06/04/21-TIME “Economic stress is always an important factor in violence, and the pandemic produced tremendous stress,” Gary Kleck, CJRA Expert.
Author: Caitlin Kizielewicz
Read the May 2021 newsletter here.
05/21/21-Al Jazeera “DC is a little bit of a different oasis, as far as extremism, or even public demonstration,” Brian Levin, CJRA Expert.
In 2007, the Los Angeles mayor’s office launched a program to respond to gang violence. A new study estimated the effect of the program on violent and property crime. The study found that violent crime dropped in areas where the program offered services, but property crime did not decline. The success of the program, which […]
Read the April 2021 Newsletter here.
04/05/21-WRHU “The majority of citizens here in our nation don’t personally experience either directly, through knowing someone, or having it happen in their own community, these types of events. So, much of what people know about mass shootings comes from the media and how those stories are told,” Jaclyn Schildkraut, CJRA Expert.
04/02/21-MSNBC “I think that the police department agrees with that concept. And I think that even the defense attorney for officer Chauvin agrees with that concept. And that is why his defense is going to be that his action did not cause George Floyd’s death, that it was the drugs in Mr. Floyd’s system, his […]
Read the March 2021 newsletter here.
03/06/21-Milwaukee Journal “It’s not clear how prevalent complete bans are, with no exceptions for self-defense, according,” Justin Nix, CJRA Expert.”
03/06/21-Milwaukee Journal “It’s not clear how prevalent complete bans are, with no exceptions for self-defense, according,” Nancy La Vigne, CJRA Expert.