop seeking longer prison sentences, among other changes. To many of his dep...
Yannick Wood, executive director of the Criminal Justice Reform Program at the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, said placing armed officers in schools is a “knee-jerk” reaction to mass shootings that will have unintended consequences for Black and brown children. ...