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UpClose with Janelle Melohn
Melohn discusses the challenges victims and survivors have faced during the pandemic and how the victims services field has evolved.
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin #6: Victimization, Trauma, Mental Health, and Violent Crime
At its eighth meeting, the Violent Crime Working Group examines impacts of victimization and trauma on mental health and violent crime.
Read MoreUpClose with Jessica Hulsey
In the October member feature, Addiction Policy Forum Founder and CEO Jessica Hulsey discusses the unique challenges the pandemic created for individuals with substance use disorders.
Read MoreSeptember 2021 Update: Pandemic, Social Unrest, and Crime in U.S. Cities
A new analysis for CCJ looks at crime trends in major U.S. cities through the first nine months of 2021.
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin #5: Law Enforcement Based Responses to Violence
At two sessions in October, the Violent Crime Working Group highlights the promise of key violence reduction strategies, provides guidance to help leaders now.
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin #4: Community Based Responses to Violence
At two Sessions in September, the Working Group highlights the promise of four key violence reduction strategies, provides guidance to help leaders launch programs now.
Read MoreImpact Report: COVID-19 and Crime
This updated analysis explores trends in violent, property, and drug offenses during the COVID-19 pandemic through March 2021.
Read MoreImpact Report: COVID-19 and SUD Treatment
Arriving in the midst of an opioid crisis, evidence suggests that COVID-19 and associated policies negatively impacted people with substance use disorders.
Read MoreStates that Conducted Mass Coronavirus Testing in Prisons Reported Fewer COVID-19 Deaths Among Incarcerated Adults
States that conducted extensive COVID-19 testing in their prisons experienced significantly lower COVID-19 death rates behind bars than states that did not use a mass testing approach.
Read MoreImpact Report: COVID-19 Testing in State Prisons
Evidence suggests that more testing, early testing, and early mass testing may have been strategies that helped states achieve lower rates of COVID-19 mortality behind bars.
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