Direct Answer The United States formally abolished debtors’ prisons in the 1830s. Today, a system of court…
Direct Answer The criminal justice system is not what television taught most people to expect. It is…
Direct Answer The Vera Institute of Justice has released an Intro to Criminal Justice Guide for people…
Direct Answer Multi-level marketing schemes survive by recruiting new participants, concentrating profit at the top, extracting value…
Direct Answer Judges carry implicit biases shaped by race, socioeconomic assumptions, and professional norms, and research confirms…
Anger. It’s a powerful emotion that can consume you when you feel betrayed by something you’re supposed…
Key Takeaways The four goals of criminal sentencing — retribution, rehabilitation, deterrence, incapacitation — often fail to…
The Institute for the Quantitative Study of Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (QSIDE) has released a best practices…
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Wrongful Conviction Day is October 2nd — a day that brings much-needed attention to the problem of…
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