From highlighting the shift of funding from America's colleges to its prisons, to debunking the myth that our young people are all "superpredators," to chronicling the trend amongst states toward a more sensible approach to penal policies, to publicizing the system's stark racial disparities, the Justice Policy Institute stays at the cutting edge of America's debate on crime and punishment through the ongoing publication of widely promulgated research.
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Recent Reports:
07-17-07 REPORT: Gang Wars: The Failure of Enforcement Tactics and the Need for Effective Public Safety Strategies
2/16/07 - REPORT: Maryland's Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentencing Laws: Their Impact on Incarceration, State Resources and Communities of Color
12/5/06 - REPORT: Models for Change: Building Momentum for Juvenile Justice Reform
11/28/06 - REPORT: The Dangers of Detention: The Impact of Incarcerating Youth in Detention and Other Secure Facilities
10/06 - FACT SHEET: Maryland's Election Crime Ads in Perspective
10/06 - FACT SHEET: Rising Juvenile Crime in Perspective
10/06 - FACT SHEET: Response to FBI's 2005 Uniform Crime Report
9/06 - REPORT: Progress and Challenges: An analysis of drug treatment and imprisonment in Maryland from 2000-2005
REPORT: Prop 36: Five years later
REPORT: How Drug-Free Zone Laws impact Racial Disparity-and Fail to Protect Youth
REPORT: Cost Effective Youth Corrections: Rationalizing the Fiscal Architecture of Juvenile Justice Systems
REPORT: Racial Divide: California Find out more about the 3 strikes law