08/01/19-The Crime Report “For example, in sexual assault cases, officers are influenced by schemas that exist in both societal and police culture about what constitutes consent, ‘real rape,’ and the view that ambiguous or false claims are a common occurrence,” Amy Farrell, CJRA Expert.
Author: Caitlin Kizielewicz
08/01/19-NPR “The relationship between Blacks and law enforcement has been contentious throughout American history … Faced with the threat of slave insurrection and the chronic problem of slaves fleeing captivity, many state legislatures in the South in the 1700s passed restrictive laws controlling and regulating the movement of slaves through what was known as ‘slave […]
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7/14/19-Psych Central “Our findings suggest that suspending students from school can serve as a negative and harmful turning point in adolescence that increases offending over time,” Tom Mowen, CJRA Expert.
7/12/19-Education Week “I really expected to see that once we accounted for the effect of prior offending on future offending, the effect of suspension would go away,” Thomas Mowen, CJRA Expert.
About 3.5 million students are suspended each year, and school punishment has been tied to a variety of negative outcomes. A new study took a longitudinal look at how school suspensions are related to offending behaviors that include assault, stealing, and selling drugs. It found that rather than decreasing subsequent offending, school suspensions increase this […]
7/10/19-VICE News “They’ll often talk about the extent to which they have agency in their own decision, but they don’t see themselves as being exploited,” Rachel Lovell, CJRA Expert.
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6/20/19-The Crime Report “Our findings uncover a previously unknown facet of how Hispanic immigration destinations matter in the legal reception and treatment of Hispanic people who are not U.S. citizens,” Jeffrey Ulmer, CJRA Expert.
6/12/19-Education Drive “Students who were suspended from school between ages 12 and 18 are significantly more likely to report that they committed later offenses, such as assault, carrying a gun, selling drugs or theft,” Tom Mowen CJRA Expert.