Search Results for racialized criminal justice policy

...Adam Gelb Abstract Launched in 2019, the nonpartisan Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ) is an invitational membership organization and think tank that serves as a center of gravity and incubator of policy and leadership for the criminal justice field. Its mission is to advance understanding...

...John Maki Abstract This issue presents the final report and research briefs commissioned by the Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ) Task Force on Long Sentences. CCJ is a nonpartisan think tank that advances understanding of the criminal justice policy choices facing the nation and builds consensus...

... not measure. © The Ohio State University data transparency prosecution criminal justice criminal justice reform racial justice equal justice Prosecutorial Performance Indicators Seeking Racial Justice Through Data in 2021 and Beyond The year 2020 was one of the most tumultuous in recent...

...John Tilley; Serena Chang; Richard J. Peay Abstract Real-time data is crucial in delivering actionable information, yet sparse in the criminal justice space. Often, practitioners and policy makers (“System Actors”), are forced to rely on information that is missing, incorrect, and/or outdated...

... areas in the region. Ultimately, the Nevada system of fines and fees criminalizes poverty and reinforces racial disparities. © The Ohio State University monetary sanctions failure to pay fines and fees justice reform racialized criminal justice policy racialized traffic fines and fees open...

... In order to address these disparities, the New Jersey legislature adopted a law that would require racial impact statements of the projected impact of any proposed criminal justice policy changes.20 The addition of racial impact statements can help policymakers see whether or not a proposed policy change...

... of a strong national policy designed to reduce racial disparities in the federal criminal justice system, the question remains: What impact may such a sweeping policy actually have in individual USAOs, which must be sensitive to both local community concerns and priorities as well as national directives...

...Kelly Lyn Mitchell Abstract Racial disparities exist in many corners of our nation, but none so omnipresent as in the criminal justice system. If we are to truly dismantle racial disparities in the criminal justice system, we need to understand how they are produced at three levels—the state (macro...

... Law School Poll conducts multiple surveys of Wisconsin voters each year on state and national politics and public policy.4 Questions regarding sentencing and the criminal justice system have been included in the Poll four times to date, once each in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. In an earlier...

... on Black and Latinx individuals. Eliminating all mandatory sentences is necessary to promote justice and equity in our criminal legal system, while undoing some of the most costly and ineffective policies of the mass incarceration era. Second, states should require prospective and retroactive racial impact...

... Law and Criminal Justice, I have a ready-made network of people I can reach out to regularly to better understand sentencing and correctional policies across the country. And on a personal note, I could not have asked for a better set of colleagues. Today, if you will indulge me, I want to talk about...

... the conference tomorrow. Ever since the early 1970s, criminal justice policy has been a national issue, not simply relegated to state and local government. It has been a bipartisan issue. Both parties have supported a robust federal response to crime, with Democrats often echoing the tough-on-crime rhetoric...

... Senior Fellow, Harvard Law School, Criminal Justice Policy Program Federal Sentencing Reporter, Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 197 201, ISSN 1053-9867, electronic ISSN 1533-8363. © 2018 Vera Institute of Justice. All rights reserved. Please direct requests for permission to photocopy or reproduce article content...

..., the Criminal Justice Policy Foundation, International Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE), the Justice Policy Institute, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the National Association...

... of the responsibility for criminal sentencing and corrections rests with the states2 and local government, as does much of the recent momentum in criminal justice reform.3 And when a policy or set of policies is successfully implemented in one U.S. state, it can diffuse outward rather rapidly.4 We consider Minnesota...

... toothless so far as criminal justice system decision making is concerned. The U.S. Supreme Court has held that police and immigration agents may include race and ethnicity among factors used in pro ling23 and that stark racial disparities in outcomes of of cials decisions do not rise to the level...

... on Justice Restoration, to be funded by the taxes, fees, and other revenues generated by marijuana reforms and to be tasked with proactively working on policies and practices designed to minimize and ameliorate undue collateral consequences for people with criminal convictions. II. Reviewing Marijuana...

...Brian D. Johnson © The Ohio State University Plea-Trial Differences in Federal Punishment: Research and Policy Implications BRIAN D. JOHNSON* Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland I. Introduction Two empirical facts underlie ongoing policy debates over plea...

... the continuation of laws, policies, and procedures that facilitate those damaging results. The racial sentencing disparities in the U.S. criminal justice system are well documented by numerous studies highlighting that Black males bear the heaviest burden of sentence severity.26 The United States Sentencing...

... of Children). 3 Justice Kennedy Commission Report, supra note 1, at 47. 4 Recommendation 301, Midyear 2005 (Criminal Justice Section). 5 Id. at 16-17. The Report attributes this increase to as combination off policies, including mandatory minimum sentences, designed to get tough on crime. See id. at 16. 6 Id...