Alt BJS

The Unofficial 'Resistance' Team of the US DOJ Bureau of Justice Statistics. REAL facts about crime & the criminal justice system. It's different from TV!

[Alt BJS @AltBJS]

A popular, under recognized program, the #FairChancePledge, registers companies & schools that support & hire felons. Public safety! Pls RT

[Alt BJS @AltBJS]

@L4GGFlorida is there case law to assist sex offenders in Florida (Polk) who are being denied access to emergency shelters?

[Polk County Sheriff 🚔 Grady Judd @PolkCoSheriff]

We cannot and we will not have innocent children in a shelter with sexual offenders & predators. Period. https://t.co/DlhqjqFrkM

[Polk County Sheriff 🚔 Grady Judd @PolkCoSheriff]

If you go to a shelter for #Irma and you have a warrant, we'll gladly escort you to the safe and secure shelter called the Polk County Jail https://t.co/Qj5GX9XQBi

[Jerry Ratcliffe @Jerry_Ratcliffe]

Policing explained in a few graphs. My blog post for new students. https://t.co/H4V4YFfMS9

[Alt BJS @AltBJS]

Unfortunately, research finds a variety of negative consequences when police are militarized, incl increased violence for citizens & police

[Alt BJS @AltBJS]

Police militarization might sound good. After all, we respect our welltrained/prepared & armed military members who work hard for our safety

[Dean Obermark @DeanObermark]

We've gotten too comfortable w/scarce federal funding for gun violence research. This gap between lives lost & funding is a policy failure.

[Alt BJS @AltBJS]

The memo marks the Feds official return to the $$$$ crime-producing Drug War, reversing decades of research documenting it's ineffectiveness https://t.co/ytrM4FiEw7

[NPR @NPR]

Read the full text of Attorney General Jeff Sessions' memo on sentencing guidelines sent to federal prosecutors: https://t.co/rdCi81PwqA

[Alt BJS @AltBJS]

.@Whitehouse will you be keeping this valuable public safety program? People who have been processed in the CJS need pathways to employment https://t.co/2fz6dALbXK

[Alt BJS @AltBJS]

A popular, under recognized program, the #FairChancePledge, registers companies & schools that support & hire felons. Public safety! Pls RT

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

.@DPInfoCtr @AltBJS 2015 was 15th consecutive year in which the number of prisoners under sentence of death in the U.S. decreased. @AltBJS #deathpenalty

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

.@DPInfoCtr @AltBJS That means there were more exonerations + resentencings to life or less + commutation + death in prison than there were executions.

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

94 more prisoners came off U.S. death rows in 2014-2015 by means other than execution than by execution. @DPInfoCtr @AltBJS #deathpenalty https://t.co/Ae1AizbQN9

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

BJS data shows nation's death rows are shrinking more rapidly than new defendants are being sentenced to death. @DPInfoCtr @AltBJS https://t.co/Ae1AizbQN9

[Sue Burrell @SueLBurrell]

Trained, properly resourced lawyers are essential to justice for children. New report:@NatJuvDefend: https://t.co/frVuLrEf5e #DefendChildren

[Amer Soc of Crim @ASCRM41]

ASC Executive Board’s Statement on the Trump Administration’s Policies Relevant to Crime and Justice #realcrimedata https://t.co/N4FYF8K8zM

[Dr. Steph Howells @steph_howells]

Proud to be a part of this association. #science #crime https://t.co/9RbelrPiTf

[Alt BJS @AltBJS]

New report:While 91.2% of ppl reported police behaved properly during contact, higher rates of police threats/use of force were found (4.1%) https://t.co/6LijdExo2x

[Bureau of Justice Statistics @BJSgov]

ICYMI: BJS released report on Police-Public Contact Survey questionnaire redesign & impact on estimating trends https://t.co/UkqqXk9Phy

[Vera Institute of Justice @verainstitute]

FACT: America's War on Drugs has led to more 'years of life lost' than the deaths of American soldiers in Korea and Vietnam – combined.

[Center for Justice Innovation @innovjustice]

L.A. Police Commission calls on force to deepen procedural justice practices—fairness & respect builds trust. https://t.co/IHTxj56CuG

[Center for Justice Innovation @innovjustice]

Highlighting work in New Orleans of our partner @safety_justice on costs of fines & fees; issue we also focus on. https://t.co/aUqCuxqcm6