Category: CRJ101 Intro CJ

Evaluation of Prosecutorial Policy Reforms Eliminating Criminal Penalties for Drug Possession and Sex Work in Baltimore, Maryland

This seems counter intuitive. Drug crimes and prostitution are notorious for high recidivism rates. Now to say that after a drug or prostitution arrest then not to prosecute will lower recidivism? This is questionable. I haven’t read this report yet but my first instinct is that this is hard to believe.

publichealth.jhu.edu/sites/default/files/2021-10/prosecutorial-policy-evaluation-report-20211019.pdf

THE NOTORIOUS AND TRUE HISTORY OF NYC’S FINEST

This History of the NYPD is brought to you by PROP which is an anti-policing organization. Keep that viewpoint in mind if you read what that are presenting.

As its title reflects, The Notorious and True History of NY’s Finest focuses on presenting the NYPD’s all too often notorious practices over the course of two centuries dating back to its founding in 1845 and the actions of its historical precursors. These harmful policies most frequently took the form of targeting and victimizing low-income NYers of color. Here’s a list of some disturbing incidents
— Read on nypdhistoryreport.com/

The link above is broken.  I think the report was removed.  Here is a copy of the report from the Archive.org Website.

THE NOTORIOUS AND TRUE HISTORY OF NYC’S FINESTDownload

 

Settling institutional uncertainty: Policing Chicago and New York, 1877–1923 – Koehler – Criminology – Wiley Online Library

Currently this is FREE for download! Awesome! This article looks very interesting?

Abstract
We show how both the Chicago Police Department and the New York Police Department sought to settle uncertainty about their propriety and purpose during a period when abrupt transformations destabilized urban order and called the police mandate into question. By comparing annual reports that the Chicago Police Department and the New York Police Department published from 1877 to 1923, we observe two techniques in how the police enacted that settlement: identification of the problems that the police believed themselves uniquely well equipped to manage and authorization of the powers necessary to do so. Comparison of identification and authorization yields insights into the role that these police departments played in convergent and divergent constructions of disorder and, in turn, into Progressivism’s varying effects in early urban policing.
— Read on onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1745-9125.12337

Louisville releases new information about alleged police misconduct in DOJ report

Louisville Metro has released additional information about the more than 60 incidents of alleged police misconduct highlighted in the U.S. Department of Justice’s scathing report, including incident reports and identifying information.
— Read on www.lpm.org/news/2023-05-26/louisville-releases-new-information-about-alleged-police-misconduct-in-doj-report