In October 2022, President Biden announced three steps on marijuana reform. His stated goal was to reduce the negative consequences of criminal convictions for marijuana possession (while leaving the consequences for trafficking, marketing, and underage sales in place): “As I often said during my campaign for President, no one should be in jail just for […]
View SurveyRecent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, have — like other mass shootings before them — prompted urgent calls for policy reform. Such shootings are unusually common in the United States. Many point to easy access to guns as the primary driver of such attacks; others point to limited security or insufficient […]
View SurveyAfter someone is arrested, they might wait weeks or months for their case to be resolved, and they might have to wait in jail. On any given day in the United States, about half a million people are detained pretrial — that is, incarcerated before they are convicted or sentenced. In theory, pretrial detention ensures […]
View SurveyOver the past year, homicides and shootings have increased dramatically in many cities across the United States, even as other crime rates fell during the pandemic. Community leaders are eager for guidance on how to address this crisis and save lives. In this survey, we asked the Criminal Justice Expert Panel to consider three statements […]
View SurveyA seemingly-endless stream of high-profile killings of civilians by police have led to heated conversations about the role of police in the production of public safety. Do police actually make communities safer? And are there other ways to achieve that goal? In this survey, we asked the CJ Expert Panel to consider three statements related […]
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