By Robin L. Barton
The press has done an admirable job covering a Department of Defense report on sexual assault in the military. But how good of a job has it done covering the underlying issue of sexual assaults in the military?
By Erik Roskes
Recent reports of widespread corruption in the Baltimore City Detention Center — including allegations that a gang leader had collaborated with at least 13 correctional officers — is clear proof that the justice system in Baltimore is very, very broken.
By Mai Fernandez
As the One Boston Fund launched by Gov. Deval Patrick and Mayor Thomas Menino raises millions of dollars, experts predict victims’ medical costs will reach more than $9 million. This shocking number should be a wake-up call for all Americans.
By Alyce McGovern
With pressure on police to increase public confidence and reduce community concerns over crime, social media has emerged as a valuable tool for improving communication between organizations and their “customers” — the public.
By Ted Gest
Ted Gest, president of Criminal Justice Journalists and Washington Bureau Chief of The Crime Report, looks back on a decade of providing the Internet's only daily digest of important developments in criminal justice. It continues to reflect not only the economic challenges facing the nation’s criminal justice system, but the similar challenges to journalism itself.
By Liz Ryan
State governors must certify compliance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act by October 1 — but for the sake of 10,000 young people who are currently held in adult jails and prisons — they should lose no time in making sure the guidelines are followed.
By James Doyle
We usually learn about wrongful convictions by reading news stories or social science analyses. Both go “down and in” to find the broken criminal justice system component that “caused” the catastrophe. But to learn from wrongful convictions to prevent future errors, we need a different model of criminal system failure.
By Robin L. Barton
The decision by prosecutors to reject an offer of life in prison with no opportunity for parole from James Holmes' defense team "is misguided and just plain wrong."
By Matthew T. Mangino
Those accused of a crime must be afforded effective assistance of counsel (Strickland v. Washington). Last spring, the Court extended that right one step further. In Lafler v. Cooper and Missouri v. Frye, the Court found that it was not a sufficient guarantee of a fair trial: counsel must also be “effective” when negotiating a plea.
By Erik Roskes
Mechanisms that suspend disability income for people who enter the penal system are often slow to restart benefits for prisoners re-entering society, and that's a troubling problem.
May 24, 2013
But drug czar Gil Kerlikowske says the nation's anti-drug policy is shifting gradually towards treating addiction as a public health chal...
May 23, 2013
In a speech this afternoon, President Barack Obama defended drone strikes and announced a narrowed focus in America's fight against terro...
new & notable May 23, 2013
Pressure from the U.S. to crack down on drug crime has led to skyrocketing prison rates for low-level offenders in the South American cou...
May 22, 2013
Number of US jail inmates rises after 3 years of decline
May 21, 2013
The press has done an admirable job covering a Department of Defense report on sexual assault in the military. But how good of a job has ...
new & notable May 20, 2013
Researchers who studied 1,200 incidents of dating violence in New York found brief Orders of Protection and repeat abuse
May 17, 2013
A conference on gun violence raised questions about whether journalists are focusing on the wrong things
