Because social factors play such a role in crime and delinquency and due to the need for social workers who understand the criminal justice system, the Department of Family Studies and Social Work and ...

The effects of incarceration and our current approach to criminal justice and corrections in the U.S. are staggering: every year more than 650,000 formerly incarcerated individuals enter the job ...

In her first interview from prison since her May 2023 incarceration, Elizabeth Holmes said she’s finding purpose in fighting for reform of the criminal justice system. And, despite being convicted of ...

In contrast to the conventional, punitive model of criminal justice, restorative justice prioritizes healing of victims, accountability of offenders and reconciliation between the two. My personal ...

David Karp remembers a high school kid who walked into a martial arts studio, rifled through the jackets of the students, and stole someone’s wallet. He was arrested and put on probation, but there ...

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Rev. Charles F. Boyer, the founder of the Salvation and Social Justice organization, believes his purpose is to help guide his community from systems of oppression, such as reformation of the criminal ...

When he first heard about “peacemaking circles” as a tool of “restorative justice,” Judge Wesley Saint Clair responded with a barnyard epithet. “I was highly skeptical,” said Saint Clair, now a ...

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Beginning in 1979 with my appointment to the NYPD, I have seen New York City’s criminal justice system from many angles: that of a street cop, a police executive, and a judge. I have never seen the ...