Blog Nov 10, 2011
Veterans impacted by the criminal justice system
Veterans returning from war zones face copious challenges upon re-entering their communities and many encounter the criminal justice system in some capacity. CJCJ’s Senior Research Fellow, William (Bud) Brown conducts research on this issue. In his recent paper, published in CJCJ’s Justice Policy Journal (JPJ) earlier this year, Dr. Brown conducted a study finding that veterans with PTSD and alcohol dependency related to combat are more likely to be impacted by the criminal justice system. …
Blog Nov 4, 2011
America’s war on drugs [video blog]
~ CJCJ Senior Research Fellow, Mike Males
Blog Nov 3, 2011
Is Wall Street a gang? Part II
Not too many would note the irony that while police make hundreds of arrests for relatively minor offenses (e.g., disturbing the peace) — which usually end up being dismissed in court — within the confines of the buildings high above the “Occupy Wall Street” protesters there is rampant criminality. I mean this literally, for over the years the “top 1%” has indeed engaged in some of the worst crimes, destroying millions of lives while raiding the U.S. treasury of trillions of dollars. As…
Oct 31, 2011
CJCJ Newsletter — Plug in to CJCJ
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Oct 31, 2011
Philly Greens Call Curfew, “new Jim Crow”
Philly Greens Call Curfew, “new Jim Crow” OpEdNews.com, October 28, 2011