5/14/19-The Crime Report “The market structure of these services creates the potential for exploitative pricing,” Alexes Harris, CJRA Expert.
Since the 1980s, federal and local governments have increasingly used public money to hire private firms to house and manage people who are incarcerated. In the last few years, the number of incarcerated individuals held in privately operated institutions has risen sharply. A new study sought to determine the points at which individuals who encounter […]
Read the April 2019 newsletter here.
4/25/19-USA Today “It’s a decline in the use of incarceration as punishment, but whether that’s a decline in total punishment is not at all clear,’’ Daniel Mears, CJRA Expert.
4/12/19-Baltimore Sun “Trafficking cases may require prolonged surveillance and source development to prove that there was force, fraud or coercion. Other investigators could stop short and charge offenders with crimes that require fewer elements of proof, such as running a prostitution business,’’ Jay Albanese, CJRA Expert.
4/2/19-The Washington Times “Police body cameras have proliferated in recent years. In 2013, the Department of Justice surveyed 500 police departments and found that less than 25% used the devices,” Cynthia Lum, CJRA Expert.
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3/27/19-VOX “Expectations and concerns surrounding body-worn cameras among police leaders and citizens have not yet been realized by and large in the ways anticipated by each,” Cynthia Lum, CJRA Expert.
3/27/19-KJZZ.org “[Body-worn cameras, they have not had ] statistically significant or consistent effects on most measures of officer and citizen behavior or citizens’ views of police,” Cynthia Lum, CJRA Expert.
3/26/19-MedicalResearch.com “We do not know with great certainty whether cameras can save lives or reduce injuries. Studies examining the impact of Body-worn cameras on officer use of force are equivocal; some studies indicate cameras might be able to reduce use of force while other studies show little effect of cameras on use of force. In […]