Author: scott prell

After 25 years, the Crime Bill is as controversial as ever—and as important to understand.

This is a good website to follow. The 1994 Crime Bill was widely popular at the time. Now it is look at as evil.

It will be interesting to see how Academia reports on the crime bill now.

What did the Crime Bill actually do? What does the research say about the impact it had on crime and justice? What lessons does it offer policymakers today?

To help answer these critical questions, the Council commissioned an ongoing series of analyses from some of the nation’s most respected crime experts.
— Read on counciloncj.foleon.com/reports/crime-bill/welcome/

Boston Police Reform Task Force | Boston.gov

The Task Force is composed of community leaders, advocates, members from the legal profession, and members of law enforcement. Multilingual information in Español (Spanish), Kreyòl ayisyen (Haitian Creole), Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese), 中文 (Simplified Chinese), and kriolu (Cabo Verdean Creole) is available below.
— Read on www.boston.gov/departments/mayors-office/bostons-movement-end-racism/boston-police-reform-task-force

Bill Text – AB-846 Public employment: public officers or employees declared by law to be peace officers.

Testing police officers for implicit bias before being hired? Maybe the Governor should take an implicit bias test before an election to make sure he/she is not under-representing certain parts of the citizens of California. The Governor may be biased against police. Then signing this law? That wouldn’t right!

Bill Text – AB-846 Public employment: public officers or employees declared by law to be peace officers.
— Read on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml

Science For the Rest of Us – Good Cop, Bad Cop: Understanding Police Use of Force | Listen via Stitcher for Podcasts

Justin Nix is an upcoming professor in Criminal Justice.

Listen to Science For the Rest of Us episodes free, on demand. A great conversation with University of Nebraska – Omaha Professor Justin Nix about police use of force, bias in policing, how we compare to other countries and alternative models of law enforcement. The easiest way to listen to podcasts on your iPhone, iPad, Android, PC, smart speaker – and even in your car. For free. Bonus and ad-free content available with Stitcher Premium.
— Read on www.stitcher.com/podcast/alex-mckiernan/science-for-the-rest-of-us/e/73503561

Criminal (In)justice

This is an interesting Podcast. A little LEFT leaning.

Problems with police, prosecutors and courts have people asking: is our criminal justice system broken?

University of Pittsburgh law professor David Harris interviews the people who know the system best, and hears their best ideas for fixing it.

This is a newer website (as of April 2021) for Criminal (In)Justice HERE

Criminal (In)Justice on Apple Podcasts HERE

Criminal (In)justice is an independent production created in partnership with 90.5 WESA, Pittsburgh’s NPR News Station.
— This is good for OLDER shows ….. Read on criminalinjustice.libsyn.com/