Mitigating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Criminal Justice System

Join the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy and The WestEd Justice & Prevention Research Center for An Important Online Conversation The criminal justice system in the United States has grappled for many decades with racial and ethnic disparities in its outcomes. Findings from studies of juvenile justice, policing, pretrial and bail decisions, sentencing, and corrections…

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Hot off the press: TC Magazine Fall 2020

The Fall 2020 issue of Translational Criminology Magazine is now available! Get new ideas about how research is being translated and implemented in practice and hear from practitioners about what is happening in criminal justice today. Access all issues of TC Magazine here. Translational Criminology Magazine, Issue 19 (Fall 2020) Contents: From the Directors Perspectives from the Field…

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David Weisburd named the 2nd most influential criminologist today

Professor David Weisburd, the Executive Director of the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy and Distinguished Professor in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society has been named the 2nd most influential criminologist today, and the 13th most influential of all time. Read more about the ranking here. Read more about Professor Weisburd here.

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Cynthia Lum, Dan Nagin, and Tarrick McGuire appeal for structural policing reforms

CEBCP Director Cynthia Lum, along with Daniel Nagin of Carnegie Mellon University and Tarrick McGuire call for fundamental structural changes in policing in an appeal to police leaders in an Op-Ed for the Washington Post.   Additional related readings: President Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing Report (Co-chaired by Laurie Robinson and Charles Ramsey) and…

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Laurie Robinson and Charles Ramsey discusses police use of force and George Floyd

CEBCP Senior Fellow and former Assistant Attorney General Laurie Robinson, and Evidence-Based Policing Hall of Fame Recipient and former chief Charles Ramsey, discuss the death of George Floyd and the actions that police agencies need to take in an opinion for USA Today. Read Laurie Robinson’s discussions with Politico about the Obama Task Force Report on…

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