People with mental illness are significantly overrepresented in our nation’s jails and prisons. Each year, roughly two ...

It’s time for Criminal Law 101, a primer on how criminal law works within our American judicial system. This episode of Next ...

In addition to studying the foundations of the criminal justice system, students analyze systemic issues such as addiction, race, gender, and violence to understand the social and economic roots of ...

The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies and National Women's Justice Coalition report on creating a criminal justice system ...

Georgia's Survivor Justice Act aims to give domestic violence survivors a fair shot in court, allowing abuse to be considered ...

No. Politics necessarily has a role in the justice system ... In fact, our system still separates criminal defendants by wealth, setting free those (like Trump) who can bail out and locking ...

Once someone is convicted their court records will be deleted or made unaffordable, their legal aid will be slashed and they ...

Luke Natoli of New Jersey sheds light on the factors that contribute to false confessions and how the justice system often ...

It emphasizes the history of crime and the criminal justice system, the structure of its institutions and problems faced by professionals and leaders at every level, from the halls of Congress to the ...

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