Criminal Justice

MSNBC - Theres no question that it is an extremely expensive fight said Eric Sterling president of the nonprofit Criminal Justice Policy Foundation. My understanding of the use of khat is that it should be a very low priority for federal law

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BEEBE Arkansas State University-Beebe currently offers a two-year Associate of Applied Science in Criminal Justice with an emphasis in four areas Law Enforcement Corrections Forensics and Wildlife Enforcement Officer. The classes for this program are offered both on the Beebe campus and online.

Tapd sgt. graduates criminal justice management school (texarkana gazette)
Texarkana Ark. Police Sgt. Devin Warner graduated from the 29th session of the University of Arkansas System Criminal Justice Institutes School of Law Enforcement Supervision. Warner has been with the TAPD for 15 years.

Criminal justice degrees are in demand (hornell evening tribune)
ARA - As America wages the war on terrorism the need for criminal justice professionals is growing quickly. From police officers to border guards to homeland security experts there are many ways to put a criminal justice degree to work for you.

Report urges rise in criminal age (ic ealing.co.uk)
The age of criminal responsibility should be raised from 10 to as high as 18 a report says. The document from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies CCJS also suggested children should no longer be sent to prison.

Women run 90 percent of santa clara co. criminal justice system (nbc 11 bay area)
When it comes to the Santa Clara County criminal justice system theres been a shift in gender NBC11s Damian Trujillo reported. Nine out of 10 times a woman is heading a Santa Clara County criminal justice department. Experts said that a big change from 10 years ago.

Women run 90 percent of santa clara co. criminal justice system (nbc 11 bay area)
When it comes to the Santa Clara County criminal justice system the county has seen a shift in gender.

Criminal age 'should rise to 18' (bbc news)
A report suggests raising the criminal age of responsibility from 10 to 18.

Testimony sheds light on ex-justice official's departure (los angeles times)
A former career prosecutor returns as a star witness in Senates Gonzales probe. WASHINGTON In his farewell speech in the Great Hall of the Justice Department nearly two years ago James B. Comey the outgoing deputy attorney general paid tribute to the work of the department on his watch and the reservoir of trust and credibility its thousands of employees had built with the public over

Uganda: court issues criminal summons on cid boss (allafrica.com)
Buganda Road Magistrates Court has issued criminal summons for CID Director Elizabeth Kuteesa to appear on May 29 and answer three charges against her.

Criminalizing copyright infringement, states-side
Privacy Digest Criminalizing Copyright Infringement States-Side quot Once again the Department of Justice is pushing for legislation that would expand the scope of and stiffen the penalties for criminal copyright infringement. Its draft bill is just as outrageous as a similar proposal floated last

Dept. of who's your candidate now, myspace morons?: ron paul also has refreshing views about all blacks being criminals
Wonkette Internet sensation Ron Paul while totally right about Rudy Giuliani personally committing 911 also has some controversial views about race 8212 the black race mainly. 8220Given the inefficiencies of what D.C. laughingly calls the 8216criminal justice system8217 I think we can

Governor approves expanded prison phone service!
Grits for Breakfast Great news Yesterday Governor Rick Perry officially allowed SB 1580 by Van de Putte - which would expand phone access for prisoners confined by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice -to become law without his signature. See the text of the final passed statute which because of supermajorities

Harm maximizing
Drug WarRant Transforms Danny Kushlick has a good OpEd in todays Guardian. UK drug policy is unique. In no other area of social policy do we criminalise at one stroke both recreation and disadvantage. In no other area have we seen so much evidence of the counterproductive effects of a predominantly criminal

House congratulates criminal justice reform advocates
Grits for Breakfast I mentioned the Texas House today honored several folks whove assisted the Legislature to produce landmark criminal justice legislation during the 80th session and I went up to the capitol support my friends. See the resolution honoring the Texas Criminal Justice Coalitions Ana Yaez Correa and

Leaders from right and left work toward same legislative goals
Grits for Breakfast Without question pending probation and parole reform legislation would ever have gotten as far as it has in the 80th Texas Legislature if not for hard work bytwo key young leaders from opposite ends of the political spectrum Marc Levin from the ideologically conservative Texas Public Policy Foundation

Defining hate crimes shouldn’t be tricky business
Feministe Allow myself to introducemyself. Im bean one of the guest bloggers Jill has recruited for the week. Like Jill Im a New Yorker and a long suffering law student. My internet home is over at A Bird and a Bottle where I focus on feminism and criminal justice and particularly the intersections