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We've added 11 new reports to the research clearinghouse:
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Selective Policing: Racially Disparate Enforcement of Low-Level Offenses in New Jersey by ACLU of New Jersey, December, 2015
"Racial disparities between Black and White arrests exist in every city studied." See similar reports about:
Police and Policing Practices Civil Rights
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Correctional Populations In The United States, 2014 by Bureau of Justice Statistics, December, 2015
"The correctional population has declined by an annual average of 1.0% since 2007." See similar reports about:
Incarceration Rates Growth Causes
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A Profile of Youth in the Los Angeles County Delinquency Prevention Project by National Council on Crime and Delinquency, December, 2015
(This report outlines how the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services used an actuarial screening assessment to classify youth in the child welfare system by their likelihood of subsequent juvenile justice involvement.)
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Juveniles
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Sentencing in California: Moving Toward a Smarter, More Cost-Effective Approach by California Budget & Policy Center, December, 2015
"Despite these positive steps, California's sentencing laws continue to overly rely on incarceration as the consequence for committing a felony or a misdemeanor, rather than promoting community-based interventions."
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Sentencing Policy Incarceration Rates Growth Causes
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The Burden of Criminal Justice Debt in Alabama: 2014 Participant Self-Report Survey by UAB TASC Jefferson County's Community Corrections Program, 2014
"The purpose of this study was to evaluate the success of this approach and the impact of these policies in Alabama. With the general knowledge that increased court costs have not produced projected revenue, we sought to understand why."
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Prison and The Economy Jails
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The Family And Recidivism by Vera Institute of Justice, September, 2012
"Among the inmates surveyed, 84 percent reported that their families were supportive during their incarceration." See similar reports about:
Families Jails
Recidivism and Reentry
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The Conditioning Effects of Race and Gender on the Court Outcomes of Delinquent and "Neglected" Types of Offenders by Justice Quarterly, November, 2015
(The main inverse effect for status, probation violation, contempt, misdemeanor property, felony property, felony person, drugs, and other offenses with detention, was conditioned by whether the youth was Black.)
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Juveniles Civil Rights
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Developmental Estimates of Subnational Crime Rates Based on the National Crime Victimization Survey by Bureau of Justice Statistics, December, 2015
"Developmental Estimates of Subnational Crime Rates Based on the National Crime Victimization Survey presents rates of violent and property crime victimization for the 50 states and select metropolitan statistical areas."
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Crime and Crime Rates
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Growing Up Locked Down by ACLU of Nebraska, January, 2016
"Before they are old enough to get a driver's license, enlist in the armed forces, or vote, some children in Nebraska are held in solitary confinement for days, weeks—and even months."
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Juveniles Prisoner Welfare
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The Correctional Policy Project: Iowa Prison Population Forecast FY 2015-FY 2025 by Iowa Department of Human Rights, January, 2015
"Long term projections suggest Iowa's prison population may be expected to increase from 8,188 inmates on June 30, 2015 to about 10,058 inmates on June 30, 2025, or by about 23% over the ten-year period."
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Incarceration Rates Growth Causes
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Tracking Enforcement Rates in New York City 2003-2014 by Misdemeanor Justice Project at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, December, 2015
"This third report from the Misdemeanor Justice Project documents the changing patterns in felony arrests, misdemeanor arrests, criminal summonses, and stop, question and frisk activities in New York City from 2003-2014."
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Police and Policing Practices Crime and Crime Rates
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Yesterday, the Massachusetts House unanimously approved H. 3039, which would repeal the state's practice of automatically suspending driver's licenses for drug offenses unrelated to driving. The Senate unanimously approved its version of the bill last year. Next, the bill will likely go to a conference committee and then land on Governor Baker's desk. Read this Boston Globe article
for more info and our 2014 report for context.
Our Year in Review
As we start the new year, it's a good time to reflect on all that the movement for criminal justice reform accomplished in 2015. Check out our Best Of 2015 series:
Also, be sure to check out our ideas for winnable and under-discussed criminal justice reforms for 2016.
In late December, the Federal Communications Commission published its latest order capping the rates of all calls home from prisons and jails in the federal register. It now seeks comment
on "ways to promote competition for Inmate Calling Services (ICS), video visitation, rates for international calls, and considers an array of solutions to further address areas of concern in the (ICS) industry." Comments are due on January 19, 2016 with reply comments due February 1 and can be submitted here
for docket number 12-375. Read more.
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