Defunding The Police-What Cops Support
Highlights A search for answers after the death of George Floyd and the black lives matter protests. The problem with defunding law enforcement is that…
Highlights A search for answers after the death of George Floyd and the black lives matter protests. The problem with defunding law enforcement is that…
Highlights 62 (up from 54 when I wrote this) police officers have died from exposure to the Coronavirus. Thousands more are out sick. For the…
Highlights For the moment, crime during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic seems moderate or declining. Law enforcement agencies throughout the world, however, are expressing concern. Reports…
Highlights The Philadelphia Inquirer suggests that probation is a harsh, overzealous trap. But felony cases are flooding the probation system. Recidivism rates are high. More…
Highlights Per the US Department of Justice, it’s new crimes and not technical violations that are driving new intakes into prison for released prisoners. Per…
Highlights Domestic violence programs don’t reduce recidivism. Until we are willing to deal with the underlying problems of mental health and additional reasons for offender…
Highlights Nothing works (or nothing works well) regarding programs for offenders. If we don’t acknowledge a dismal track record, are we doing more harm than…
Highlights If we are going to release the vast majority of defendants without an agency’s supervision and assistance, we are asking for the downfall of…
Highlights There is no national strategy for parole and probation, there is no research consensus. Programs routinely fail. Recidivism is extremely high. Author Leonard Adam…
Observation As we celebrate parole and probation week, don’t agents (and society) deserve more than a system that seems hopelessly adrift? Author Leonard Adam Sipes,…