Read the August 2018 newsletter here.
8/27/18 – The New Yorker “Within four months of Michael Brown being killed in Ferguson, the President is giving a speech at the White House pledging seventy-five million dollars for a technology of which there are only a few efficacy studies.” Michael White, CJRA Expert.
8/16/18 – Arizona Central “There is some concern that body-worn cameras are going to generate the next iteration of the CSI effect.” Mike White, CJRA Expert.
8/14/18 – Inside Sources “There is, just more generally, a lot of evidence in many different settings that very simple kinds of statistical tools do a better job at predicting how well human beings will perform than people’s judgments, and that’s been used in a whole variety of contexts.” Daniel Nagin, CJRA Expert.
8/10/18 – KJZZ “New research suggests when police departments slowly roll out body-worn cameras, their implementation goes better — both within the department and in the community.” Mike White, CJRA Expert
Thousands of police departments have adopted body-worn cameras over the last few years. Previous research on acceptance of the cameras has yielded mixed findings. A new study that examined how Tempe, Arizona, planned and carried out a body-worn camera program found that adhering to federal guidelines helped ensure integration and acceptance among police, citizens, and […]
8/1/18 – Youth Today “There is a growing awareness, in the United States and Europe, that emerging adults – those ages 18–25 – are a developmentally distinct group worth special treatment at the hands of the justice system.” Vincent Schiraldi, CJRA Expert.
7/31/18 – The Crime Report “While those countries have distinct approaches to which courts, which facilities and at which ages emerging adults can benefit from juvenile laws and practices, they also have some commonalities worth examination by U.S. policymakers” Vincent Schiraldi, CJRA Expert.
Read the July 2018 newsletter here.
7/20/18 – Yahoo News “So while there certainly has been a recent increase in foster care caseloads that is likely partially attributable to the opioid crisis, this change has actually been well within what we would expect to see historically and may actually reflect getting back to a ‘normal’ pre-Great Recession level — when the […]