What can victim advocates and criminal justice practitioners do to better address domestic violence? Experts weigh in on the issue at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
Author: Alice Popovici
As a child he dreamed of becoming a fireman. At 45, he is dedicated to rescuing others from the fires that nearly consumed him.
But the juvenile justice system should also take responsibility for understanding why young adults get in trouble with the law, writes a juvenile detainee in an essay for The Beat Within, a prison-writing workshop.
Young people’s perception of encounters with police officers and other justice authorities can have a lasting effect on their attitude toward law enforcement, criminal justice experts say.
In Part 5 of our series following the journey of a formerly incarcerated man back to ‘civilian’ life, Lorenzo Brooks begins to find his footing—and a path to a career.
Washington State prison authorities leave it to a private company to monitor porn videos downloaded by inmates. That raises serious concerns, writes an inmate.
A new book on a 1981 Klan lynching in Alabama offers a timely lesson for those grappling with unrelenting racism in the U.S.
Connecticut’s governor tells a New York conference on juvenile justice that ‘no one should go to jail just because we have lost patience.’
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