03/31/20-The Crime Report “Most officers felt victimized by the media well before the nationally televised news of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, and other police-related deaths,” Lorie Fridell, CJRA Expert.
Read the March 2020 newsletter here.
03/29/20-Baltimore Sun “We all should be on high alert for these types of situations,” Laura Dugan, CJRA Expert.
03/16/20-The Crime Report “Many in the criminal justice research community have heard of an alarming decline in the number of BJS staff as a consequence of hiring freezes, staff attrition, and failure to replace departing staff and experts,” Crime and Justice Research Alliance.
03/13/20-The Crime Report “We find no relationship between SB54’s enactment and violent crime in California,” Charis E. Kubrin, CJRA Expert.
03/09/20-The Appeal “There’s a lot of research that shows that students of color are more likely to be targeted by teachers, principals and police officers in schools. … Kids who experience harsher treatment in schools are more likely to be funneled into the criminal justice system as they get older,” Kelly Welch, CJRA Expert.
Read the February 2020 newsletter here.
02/20/20-The Appeal “Bloomberg was attacked on issues that were easy to attack him on,” Howard Henderson, CJRA Expert.
02/20/20-Philadelphia Inquirer “Suicide is very preventable in prison and jail systems,” said Christine Tartaro, CJRA Expert.
In the last decade, thousands have been killed or injured as a result of mass violence in the United States. Such acts take many forms, including family massacres, terrorist attacks, shootings, and gang violence. Yet it is indiscriminate mass public shootings, often directed at strangers, that has generated the most public alarm. Now, 41 scholars […]