WASHINGTON, Feb. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released by the Office of Justice Programs: Putting Research into Practice--Laurie O. Robinson, OJP's Assistant Attorney General, spoke on Tuesday, Feb. 15, at a briefing convened by the American Society of Criminology about the need to use research-based policies to prevent and reduce crime. She highlighted the Justice Reinvestment movement, which brings state- level policymakers, legislators, and outside experts together to analyze criminal justice policies and determine ways to make smarter use of limited funds. Her remarks were an excerpt from her recent essay in the February 2011 issue of Criminology and Public Policy's special issue on imprisonment and crime.
Illegal immigrants subject to deportation pose no greater risk to public safety than those who cannot be deported when they are released from jail, a study by RAND researchers has found. The study, published in this month's edition of the journal Criminology and Public Policy, found age, criminal offenses and other traits are the primary factors in determining whether illegal immigrants re-offend, and not their legal status.
SAN BERNARDINO Even though the city's crime rate rose, residents in several neighborhoods felt safer during a two-year period when officials placed restrictions on a West Side gang, a new study shows. The study, conducted by UC Irvine and USC researchers and published in the current issue of Criminology and Public Policy, is the first to examine how civil gang injunctions affect community members. It raises the issue of whether injunctions are more pacifiers to the community than actually effective crime-fighting tools.
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The fines levied last week on Virginia Tech for failing to raise an immediate alarm about a shooter on campus on April 16, 2007, have been criticized as low, even by the disciplinary panel that assessed them. The "violations warrant a fine far in excess of what is currently permissible," the penalty letter issued Tuesday said.
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