The Crime Report (https://thecrimereport.org/category/research-analysis/page/2/)
Police have temporarily detained journalists at protests or blocked citizen reporters from videotaping an arrest on the grounds they refused to obey lawful orders. Despite a 2019 Supreme Court ruling upholding the practice, lower courts can still find remedies to protect First Amendment rights, says a forthcoming paper.
The Department of Homeland Security, the nation’s third largest federal agency, has been so deeply compromised by White House politics and systematic violations of the Constitution that only a major restructuring will help it escape calls for abolition, says a bipartisan Washington, DC think tank.
The nation’s public health crisis has provided a unique opportunity for prosecutors to reduce prison populations through changes in sentencing strategies. A Washington and Lee University law professor argues that it should also serve as a roadmap for ending mass incarceration when the crisis ends.
Victims of computer crime suffer psychological and emotional harm that can have as shattering an impact as on those who have been physically assaulted or robbed—in some cases even more so, according to a survey conducted by the University of Portsmouth in the UK.
A study by the Violence Policy Center issued amid reports of higher gun sales during the coronavirus crisis found that in 2017, there were only 298 justifiable homicides involving a private citizen using a firearm. There were 10,380 firearm homicides the same year.
The strain on resources caused by the coronavirus and U.S. pressure to curb border-crossers are among the reasons why Mexico’s war against narcoviolence has made little headway. A new report issued by the International Crisis Group says massive corruption continues to allow the cartels to thrive.
While youth incarceration has dropped 54 percent between 2005 and 2017, extreme racial and ethnic disparities have created in effect two juvenile justice systems. A pilot project by the Annie E. Casey Foundation has produced early impressive results in narrowing the gap.
U.S. officials are set to issue a warning that hackers in China are attempting to steal American vaccine and treatment research, as more than a dozen countries are reportedly redeploying military and intelligence hackers to learn how other countries are dealing with the coronavirus.
Local sheriffs, typified by Mayberry’s iconic Andy Griffith in the 1960s TV series, are among the most powerful players in the U.S. justice system. A new paper argues that their potential role in reducing mass incarceration shouldn’t be overlooked.
More than 700,000 people held in local jails around the country are eligible to vote, but “very few do,” says the Sentencing Project, in a report calling on policymakers and jail authorities to ensure voting rights for jail inmates are protected in time for the November elections.