Police in America arrest millions of people each year, and the likelihood that arrest will lead to jail incarceration has increased steadily. Ending mass…
— Read on www.vera.org/publications/gatekeepers-police-and-mass-incarceration
Tag: Criminal Justice System
Arrest, release, repeat: How police and jails are misused to respond to social problems | Prison Policy Initiative
Report revealing that at least 4.9 million people cycle through county jails each year, and most have serious medical and economic needs.
— Read on www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/repeatarrests.html
Addicted to Fines: A Special Governing Report
This topic was propelled to the forefront after the practices Ferguson, MO were examined by the Department of Justice.
Hundreds of small cities and towns throughout the country rely significantly on fines to fund their budgets.
— Read on www.governing.com/topics/finance/fine-fee-revenues-special-report.html
More parts of the report are available here:
Addicted to Fines Small Towns in much of the Country are Dangerously Dependent on Punitive Fines and Fees
https://www.governing.com/topics/finance/gov-addicted-to-fines.html
Read full analysis with data for local governments
https://www.governing.com/topics/finance/fine-fee-revenues-special-report.html
Recent Developments in Police Use of Force
There have been several changes to what guides police use of force.
California passed legislation that tightens the restraints for when police use of force is allowed.
The COP of Camden NJ presented a new policy of Police Use of Force which he hopes to become a National Standard.
The Force Report a website that has compiled use of police force throughout New Jersey.
A 1979 article found at NCJRS about Community Concern and Police use of Deadly Force.
USAToday
California Police use of force
California Police Use of Force Law
AB-392 Peace officers: deadly force. Passed and signed 8-19-2019
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB392
SB-230 Law enforcement: use of deadly force: training: policies
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB230
Camden Police
Camden police launch strict ‘last resort’ use-of-force policy. Chief wants it to be national model.
See video in news report
This has video (same as above?)
https://6abc.com/camden-co-police-department-revises-the-use-of-force-policy/5484117/
Camden County Police Department Use of Force Policy
https://futureofpolicing.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/48819-ccpduofpolicy288.21.192928final29.pdf
The Force Report
Five years. 72,677 documents. Every local police department in N.J. We built the most comprehensive statewide database of police use of force in the U.S.
A COMMUNITY CONCERN: POLICE USE OF DEADLY FORCE
A look at concerns on police use of force in 1979
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/132789NCJRS.pdf
Expert Summaries of Mueller Report: A Collection
Expert Summaries of Mueller Report: A Collection
— Read on www.justsecurity.org/65863/expert-summaries-of-mueller-report-a-collection-of-short-essays/
Institute for Innovation in Prosecution
This is an interesting website tied in with John Jay College. It has position papers and policy briefs available.
Prosecutors And Officer-Involved Fatalities A Forced Evolution: A Forced Evolution From Tragedy To Advocacy
When Cops Kill Civilians Finding a Path to Justice
Every U.S. prosecutor should expect that an officer-involved shooting or death will occur “at some point” during her tenure, and have in place a plan to deal with it fairly and transparently, suggests a paper produced by the Institute for Innovation in Prosecution at John Jay College.
— Read on http://www.prosecution.org/
Misdemeanor Appeals
This is an interesting article on oversight of misdemeanor arrests.
Abstract
Misdemeanor cases affect far more people than felony cases, outnumbering felony cases by more than three to one. Yet very little empirical information exists on many aspects of misdemeanor prosecutions. This Article provides the first quantitative look at appellate review in misdemeanor cases, nationwide. It uses data drawn from a random sample of direct criminal appeals decided by every state appellate court in the nation, unpublished aggregate data on misdemeanor trial court cases provided by the Court Statistics Project, and published state court statistics.
King, Nancy J. and Heise, Michael, Misdemeanor Appeals (February 15, 2019). Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 19-14. Available at SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3351217
Did Arizona Send an Innocent Man to Death Row?
What Happened to Rachel Gray 5 part series.
Death sentence A 4-year-old girl was killed in Tucson. Before the medical examiner had even determined a cause of death, Barry Jones became the sole suspect.
— Read on theintercept.com/2017/10/23/barry-jones-arizona-death-row-rachel-gray/
The Case for Mass Incarceration
This is a 1992 report when Mr. Barr was Attorney General. www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/139583NCJRS.pdf
Attorney General William P. Barr Delivers Remarks at the Grand Lodge Fraternal Order of Police’s 64th National Biennial Conference | OPA | Department of Justice
Attorney General William P. Barr Delivers Remarks at the Grand Lodge Fraternal Order of Police’s 64th National Biennial Conference | OPA | Department of Justice
— Read on www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-william-p-barr-delivers-remarks-grand-lodge-fraternal-order-polices-64th
