In the News: Justice Policy Institute

Quick and Dirty | Juvenile Justice
“While youth of color are one-third of American adolescents, they are two-thirds of youth in juvenile facilities,” the report notes. It says that youth of color receive “harsher treatment . . . compared to their white counterparts, even when charged with similar offenses.”Read More

Commentary:A Better Cure Than Abortion
"You could challenge the underlying premise that blacks commit a disproportionate amount of the nation’s crime -- which is what the Justice Policy Institute is trying to do." Read More

Democrats Go After William Bennett, Salem Radio Network, FCC
"BENNETT:…one of the arguments in this book "Freakonomics" that they make is that the declining crime rate, you know, they deal with this hypothesis, that one of the reasons crime is down is that abortion is up."
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Youth of Color Disproportionately Incarcerated
"a new report by the Building Blocks for Youth initiative, documents effective strategies by advocates, policymakers, and public officials to reduce inequities in the justice system. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the issue of racial justice has returned to the forefront of the national ..." Read More

U.S. crime rate holds at 30-year low
The Justice Policy Institute, which advocates alternatives to incarceration, said the report offered good news and further reason to "begin investing in community-based policing and local organizations that succeed in increasing public safety." Read More

MARYLAND: Advocates call for review of sentencing guidelines
"The Campaign for Treatment Not Incarceration found that individuals currently convicted of a single drug offense in Maryland were treated more harshly than those convicted of assault, burglary or robbery" Read More