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Article • August 2, 2021
Filed under: War on Drugs, junk science
Imaging of Fingerprints Using Mass Spectrometry Enables Scientists to Distinguish Between Persons Who Touched Cocaine Versus Those Who Ingested Cocaine by Douglas Ankney by Doug Ankney Melanie Bailey, a forensic scientist at the University of Surrey, revealed that by using a high-resolution mass spectrometry (“HRMS”) method to detect cocaine in …
Publication • 2021
Filed under: Statistics/Trends
Vera Institute of Justice, People in Jail and Prison in Spring 2021 People in Jail and Prison in Spring 2021 Jacob Kang-Brown, Chase Montagnet, and Jasmine Heiss June 2021 Summary When the COVID-19 pandemic was first detected Figure 1 in the United States, it was clear that the virus The …
Publication • 2021
Filed under: Crime/Demographics
Law & Policy, Understanding the Place of Punishment, Disadvantage, Politics, and the Geography of Imprisonment in 21st Century America, 2021 1') Check for updates DOI: 10.1111/lapo.12161 WILEY ORIGINAL ARTICLE Understanding the place of punishment: Disadvantage, politics, and the geography of imprisonment in 21st century America Katherine Beckett1 | Lindsey Beach2 …
Publication • 2021
The PEW Charitable Trusts, Local Spending on Jails Tops $25 Billion, 2021 Chartbook Jan 2021 Getty Images Local Spending on Jails Tops $25 Billion in Latest Nationwide Data Costs increased despite falling crime and fewer people being admitted to jail The Pew Charitable Trusts Michael Caudell-Feagan, executive vice president and …
Publication • 2021
Filed under: Databases
How Best to Mitigate Prison Gerrymandering 1 How Best to do Prison Population Data Reallocation, i.e., How Best to Mitigate Prison Gerrymandering?* Bernard Grofman Distinguished Professor of Political Science University of California, Irvine Bgrofman@uci.edu August 10, 2021 KEY WORDS: prison gerrymandering; one person, one vote; apportionment; redistricting * Grofman is …
Publication • 2021
Filed under: Crime/Demographics
Does Being Left Behind in Childhood Lead to Criminality in Adulthood - Evidence From Data on Rural-Urban Migrants and Prison Inmates in China Does being “left–behind” in childhood lead to criminality in adulthood? Evidence from data on rural-urban migrants and prison inmates in China∗ Lisa Cameron† Xin Meng‡ Dandan Zhang§ …
Publication • 2021
Mortality in Local Jails 2000-2019 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics December 2021, NCJ 301368 E. Ann Carson, Ph.D., BJS Statistician A total of 1,200 persons died in local jails in 2019, a more than 5% increase from 2018 (1,138 deaths) and a 33% …
Article • May 15, 2021 • from CLN June, 2021
Filed under: Statistics/Trends, Police
Study: Militarizing Police Doesn’t Shrink Crime Rates by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins A study published in Nature Human Behavior found that the allocation of surplus military equipment (“SME”) to local police agencies had no effect on crime rates. Researchers also discovered that the Department of Defense records of the …
Article • May 15, 2021 • from CLN June, 2021
Filed under: War on Drugs, Costs
The Costs of the War on Drugs by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Political efforts have been underway to withdraw troops and bring an end to America’s military involvement in Afghanistan. While this two-decade old conflict is considered by many to be the longest war in U.S. history, that ignores …
Article • May 15, 2021 • from CLN June, 2021
Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems
Austin, Texas, Diverting Funds From Police to Transform Community by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Despite being the capital of the nation’s largest Red state, Austin, Texas, is as liberally Blue as a city can be, proudly sporting the motto “KEEP AUSTIN WEIRD.” Whether weird or empathetic, Austin has made …
Article • April 15, 2021 • from CLN May, 2021
Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems
A Primer on Overcriminalization by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In the wake of the “tough on crime” era of politics that pervaded the 1990s and 2000s, politicians and bureaucrats have found it popular to use criminal laws to address every societal problem and to punish every mistake via …
Article • April 15, 2021 • from CLN May, 2021
New Jersey Police Union Contracts Laden With Financial Largesse by Casey Bastian by Casey Bastian Repeated attempts by New Jersey lawmakers to rein in police union contracts have failed to eliminate costly provisions related to munificent compensations, financial incentives, and awards. ProPublica and Asbury Park Press, an affiliate of ProPublica’s …
Article • April 15, 2021 • from CLN May, 2021
Filed under: Crime
Illinois Study: Crime Rate not Tied to Prison Population Levels by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Illinois’ crime rate is not significantly tied to a reduction or an increase in prison population, according to the study Projecting Illinois Crime Rates and the Impact of Further Prison Population Reductions (November 2020.) …
Article • March 15, 2021 • from CLN May, 2021
New Jersey Supreme Court Announces Adoption of Framework for Evaluating Discovery Motions Challenging Warrant Affidavits Based on Unidentified Confidential Informants by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of New Jersey announced its adoption of the framework articulated by the California Supreme Court in People v. Luttenberger, 784 P.2d …
Article • February 15, 2021 • from CLN March, 2021
San Francisco Forensic Analyst’s Arrest on Drug Charges Exposes Flawed Lab by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Hundreds of innocent people may have gone to jail based on potentially flawed or falsified test results by San Francisco Office of Chief Medical Examiner (“OCME”) forensic analyst Justin Volk. This alleged misconduct …
Article • February 15, 2021 • from CLN March, 2021
Fatal Shootings by Police Rarely Prosecuted by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins The calls for social justice coming from nearly every city and town in America in 2020 were fueled primarily by two issues. The first was that people of color, often unarmed and without cause, were being killed by …
Article • December 15, 2020 • from CLN January, 2021
Washington Supreme Court: Prosecutor’s War on Drugs Comments Denies Fair Trial by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Supreme Court of Washington held a prosecutor committed flagrant and ill-intentioned misconduct by framing a defendant’s prosecution as representative of the war on drugs. The Court’s opinion was issued in an …
Article • December 15, 2020 • from CLN January, 2021
Who Pays for Police Surveillance? by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins There is growing concern across society about the emergence of a surveillance state. The capacity of police to monitor phones, email, and other communication has been highlighted in recent incidents, but the most ubiquitous and invasive form of surveillance …
Article • December 15, 2020 • from CLN January, 2021
Pennsylvania Supreme Court: No Probable Cause to Search Cellphones Merely Possessed in Proximity to Drugs and Guns by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held on October 21, 2020, that there was no probable cause to search cellphones found on someone who was found in close …
Article • December 1, 2020
EFF Compiles Data on Surveillance Operations on Citizens Across the Nation by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The Electronic Frontier Foundation (“EFF”) released a new report in November 2020 on the variety of ways that law enforcement agencies spy on the general public. Called Real-Time Crime Centers (“RTCC”), police and …
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