Children on Sex Offender Registries

Children on Sex Offender Registries at Greater Risk for Suicide Attempts, Study Suggests Other risks include sexual assault, being approached by an adult for sex and mental health problems 12/6/2017 Johns Hopkins Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse...

The Challenge of Crime in a Free Society: 50 Years Later Symposium

The George Washington Law Review and its co-sponsor, Dean Roger Fairfax of The George Washington University Law School, will hold a Fall Symposium marking the 50th Anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice...

REENTRY: From Prison to the Streets

REPORT SUMMARY: Efforts to improve reentry outcomes are imperative to community well-being and cost-efficiency. Among those released from prisons in New Jersey today, about 53 percent will be rearrested and 31 percent will be re-incarcerated within three years. When...

Private Prisons in the United States

Private prisons in the United States incarcerated 126,272 people in 2015, representing 8% of the total state and federal prison population. Since 2000, the number of people housed in private prisons has increased 45%. States show significant variation in their use of...

Statement from NC Justice Center

Today Governor Cooper signed a bipartisan bill into law that will significantly expand access to criminal record expungement for North Carolinians. July 27, 2017 The Justice Center was there alongside members of the NC Second Chance Alliance – a statewide group of men...