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Criminal Justice (Adult)

Emerging Adults and Police Killings: Dec 2, 2020; In the wake of the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Rayshard Brooks, thousands of…
Emerging Adults and Police Killings: Nov 18, 2020; While many have known all too well that law enforcement has victimized communities of color…
[POLICY BRIEF 2020] Washington, DC's Young Adult Justice Reforms: Sep 22, 2020; Traditionally, criminal justice system involved young, or emerging, adults age 18-25 have been…
[REPORTS 2020] Maryland Faces COVID-19 Crisis in Prisons Without Immediate Steps to Decarcerate: Apr 27, 2020; The nonprofit Recidiviz has created an online model built specifically for institutional…
[REPORTS 2020] Restoring Local Control of Parole to the District of Columbia: Jan 23, 2020; In January 2019, the District of Columbia government enlisted the Justice Policy Institute to…
[POLICY BRIEFS 2019] Rethinking Approaches to Over Incarceration of Black Young Adults in Maryland: Nov 6, 2019; NEW POLICY BRIEF: Maryland leads the nation in incarcerating young Black men, sentenced to the…
[REPORTS 2018] The Ungers, 5 Years and Counting: A Case Study in Safely Reducing Long Prison Terms and Saving Taxpayer Dollars: Nov 15, 2018; The Ungers, 5 Years and Counting
[POLICY BRIEFS 2018] Maryland Justice Reinvestment Act: One Year Later: Oct 31, 2018; Maryland Justice Reinvestment Act
[REPORTS 2018] Smart, Safe, and Fair: Strategies to Prevent Youth Violence, Heal Victims of Crime, and Reduce Racial Inequality: Sep 4, 2018; [Reports 2018] Smart, Safe, and Fair: Strategies to Prevent Youth Violence, Heal Victims of Crime,…
[REPORTS 2017] The Cost of Crimmigration: Exploring the Intersection Between Criminal Justice and Immigration: Justice Policy Institute, Jun 13, 2017; Exploring the intersection between criminal justice and immigration
How ‘Raise the Age’ Laws Might Reduce Recidivism: Teresa Wiltz, May 31, 2017; Citing JPI's Raise the Age report.
[REPORTS 2016] Improving Approaches to Serving Young Adults in the Justice System: Justice Policy Institute, Dec 7, 2016; JPI convened advocates, policymakers, practitioners, funders, and directly impacted individuals to…
Crime Statistics and Holistic Violence Prevention: Justice Policy Institute, Sep 26, 2016; As homicides increase in America, learn how we can invest in holistic approaches in violence…
[REPORTS 2016] Defining Violence: Reducing Incarceration by Rethinking America's Approach to Violence: Aug 23, 2016; In Defining Violence, JPI says it's impossible the U.S. will be able to lower its incarceration…
Parole Perspectives in Maryland: A Survey of People Who Returned to Prison from Parole and Community Supervision Agents: May 12, 2015; A new analysis from JPI shows the connection between efforts to reduce prison populations, connect…
The Right Investment? Corrections Spending in Baltimore City: Feb 25, 2015; According to a new report released today by the Justice Policy Institute and the Prison Policy…
Sticker Shock: Calculating the Full Price Tag for Youth Incarceration: Dec 9, 2014; Our new report, Sticker Shock: Calculating the Full Price Tag for Youth Incarceration, provides…
JPI "Maryland Month" Series: Oct 1, 2014; JPI named September 2014 "Maryland Month" and published a series of factsheets and graphics…
Billion Dollar Divide: Virginia's Sentencing, Corrections and Criminal Justice Challenge: Justice Policy Institute, Apr 2, 2014; Billion Dollar Divide points to racial disparities, skewed fiscal priorities, and missed…
Virginia's Justice System: Expensive, Ineffective and Unfair: Spike Bradford, Nov 13, 2013; Virginia's Justice System: Expensive, Ineffective and Unfair points to reforms that, if…
BAIL REFORM UPDATE 2013: Pretrial Services Programs Refined and Expanded Their Reach, while the Bail Industry Continued to Fight Forfeiture Collection and Non-financial Release: Spike Bradford, Sep 30, 2013; This brief provides an update on pretrial and bail reform over the last year as a follow up to…
Incarceration Generation Timeline: JPI, Jun 24, 2013; The Justice Policy Institute's 2013 published "Incarceration Generation," a coffee-table book of…
Measured Responses: Why increasing law enforcement in schools is not an effective public safety response to the Newtown tragedy: Dec 22, 2012; In light of the horrific school shootings this month in Newtown, Connecticut, some have called for…
Drop in Crime Continues in the U.S.: Nov 1, 2012; Crime continues to drop throughout the United States, according to the full 2011 Uniform Crime…
JPI Bail Report Series: Oct 5, 2012; JPI published three reports on the U.S. bail system in an effort to raise public awareness on an…

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