Changes in Three Strikes Law Reform California Prison System - IVN.us

Changes in Three Strikes Law Reform California Prison System - IVN.us

According to Ballotpedia, 8,800 inmates in California’s prison system were serving a sentence under the harsh “three-strikes” law as of June 2011. Despite legal challenges, the three-strikes law has remained intact up until this point, marking the significance of the passage of Prop. 36. “Legally speaking, it’s a modest change in the three-strikes law, but politically speaking, it’s a monster change,” says Adam Gelb, director of the Public Safety Performance Project at the Pew Center on the States. With 68.6% of voters in favor of Proposition 36, the ballot measure revises the controversial life sentence aspect of the law, imposing life sentence only when the new felony conviction is “serious or violent.” It also allows offenders previously sentenced under three-strikes and currently serving life sentences to appeal for re-sentencing if their third conviction was not serious.

Rules for new bars approved by SLO City Council | The Tribune & SanLuisObispo.com

Rules for new bars approved by SLO City Council | The Tribune & SanLuisObispo.com

The regulations, crafted by San Luis Obispo officials in an attempt to curb nuisances caused by excessive drinking downtown, will require new bars, nightclubs and restaurants serving alcohol after 11 p.m. to have a manager on-site when entertainment is performed, install a video surveillance system at all entrances and exits, and provide training for employees on responsible serving practices, among other requirements.

Texas Judge Beats Disabled Daughter on Video - YouTube

Texas Judge Beats Disabled Daughter on Video - YouTube

2004: Aransas County Court-At-Law Judge William Adams took a belt to his own teenage daughter as punishment for using the internet to acquire music and games that were unavailable for legal purchase at the time. She has had ataxic cerebral palsy from birth that led her to a passion for technology, which was strictly forbidden by her father's backwards views. The judge's wife was emotionally abused herself and was severely manipulated into assisting the beating and should not be blamed for any content in this video. The judge's wife has since left the marriage due to the abuse, which continues to this day, and has sincerely apologized and repented for her part and for allowing such a thing, long before this video was even revealed to exist. Judge William Adams is not fit to be anywhere near the law system if he can't even exercise fit judgement as a parent himself. Do not allow this man to ever be re-elected again. His "judgement" is a giant farce. Signed, Hillary Adams, his daughter.

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Studying Links Between Anatomy and Crime - NYTimes.com

Studying Links Between Anatomy and Crime - NYTimes.com

A small band of economists has been studying how height, weight and beauty affect the likelihood of committing — or being convicted of — a crime. Looking at records from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, they have found evidence that shorter men are 20 to 30 percent more likely to end up in prison than their taller counterparts, and that obesity and physical attractiveness are linked to crime.

State and national level crime trend estimates

Bureau of Justice Statistics Crime and Justice Data Online

State and national level crime trend estimates
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Database: FBI Crime Statistics, 2005-09 | freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Database: FBI Crime Statistics, 2005-09 | freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Database: FBI Crime Statistics, 2005-09

Violent crime falls for third straight year: FBI | Reuters

Violent crime falls for third straight year: FBI | Reuters

Violent crime also dropped in states like Arizona, nearly 14 percent, where local officials have complained that illegal immigrants coming across the porous U.S. border with Mexico were contributing to increases in criminal activity.

However, in the Arizona city of Nogales, which is located on the U.S.-Mexican border, the violent crime rate remained unchanged from 2008 though property crime dropped almost 14 percent. In nearby Tucson, violent crime fell 16 percent, but property crime statistics were incomplete.

US crime rate is down: six key reasons - CSMonitor.com

US crime rate is down: six key reasons - CSMonitor.com

US crime rate is down: six key reasons

The crime rate fell last year across America, across all categories. Here, criminologists cite the key factors, which include better policing.

Violent Crime Is Down in Arizona, Up in Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s County « The Washington Independent

Violent Crime Is Down in Arizona, Up in Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s County « The Washington Independent

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s claims about illegal immigrants and violent crime have been pretty thoroughly debunked, but pro-reform non-profit America’s Voice takes it one step further, circulating a graph today indicating that Arizona’s SB 1070 could actually increase crime in the state. The graph shows rates of violent crime in Arizona jurisdictions from 2002 to 2009. Violent crime rates are all down — statewide numbers included — except for in Maricopa County, the jurisdiction of pro-enforcement Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Crime in Arpaio’s county has gone up 58 percent since 2002, according to America’s Voice data.

High court strikes down Chicago handgun ban - CNN.com

High court strikes down Chicago handgun ban - CNN.com

In another dramatic victory for firearm owners, the Supreme Court has ruled unconstitutional Chicago, Illinois', 28-year-old strict ban on handgun ownership, a potentially far-reaching case over the ability of state and local governments to enforce limits on weapons.

Is Immigration Responsible for the Crime Drop? An Assessment of the Influence of Immigration on Changes in Violent Crime Between 1990 and 2000*. Tim Wadsworth. 2010; Social Science Quarterly - Wiley InterScience

Is Immigration Responsible for the Crime Drop? An Assessment of the Influence of Immigration on Changes in Violent Crime Between 1990 and 2000*. Tim Wadsworth. 2010; Social Science Quarterly - Wiley InterScience

Results. In the ordinary least squares models, immigration is associated with higher levels of homicide and robbery. However, the pooled cross-sectional time-series models suggest that cities with the largest increases in immigration between 1990 and 2000 experienced the largest decreases in homicide and robbery during the same time period.

California Reeling - California, in Financial Crisis, Opens Prison Doors - NYTimes.com

California Reeling - California, in Financial Crisis, Opens Prison Doors - NYTimes.com

The goal is to reduce the number of inmates in the state’s 33 prisons next year by 6,500 — more than the entire state prison population in 2009 of Nebraska, New Mexico, Utah or West Virginia. In all, there are 167,000 prisoners in California.

The Ethyl-Poisoned Earth

Damn Interesting • The Ethyl-Poisoned Earth

A study published in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Research, which used data spanning more than fifty years, reported a “very strong association” between the exposure of young children to lead, and crime rates twenty years later when they became young adults. This correlation holds true for a wide variety of locales, social conditions, and models of government.

Lead exposure, crime seem to correlate

Lead exposure, crime seem to correlate - USATODAY.com

He found a "stunning" fit, he says. The trend lines match almost perfectly: Leaded-gas use climbed in the 1940s and fell in the early 1970s; 23 years later, rates for violent crime followed in near unison. He also studied lead-paint levels from 1879 over the next 60 years, matching them to murder rates from 1900 to 1959.

Prison population to have first drop since 1972

The Associated Press: Prison population to have first drop since 1972

About 739,000 prisoners were admitted to state and federal facilities last year, about 3,500 more than were released, according to new figures from the bureau. The 0.8 percent growth in the prison population is the smallest annual increase this decade and significantly less than the 6.5 percent average annual growth of the 1990s.

Overall, there were 1.6 million prisoners in state and federal prisons at the end of 2008.

PREVENTING CRIME: WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESN'T, WHAT'S PROMISING

PREVENTING CRIME: WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESN'T, WHAT'S PROMISING

PREVENTING CRIME:
WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESN'T, WHAT'S PROMISING

Understanding Why Crime Fell in the 1990s

Understanding Why Crime Fell in the 1990s: Four Factors that Explain the Decline and Six that Do Not - Powered by Google Docs