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...
If you do not yet believe that bipartisan criminal justice reform is possible inside the dysfunction of Washington, it is time to put away your doubts. Over the last two weeks, we have witnessed a historic surge of momentum for the prospects of justice reform – punctuated by this week’s ...
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 ...
In addition to these main components, the criminal justice system also includes other key actors, such as prosecutors, defense attorneys, and victim advocates. Prosecutors are responsible for bringing charges against individuals who have been accused of committing a crime, while defense attorneys are ...
Exploring criminal justice & criminal punishment like restorative justice with a therapist can help identify your views on crime as well as your values.
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 ...
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...
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...
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. ...