Add to ORKGIt has long been postulated that America’s mass incarceration phenomenon is driven by increased drug arrests, draconian sentencing, and the growth of a prison industry. Yet among the major players—legislators, judges, police, and prosecutors—one of these is shrouded in mystery. While laws on the books, judicial sentencing, and police arrests are all public and transparent, prosecutorial charging decisions are made behind closed doors with little oversight or public accountability. Indeed, without notice by commentators, during the last ten years or more, crime has fallen, and police have cut arrests accordingly, but prosecutors have actually increased the ratio of criminal court filings. Why
Has the massive increase in the number of Americans imprisoned over the last two decades been helpfu...
One of the predominant themes in the criminal justice literature is that prosecutors dominate the ju...
The dire state of the prison population in the United States has become common knowledge both at hom...
It has long been postulated that America’s mass incarceration phenomenon is driven by increased drug...
Over the past few years, scholars, legislators, and politicians have come to recognize that our curr...
Over the past few years, scholars, legislators, and politicians have come to recognize that our curr...
It has long been postulated that America’s mass incarceration phenomenon is driven by increased drug...
Over the past few years, scholars, legislators, and politicians have come to recognize that our curr...
Most recognize that federal and state laws imposing high sentences and reducing judicial sentencing ...
The United States is plagued by the problem of mass imprisonment, with its prison population having ...
Mass incarceration is a term used to describe the United States locking up people in prisons and jai...
Most recognize that federal and state laws imposing high sentences and reducing judicial sentencing ...
In their charging and bargaining decisions, prosecutors have unparalleled and nearly-unchecked discr...
Beginning in the 1970s, the United States embarked on a shift in its penal policies, tripling the pe...
A plethora of evidence confirms that America continues to lead the world in imprisonment. No serious...
Has the massive increase in the number of Americans imprisoned over the last two decades been helpfu...
One of the predominant themes in the criminal justice literature is that prosecutors dominate the ju...
The dire state of the prison population in the United States has become common knowledge both at hom...
It has long been postulated that America’s mass incarceration phenomenon is driven by increased drug...
Over the past few years, scholars, legislators, and politicians have come to recognize that our curr...
Over the past few years, scholars, legislators, and politicians have come to recognize that our curr...
It has long been postulated that America’s mass incarceration phenomenon is driven by increased drug...
Over the past few years, scholars, legislators, and politicians have come to recognize that our curr...
Most recognize that federal and state laws imposing high sentences and reducing judicial sentencing ...
The United States is plagued by the problem of mass imprisonment, with its prison population having ...
Mass incarceration is a term used to describe the United States locking up people in prisons and jai...
Most recognize that federal and state laws imposing high sentences and reducing judicial sentencing ...
In their charging and bargaining decisions, prosecutors have unparalleled and nearly-unchecked discr...
Beginning in the 1970s, the United States embarked on a shift in its penal policies, tripling the pe...
A plethora of evidence confirms that America continues to lead the world in imprisonment. No serious...
Has the massive increase in the number of Americans imprisoned over the last two decades been helpfu...
One of the predominant themes in the criminal justice literature is that prosecutors dominate the ju...
The dire state of the prison population in the United States has become common knowledge both at hom...