When cops kill civilians lawfully armed under the Second Amendment, they are often protected from liability by the legal doctrine called qualified immunity.
— Read on www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-police-immunity-guns/
Dollars and Sense In Cook County
Using independent data, researchers found that a 2017 general order increased the number of people released pretrial and was not associated with any significant change in new criminal activity, violent or otherwise.
— Read on www.safetyandjusticechallenge.org/resource/dollars-and-sense-in-cook-county/
Staying in The Fight – Live Boston
A Proud Boston Police Officer’s experience with the riots in Boston.
Staying in The Fight – Live Boston
— Read on liveboston617.org/2021/01/02/staying-in-the-fight/amp/
Learned Helplessness, Criminalization, and Victimization in Vulnerable Youth | By Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo, Evangeline Lopoo, and Anamika Dwivedi (December 2020) – Square One Project
Learned Helplessness, Criminalization, and Victimization in Vulnerable Youth | By Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo, Evangeline Lopoo, and Anamika Dwivedi (December 2020) – Square One Project
— Read on squareonejustice.org/paper/learned-helplessness-criminalization-and-victimization-in-vulnerable-youth-by-elizabeth-trejos-castillo-evangeline-lopoo-and-anamika-dwivedi-december-2020/
Future of Public Safety | John Jay College of Criminal Justice
There are 2 publications the Report and the Executive Summary.
Future of Public Safety | John Jay College of Criminal Justice
— Read on www.jjay.cuny.edu/future-public-safety
Do Body-Worn Cameras Change Law Enforcement Arrest Behavior? A National Study of Local Police Departments – Sunyoung Pyo, 2020
Do Body-Worn Cameras Change Law Enforcement Arrest Behavior? A National Study of Local Police Departments – Sunyoung Pyo, 2020
— Read on journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0275074020982688
A Tale of Two Countries: Racially Targeted Arrests in the Era of Marijuana Reform | American Civil Liberties Union
This ACLU research report, A Tale of Two Countries: Racially Targeted Arrests in the Era of Marijuana Reform, details marijuana arrests from 2010 to 2018 and examines racial disparities at the national, state, and county levels. Updating our previous report, The War on Marijuana in Black and White, that examined arrests from 2000 to 2010, this report reveals that the racist war on marijuana is far from over. More than six million arrests occurred between 2010 and 2018, and Black people are still more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than white people in every state, including those that have legalized marijuana.
— Read on www.aclu.org/report/tale-two-countries-racially-targeted-arrests-era-marijuana-reform/
Promoting justice through leadership and innovation – Fair and Just Prosecution
Fair and Just Prosecution (FJP) brings together newly-elected local prosecutors as part of a network of leaders committed to promoting a justice system grounded in fairness, equity, compassion, and fiscal responsibility.
— Read on fairandjustprosecution.org/
Reforming Youth Justice: The Next Frontier | The Crime Report
There is a lot of information available here. Take some time to sift through all of it.
Young People in Peril
Reporting on the Impact of Today’s Health, Economic and Social Crises on Youth Justice Reform
An five-part webinar series October 22-November 12, 2020
— Read on thecrimereport.org/reforming-youth-justice-the-next-frontier/
A Teenager Didn’t Do Her Online Schoolwork. So a Judge Sent Her to Juvenile Detention. — ProPublica
A 15-year-old in Michigan was incarcerated during the coronavirus pandemic after a judge ruled that not completing her schoolwork violated her probation. “It just doesn’t make any sense,” said the girl’s mother.
— Read on www.propublica.org/article/a-teenager-didnt-do-her-online-schoolwork-so-a-judge-sent-her-to-juvenile-detention
