This article reports an increase over the last 3 years of cities enacting laws that place restrictions on homeless people. Laws restricting camping, panhandling, sleeping in vehicles, and sharing food have all become more common, according to a study of 187 urban jurisdictions. City officials say they need tools to manage a difficult situation, while…
— Read on gcordner.wordpress.com/2019/12/11/more-cities-restricting-homeless/
Category: CRJ101 Intro CJ
When Mental Illness Becomes a Jail Sentence – The Atlantic
Arrestees who are mentally incompetent to stand trial are supposed to be sent for treatment. But thousands are being warehoused in jails for months without a conviction.
— Read on www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/12/when-mental-illness-becomes-jail-sentence/603154/
Overview of Probation and Supervised Release Conditions | United States Courts
The Overview of Probation and Supervised Release Conditions is intended to be a resource for defendants, judges, probation officers, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and other criminal justice practitioners.
— Read on www.uscourts.gov/services-forms/overview-probation-supervised-release-conditions
Correctional Control 2018: Incarceration and supervision by state | Prison Policy Initiative
Report showing incarceration, probation, and parole in each state and D.C.
— Read on www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/correctionalcontrol2018.html
Black And Hispanic NYPD Officers Reveal ‘Collars For Dollars’ Arrest Quotas In Discrimination Lawsuit Against The Police Department – Blavity News
“It was emphasized that we needed to stop male Blacks. Those were the ones Tsachas wanted to go to jail,” former officer Pierre Maximilien’s sworn affidavit reads.
— Read on blavity.com/black-and-hispanic-nypd-officers-reveal-collars-for-dollars-arrest-quotas-in-discrimination-lawsuit-against-the-police-department
The Whole Damn System Is Guilty As Hell: Taking Control of Police – LA Progressive
Taking Control of Police — In too many communities, people do not feel protected or served. They feel threatened, harassed and abused by police.
— Read on www.laprogressive.com/taking-control-of-police/
The Steep Costs of Criminal Justice Fees and Fines | Brennan Center for Justice
The Steep Costs of Criminal Justice Fees and Fines | Brennan Center for Justice
— Read on www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/steep-costs-criminal-justice-fees-and-fines
Time’s up: Let’s flush an ancient law with racist origins | Editorial – nj.com
Time’s up: Let’s flush an ancient law with racist origins | Editorial – nj.com
Expanding the right to vote for CONVICTED FELONS.
— Read on www.nj.com/opinion/2019/11/times-up-lets-flush-an-ancient-law-with-racist-origins-editorial.html
“Through Police Eyes—the Ferguson Effect Scare” by Ronald T. Hosko
This is one of the BEST articles on the “Ferguson Effect”.
Hosko has the best timeline of events that initiated and continued to support fears and concerns the maintained de-policing. This is a very honest and truthful examination of the “Ferguson Effect”. It is also pro-Police.
The dynamic world of American policing encountered a period of great turbulence during the closing years of Barack Obama’s presidency. Some place blame at his feet while others recognize the broader complexities of police and community relations, the impact of serious and deadly use of force incidents, the amplifying effect of the media, expansion of social media, police funding and training challenges, and myriad other factors as contributing to what’s now referred to as “the Ferguson effect” where police retreat from traditional proactive policing.
Stop-and-frisk down 80% in Chicago but Black and Latinx people still hit the hardest, judge finds | Chicago Reporter
President Donald Trump took aim at the Chicago Police Department as a new report details reform efforts ushered in by an agreement with the ACLU.
— Read on www.chicagoreporter.com/stop-and-frisk-down-80-in-chicago-but-black-and-latinx-people-still-hit-the-hardest-judge-finds/
Future of Policing 