We've added 16 new reports to the research clearinghouse:

• Correctional Populations in the United States, 2013 by Bureau of Justice Statistics, December, 2014
  "An estimated 6,899,000 persons were under the supervision of adult correctional systems at yearend 2013, down from 6,940,500 at yearend 2012." See similar reports about:
  Incarceration Rates Growth Causes
• Where Do We Go from Here? Mass Incarceration and the Struggle for Civil Rights by Economic Policy Institute, January, 2015
  "In other words, society chose to use incarceration as a welfare program to deal with the poor, especially since the underprivileged are disproportionately people of color." See similar reports about:
  Civil Rights
• Improving outcomes for young black and/or Muslim men in the Criminal Justice System by The Young Review, December, 2014
  "There is greater disproportionality in the number of black people in prisons in the UK than in the United States." See similar reports about:
  International Incarceration Comparisons
• Public Opinion on Juvenile Justice in America by The Pew Charitable Trusts, November, 2014
  "Voters support sending serious juvenile offenders to corrections facilities, but they favor a range of less-costly alternatives for lower-level offenders." See similar reports about:
  Juveniles
• Over A Million Dollars A Day: The Daily Waste of the NYPD's Misdemeanor Arrest Practices by Police Reform Organizing Project, December, 2014
  "Figures for the first nine months of 2014 show that the NYPD makes: ­an average of 648 misdemeanor arrests per day at the daily cost to the city of $1,134,000." See similar reports about:
  Police and Policing Practices
• Conviction Integrity Units: Vanguard of Criminal Justice Reform by Center for Prosecutor Integrity, December, 2014
  "In regard to exonerations, the nine CIUS are credited with 61 exonerations." See similar reports about:
  Trials
• The Death Penalty in 2014: Year End Report by Death Penalty Information Center, 2014
  "There were 35 executions in 7 states, the fewest number put to death since 1994." See similar reports about:
  Death Penalty
• Highlights of the 2010 National Youth Gang Survey by Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, April, 2012
  "Gang-related homicides increased more than 10 percent from 2009 in cities with populations of more than 100,000." See similar reports about:
  Juveniles
• Highlights of the 2012 National Youth Gang Survey by Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, December, 2014
  "Nearly 30 percent of all responding law enforcement agencies reported gang activity." See similar reports about:
  Juveniles
• Delinquency Cases in Juvenile Court, 2011 by Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, December, 2014
  "From 1985 through 1997, the number of delinquen­cy cases climbed steadily (62%) and then fell 34% from 1997 through 2011. Juvenile courts handled 7% more cases in 2011 than in 1985." See similar reports about:
  Juveniles
• How Often and How Consistently do Symptoms Directly Precede Criminal Behavior Among Offenders With Mental Illness? by Law and Human Behavior, 2014
  "Specifically, of the 429 crimes coded, 4% related directly to psychosis, 3% related directly to depression, and 10% related directly to bipolar disorder (including impulsivity)." See similar reports about:
  Crime and Crime Rates
• CPD Traffic Stops and Resulting Searches in 2013 by ACLU of Illinois, December, 2014
  "City-wide. The rate of black drivers in the stops (46%) is far higher than the rate of black residents in the city population (32%)." See similar reports about:
  Police and Policing Practices Civil Rights
• Relief in Sight? States Rethink the Collateral Consequences of Criminal Conviction, 2009 - 2014 by Vera Institute of Justice, December, 2014
  "In recognition of the damaging effects these collateral consequences can have, 41 states have enacted legislation since 2009 that allows certain individuals to move beyond their convictions." See similar reports about:
  Recidivism and Reentry
• Justice Reinvestment in Nebraska Analysis and Policy Framework by The Council of State Governments Justice Center, January, 2015
  "If this growth continues unchecked, prisons will become even more crowded, swelling from 159 percent of capacity (5,221 people) as of December 31, 2014 to a projected 170 percent of capacity (5,581 people) by FY2020." See similar reports about:
  Incarceration Rates Growth Causes
• Success-Oriented Funding: Reforming Federal Criminal Justice Grants by Brennan Center for Justice, August, 2014
  "Specifically, the president should use his executive authority to recast all federal grants for criminal justice in a "Success-Oriented Funding" model, in which the flow of dollars is linked to the achievement of clear goals." See similar reports about:
  Incarceration Rates Growth Causes
• Federal Prosecution for the 21st Century by Brennan Center for Justice, September, 2014
  "The report proposes reorienting the way prosecutors' "success" is measured around three core goals: Reducing violent and serious crime, reducing prison populations, and reducing recidivism." See similar reports about:
  Incarceration Rates Growth Causes Trials