Criminal Justice Policy

REHABILITATING CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY AND PRACTICE

For over 30 years, criminal justice policy has been dominated by a “get tough” approach to offenders. Increasing punitive measures have failed to reduce ...

Americans More Critical of U.S. Criminal Justice System - Gallup News

A 58% majority of Americans think the US criminal justice system is not tough enough in its handling of crime, marking a sharp reversal from the prior reading ...

31 Criminal Justice Policy - Oxford Academic

It is the premise that criminal justice governance and decisions about whether to use more or less coercive tools of crime control have little direct connection ...

Criminal Justice Alliance | For a Fair and Effective CJS

Visit our resources page to read policy briefings and reports from the CJA on topics such as reducing the prison population, building a restorative criminal ...

Criminal Justice System - California Budget and Policy Center

Despite Reforms, Racial Disparities in California's Prisons Remain Large. California adopted a series of justice system reforms in the 2010s that substantially ...

Criminal Justice - MN House Research

A 24-page primer that discusses criminal deterrence, which is one theory legislators can use to assess possible changes in criminal justice policy. January ...

Criminal Justice Practice and Policy Institute - American University

The Criminal Justice Practice and Policy Institute was founded to improve the practice of criminal law through scholarship, practice skills training and ...

The Money and Politics of Criminal Justice Policy

The Money and Politics of Criminal Justice Policy (9781611635171). Authors: O. Hayden Griffin, III, Vanessa Woodward Griffin, John J. Sloan, III.

Why We Say “Criminal Legal System,” Not “Criminal Justice System”

More and more people and organizations are using the term “criminal legal system” to describe policing, prosecution, courts, and corrections in the United ...

National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform

The National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (NICJR) works to reduce incarceration and violence, improve the outcomes of system-involved youth and ...

Public Safety and Legal Counsels - National Governors Association

NGA serves the needs of governors and their policy advisors in a broad range of criminal, sentencing, corrections and justice-related policies.

"The Idea of "The Criminal Justice System"" by Sara Mayeux

The phrase "the criminal justice system " is ubiquitous in discussions of criminal law, policy, and punishment in the United States-so ubiquitous that, ...

Criminal Justice - RAND

Policy and research areas include policing, law enforcement, and corrections; crime, gangs, and violence prevention; drug abuse and drug policy; administration ...

Harris vs. Trump on criminal justice - The Duke Chronicle

While Democrats have leaned toward promoting criminal justice reform policies in the wake of the May 2020 killing of George Floyd and other ...

"The News Media's Influence on Criminal Justice Policy: How Market ...

This Article argues that commercial pressures are determining the news media's contemporary treatment of crime and violence, and that the resulting coverage ...

How Does the Criminal Justice System Work? - FindLaw

The criminal justice process begins with law enforcement. First, agency officials will investigate a crime and gather sufficient evidence to ...

Criminal Justice Policy Review

This special issue focused on: 1) the use of officer discretion; 2) consequences of lower-level enforcement on individuals, communities, and institutions; 3) ...

Criminal Justice Policy Commission

The Commission is charged to do all of the following: Collect, prepare, analyze, and disseminate information regarding state and local sentencing and proposed ...

Pushing Ahead with Criminal Justice Reforms - MacArthur Foundation

Over the last year, efforts to bring about a fairer, more just, and equitable justice system faced significant challenges.

U.S. Criminal Justice Policy: 9781284020250 - JBLearning

U.S. Criminal Justice Policy: A Contemporary Reader, Second Edition explores the enviroment of criminal justice policymaking, policy theory and practice, ...