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The Interdisciplinary Criminal Justice Coalition (ICJC) opened the semester with an introductory meeting where members ...
The Division of Criminal Justice offers a Criminal Justice Minor (CRJ Minor), which is available to students majoring in other disciplines who wish to gain a foundational understanding of the criminal ...
As an erstwhile drummer, I was drawn to the movie Whiplash, in which an abusive music instructor played by J.K. Simmons ...
Because there are still difficulties in some areas with the use of electronic files in the justice system, the deadline has ...
Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Earlier this month, the Vera Institute of Justice, a national criminal justice reform ...
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 ...
The August murder of Iryna Zarutska has caused national outrage, notably from President Donald Trump and his supporters.
Donald Trump’s second presidency will likely mean a new U.S. attorney for Oregon but otherwise presidents typically have a muted impact on a state’s criminal justice system, though some observers ...
Although there are more men than women in prison, the growth rate of female imprisonment since 1980 has been twice that of men. Female incarceration in the U.S. has increased by more than 585 percent, ...
A new study shows Chicago’s crime decline is part of a national trend that’s driving murders, carjackings and sexual assaults below pre-pandemic levels. The report from the Council on Criminal Justice ...