It has become clear that our criminal justice system in many states has been broken by weak laws, weak prosecutors, and weak ...

Ralph is a professor of anthropology and public affairs at Princeton University. His book SITO: An American teenager and the City that Failed Him, is out now from Grand Central Publishing It was dark ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

The Maryland General Assembly passed three bills that aim to reform the state's criminal justice system. Gov. Wes Moore signed more than 90 bills into law after the end of the 2025 legislative session ...

Capitol Hill is buzzing about the serious problems within our federal criminal justice system. The Federal Bureau of Investigations, Department of Justice, and other agencies are under the microscope ...

It’s a mistake to think that criminal justice accountability and addressing root causes of crime in Chicago are mutually exclusive.

A significant percentage of criminal defendants have mental health disorders, but our courts have few options to address these disorders that have brought these individuals into the criminal justice ...

Here is a snapshot of the dramatic changes to four branches of law enforcement. In the span of a single week, the U.S. criminal justice system endured unprecedented upheaval, as law enforcement ...

California adopted major sentencing changes under Govs. Gavin Newsom and Jerry Brown. A new report provides the first in-depth look at how they’re working.

New research from the University of Kansas asks if mental health issues like depression and anxiety are associated with ...