Sheriffs enjoy great discretion, but their authority is often overlooked. Each edition of The Badge examines one facet of the powers and roles of sheriffs.
— Read on www.appealpolitics.org/the-badge/
Author: scott prell
NJ police misconduct: Lying cop ruined man’s life; it could happen to you
In this article there are “links” to other articles of police misconduct.
Michael Ryan fought for years to clear his name. He didn’t know the cop who accused him of a crime was deemed dishonest. Two prosecutor’s offices also didn’t know about that cop’s dishonesty.
— Read on www.app.com/story/news/investigations/watchdog/shield/2019/03/21/nj-police-misconduct-lying-cop-ruined-mans-life-could-happen-you/3213964002/
National Partnership for Pretrial Justice
Interesting resource for changes to pretrial processes
National Partnership for Pretrial Justice
— Read on www.pretrialpartnership.org/
Addressing Modern Debtors’ Prisons with Graduated Economic Sanctions that Depend on Ability to Pay | The Hamilton Project
The Hamilton Project seeks to advance America’s promise of opportunity, prosperity, and growth.
— Read on www.hamiltonproject.org/papers/addressing_modern_debtors_prisons_with_graduated_economic_sanctions_that_de
Decision Making in Sexual Assault Cases: Replication Research on Sexual Violence Case Attrition in the U.S.
Interesting resource for police departments to compare their rape case decision making and processing to the research.
— Read on nij.gov/publications/pages/publication-detail.aspx
Healing the Harm of Radicalized Policing
NNSC Police-Community Reconciliation Symposium
Death Penalty ‘Another Failed Big Government Program’: Conservative | The Crime Report
California has spent $4 billion on the death penalty since it was reinstated in 1978. But its violent crime rate outpaces the national average, writes a leading conservative who welcomes the moratorium announced this week by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
— Read on thecrimereport.org/2019/03/14/death-penalty-another-failed-big-government-program-ca-conservative/
Does Stop and Search Reduce Crime?
Prosecutors, Police, and Communities Release Toolkit for Officer Involved Fatalities | John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Prosecutors, Police, and Communities Release Toolkit for Officer Involved Fatalities | John Jay College of Criminal Justice
— Read on www.jjay.cuny.edu/news/prosecutors-police-and-communities-release-toolkit-officer-involved-fatalities
The publication can be accessed HERE
Stop-and-Frisk in the de Blasio Era (2019) | New York Civil Liberties Union
The New York City Police Department’s aggressive stop-and-frisk program exploded into a national controversy during the mayoral administration of Michael Bloomberg, as the number of NYPD stops each year grew to hundreds of thousands. Most of the people stopped were black and Latino, and nearly all were innocent. Stop-and-frisk peaked in 2011, when NYPD officers reported making
— Read on www.nyclu.org/en/publications/stop-and-frisk-de-blasio-era-2019
The report can be accessed HERE