Excellent read.
In the short term, enforcing the law remains the only answer.
— Read on www.city-journal.org/article/the-enduring-solution-to-crime
Tag: Criminal Justice System
Hardening the System: Three Commonsense Measures to Help Keep Crime at Bay | Manhattan Institute
After a long period of continuous violent-crime declines throughout the U.S.—spanning from the mid-1990s through the early 2010s—many American cities are now seeing significant increases in violence. Nationally, in 2015 and 2016, murders rose nearly 11% and 8%, respectively.[1] The national homicide rate declined slightly in 2017 and 2018, before ticking upward in 2019.[2] In 2020, […]
— Read on manhattan.institute/article/hardening-the-system-three-commonsense-measures-to-help-keep-crime-at-bay
Wrongful Convictions The Literature, the Issues, and the Unheard Voices | Office of Justice Programs
The report contains three chapters: Chapter 1 reviews 100 years of scholarship on wrongful convictions, ranging from early case studies of exonerations to more recent scientific analyses of wrongful convictions. The review finds that knowledge about the prevalence and causes of these serious miscarriages of justice remains limited and mixed at best. Chapter 2 focuses on several “elephants in the courtroom” that have not garnered significant attention among wrongful conviction scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and activists. This section examines the deep linkages between race, society, the administration of justice, and wrongful convictions. Chapter 3 discusses the major themes that emerged during the listening sessions in an effort to better understand the problems victims and those who have been exonerated face during the review of post-conviction innocence claims and after the exoneration. The report concludes with policy recommendations to help address the most pressing issues.
— Read on www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/wrongful-convictions-literature-issues-and-unheard-voices
Policing as Public Health: A 2024 View of Broken Windows | Manhattan Institute
The late Manhattan Institute scholar George L. Kelling developed his ideas through exhaustive fieldwork, spending time out on the street and riding along with police. His observations led not only to his co-authored description of “broken windows” dynamics of public disorder, but also inspired hosts of policy directives and further research projects, contributing vastly to community safety. […]
— Read on manhattan.institute/event/policing-as-public-health-a-2024-view-of-broken-windows
The Suburban Drug War – Matthew Lassiter – Inquest
The Suburban Drug War – Matthew Lassiter – Inquest
— Read on inquest.org/the-suburban-drug-war/
Improving Outcomes in Police Academy Training
See the report here:
portal.cops.usdoj.gov/resourcecenter/content.ashx/cops-r1138-pub.pdf
Chicago Way w/John Kass: Discussion with Rafael Mangual
Excellent!
This podcast covered Policing, Racism, Progressive Prosecutor, & Cash Bail. Rafael Mangual is an expert on these topics. Also see Mangual’s book – there is a link to it at the like below.
Chicago Way w/John Kass: Kindness is for holiday parties, not revolving-door criminal courts – John Kass
— checkout the podcast at johnkassnews.com/chicago-way-w-john-kass-kindness-is-for-holiday-parties-not-revolving-door-criminal-courts/
Surging farebeating is a sign of bad things to come: Reverse the soft-on-crime trend now
Another example of how farebeating enforcement is important for controlling crime and disorder. The other important piece of the puzzle is prosecuting farebeating arrests.
New MTA reporting shows that farebeating on buses and subways is still rising.
— Read on nypost.com/2023/11/25/opinion/surging-farebeating-is-a-sign-of-bad-things-to-come-reverse-the-soft-on-crime-trend-now/
The Crisis of Police and Public Safety – by Peter Moskos
Excellent article!
Editor’s note: This is the fifth release in a new TLP series surveying major domestic and foreign policy issues facing the country. These articles will explore the basic factual context shaping each policy area, examine the major positions on offer across the ideological spectrum, and evaluate which ideas are best—or if new ideas may be needed—to help advance a common-sense perspective in American politics and policymaking.
— Read on www.liberalpatriot.com/p/the-crisis-of-police-and-public-safety
Criminal Convictions in New York State, 1980-2021 – Data Collaborative for Justice
This is the study used for the “Clean Slate Act”.
Criminal Convictions in New York State, 1980-2021
From 1980 to 2021, just over 6.6 million New York criminal cases impacting nearly 2.2 million people ended in a conviction.
The purpose of this study is to examine criminal convictions and attendant racial disparities in New York State from 1980 to 2021. This research brief expands on an earlier Data Collaborative for Justice study: Criminal Conviction Records in New York City (1980-2019).
Future of Policing 