The Crime Report (https://thecrimereport.org/tag/asc-2018/)
The victories of the Civil Rights era have been undermined by the systemic bias that perpetuates mass incarceration and the unequal treatment by courts, police and corrections of people of color, two prominent scholars told the American Society of Criminology Thursday.
The FBI found nearly 1,000 cases of commercial sex crime in the U.S. last year, but experts believe the actual number is much higher, based on victim reports to medical and social service agencies.
Many school districts are spending money on fortifying school buildings at the expense of hiring counselors and psychologists, University of Virginia Prof. Dewey Cornell tells criminologists. He urges more emphasis on prevention.
The new agency created by three Washington DC organizations is designed to collect and promote research on victims. Congressional staff members handling justice issues want more than anecdotes about victims, asking, “Where are the data?”