In the latest installment of the Council’s member video feature, Dr. Alex Piquero, Chair of the Department of Sociology at the University of Miami, discusses his research on the increase in domestic violence during the pandemic and shares some thoughts on police reform.
This month’s spotlighted member is Sharone Mitchell, Jr., Public Defender for the Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender.
In June 2024, the Council convened a group of experts and stakeholders to discuss the implications of AI for the U.S. criminal justice system. The meeting brought together a diverse group of leading stakeholders from across ideologies, disciplines, and sectors of the system
Using new methodology that accounts for the underreporting of domestic violence to law enforcement, this analysis estimates that incidents in a sample of 20 large cities are 29% to 53% higher than what official counts show.
