Task Force on Policing Releases Comprehensive Collection of Data on U.S. Law Enforcement
In addition to banning chokeholds and restricting use of no-knock warrants, the Task Force on Policing surmised that requiring officer intervention key increase accountability amongst law enforcement.
Marc Levin: DOJ Charging Memo Recission Aids Prosecutorial Discretion
CCJ Chief Policy Counsel Marc Levin shares his perspective on the U.S. Department of Justice’s role in complicating prosecutorial discretion.
New Data Shows Sharp Rise in Homicide in U.S. Cities in 2020
Despite increase, homicide rates remain well below historical highs.
Impact Report: COVID-19 and Crime
Two researchers evaluating crime trends in 34 American cities during the pandemic and social unrest over police violence presented new findings through December 2020 in a report for the Commission.
Task Force on Policing Backs Three Key Reforms to Reduce Police Use of Force, Increase Accountability
In addition to banning chokeholds and restricting use of no-knock warrants, the Task Force on Policing surmised that requiring officer intervention key increase accountability amongst law enforcement.
Task Force Statement on the Assault at Our Nation’s Capitol
As the Task Force finalized its first assessments of policing reforms intended to reduce use of force and increase accountability, armed civilians invaded our nation’s Capitol in a violent insurrection broadcast live in millions of American living rooms.
Top National Criminal Justice Expert, Marc Levin, Joins Council on Criminal Justice Team
Cumberbatch, Warren, Bailey Promoted as Staff Grows, Diversifies WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ) today announced that leading criminal justice expert Marc Levin will join the CCJ staff as Chief Policy Counsel. A former law clerk for a federal judge, Levin was the founding director in 2005 of the Center for Effective Justice at the…
National Commission Recommends Reducing Density of Criminal Justice System Based on Lessons Learned During COVID-19
Led by Former U.S. AGs Loretta Lynch and Alberto Gonzales, diverse panel also says corrections staff, incarcerated people should be prioritized for coronavirus vaccine.
Coronavirus Infection Rates Remain Nearly Four Times Higher in State and Federal Prisons than in General Population
Half of early decline in jail population has been erased; average jail detention has doubled during the pandemic.
Coronavirus Infection Rates Remain Nearly Four Times Higher in State and Federal Prisons than in General Population
Half of early decline in jail population has been erased; average jail detention has doubled during the pandemic.