Sentences with phrase «on criminal justice policy»

This meant treating the second class of the semester as a primer on criminal justice policy issues.

The shadow justice secretary is expected to use a speech on criminal justice policy to confirm the opposition would scrap the controversial ban, which forms part of the government's incentives and earned privileges scheme.

Not exact matches

Many experts credit that development to the «war on drugs,» a series of tough criminal justice and drug policies that began under President Richard Nixon and continued under President Ronald Reagan.

Sessions» early words and actions are consistent with the tough - on - crime reputation the former federal prosecutor cultivated as an Alabama senator, and they foreshadow an unmistakable pivot in critical areas of civil rights, criminal justice and drug policy.

For better or worse, the elaborate investigation of, for instance, the connections between St. Paul's teaching on justification and the criminal justice system will be totally inaccessible» and, if accessible, implausible» to anyone within hailing distance of policy discussions about crime and punishment.

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Zellnor then went to Cornell Law School where he served as student body president, an editor on the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, a constitutional law instructor in prison, and as a Pro Bono Scholar — a position that allowed him to take the New York Bar early and spend his last semester working full - time at Justice 360, a criminal justice reform organiJustice 360, a criminal justice reform organijustice reform organization.

The caucus event comes on the same day that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gave a major policy speech at Columbia University, where she called for an overhaul of the criminal justice system, and an end to what she says is «mass incarceration.»

In his most recent State of the State address, he listed several priorities, including reforming the criminal justice system, holding pharmaceutical distributors responsible for their role in the opioid crisis and fighting the federal government on its tax plan and policies on immigration, abortion, the environment and health care.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he would sue the federal government over the just - passed tax bill, proposed major changes to the state's criminal justice system and introduced a suite of policies to combat sexual harassment in his annual State of the State address on Wednesday.

«Eric Schneiderman has worked to reform our criminal justice system with «smart on crime» policies, like changing the Rockefeller Drug Laws and taking effective steps to stem the flow of illegal guns,» Koch said.

In his New Year message, UKIP's Mr Farage said: «We will be bringing forward positive policies on trade, defence, criminal justice, housing, healthcare and the environment and others which if adopted will make our country a happier more secure and more prosperous place.

Guido Fawkes was amongst the first to suggest that this might be the most plausible outcome — the social and economic liberalism in both parties (the Cameroons and Orange Bookers) could be made to match (with some limits on Lib Dem tax policy recommendations), so the difficulties would be Europe (where they are utterly divergent), and Cameron's reluctance to negotiate on Trident renewal, criminal justice and sentencing, and electoral reform (the Tories are squarely in favour of First Past The Post).

Clinton referenced Garner in her first major policy speech which focused on criminal justice reform.

Three newly - elected barristers all delivered maiden speeches during yesterday's debate on the Queen's Speech which highlighted the failures of criminal justice policy under the previous Labour Government.

Cuomo's statement calls on IDC Leader Jeff Klein, a Bronx Democrat who supports the policy, to end the «historic recalcitrance» in the Senate on the issue, which would end the treatment of 16 and 17 - year - olds as adults in the criminal justice system.

«My office will handle these cases with the highest level of care and independence, while we continue to work with lawmakers, District Attorneys, advocates and other experts in criminal justice reform on a long - term legislative solution to this critical matter of law and policy,» Schneiderman said in a statement.

The IDC has touted their policy victories in a Republican - controlled Senate, which includes multiple minimum wage increases and, just this year, an agreement on juvenile justice reform through raising the age of criminal responsibility.

My office will handle these cases with the highest level of care and independence, while we continue to work with lawmakers, District Attorneys, advocates and other experts in criminal justice reform on a long - term legislative solution to this critical matter of law and policy.

The Department of Education announced a series of long - awaited reforms to the school discipline code on Friday, including new policies aimed at lowering suspension rates, and new funding to support restorative justices practices and students in the criminal justice system.

We will also be targeting communities of color who feel abused and neglected by the Cuomo administration and his austerity policies on schools, criminal justice and human services,» said Hawkins, a working Teamster from Syracuse who unloads truck at night for UPS for a living.

Strategies for moving local policy change forward and the role of the criminal justice system are also on the agenda.

Queens Councilman Rory Lancman, who heads the City Council's newly formed Committee on the Justice System, called Vance's new step «smart policy» and argued the city can hold people accountable for fare evasion by issuing an MTA civil summons instead of «running them through the criminal justice system.Justice System, called Vance's new step «smart policy» and argued the city can hold people accountable for fare evasion by issuing an MTA civil summons instead of «running them through the criminal justice system.justice system.»

Richard Aborn is president of the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City — a non-partisan non-profit organization focused on criminal justice and public safety policies and practices — Richard Aborn draws on his wide experience in criminal prosecution and litigation...

«The Fortune Society applauds passage of Raise the Age and celebrates the positive impact that this policy change will have on the lives of young people who have gotten tangled in the criminal justice system.

Richard Aborn is president of the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City — a non-partisan non-profit organization focused on criminal justice and public safety policies and practices — Richard Aborn draws on his wide experience in criminal prosecution and litigation — policy development — management and government affairs to promote the Crime Commission's agenda of making...

In British politics, the Shadow Home Secretary is the person within the shadow cabinet who «shadows» the Home Secretary; this effectively means scrutinising government policy on home affairs including policing, national security, immigration, the criminal justice system, the prison service, and matters of citizenship.

«No more criminal coddling soft on terror policies, no more sanctuary cities and Cruz will instruct the Justice Department to hold corrupt politicians accountable.

During its long history, the Howard League has had a significant impact on the development of criminal justice policy.

When the Crown Prosecution Service announced in December 2015 that there would be no further criminal action on phone hacking, it said it had considered evidence of email deletion and decided that there were «legitimate reasons for companies to have an email deletion policy... In this case, there is no evidence to suggest that email deletion was undertaken in order to pervert the course of justice.»

«My office will handle these cases with the highest level of care and independence, while we continue to work with lawmakers, district attorneys, advocates and other experts in criminal justice reform on a long - term legislative solution to this critical matter of law and policy,» Schneiderman said in an e-mailed statement.

The proposal represents a retrenchment from the zero - tolerance philosophy that has dominated criminal justice policy since President Ronald Reagan declared a «war on drugs» in 1982.

One 2007 Centers for Disease Control task force study, «Effects on Violence of Laws and Policies Facilitating the Transfer of Youth from the Juvenile to the Adult Justice System,» states that the transferring of children under the age of 18 into the adult criminal justice system increases the rate of violence behavior and makes it more likely for them to return to the system after they serve theiJustice System,» states that the transferring of children under the age of 18 into the adult criminal justice system increases the rate of violence behavior and makes it more likely for them to return to the system after they serve theijustice system increases the rate of violence behavior and makes it more likely for them to return to the system after they serve their time.

Criminal justice experts weighed in on alternatives to the city's controversial stop and frisk policy.

The Justice Policy Institute, a policy and research group at the San Francisco - based Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, released the report lastPolicy Institute, a policy and research group at the San Francisco - based Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, released the report lastpolicy and research group at the San Francisco - based Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, released the report last week.

The work of the committee will be managed on a daily basis by a special adviser to Mr. Gonzalez, Jill Harris, who has spent her career working for criminal justice reform at groups like the American Civil Liberties Union and the Drug Policy Alliance.

While at Harvard, Abena has been an Inequality & Criminal Justice Doctoral Fellow in the Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality & Social Policy, a Spencer Foundation Early Career Scholar in New Civics, and a Julius B. Richmond Fellow at the Center on the Developing Child.

For too long, «tough on crime» policies have deliberately targeted our black, brown, and working class communities — ICE is tearing apart families, our youth are being criminalized in school and treated as adults by our overzealous criminal justice system, and the legal system's reliance on cash bail continues to overcrowd our prisons, keeping the House of Correction facility open despite its notoriety for its decrepit conditions.

On January 25th, 2011, the Massachusetts coalition reconvened to continue the work of addressing zero tolerance and school discipline policies that are funneling children into the state's criminal justice system.

Her work focuses on improving school safety policies and putting an end to the path that leads students away from schools and toward the juvenile and criminal justice systems.

Talk: «Art and Immigration Policy» at John Jay College of Criminal Justice This timely event, which coincides with the «Internalized Borders» exhibition at Shiva Gallery, will focus on the ways in which visual culture and language influence elections, politics, and perspectives regarding immigration in the U.S..

ALEC members focus on new and innovative state policies that reduce prison populations, prioritize criminal justice spending and help rehabilitate and restore offenders» lives.

The year Dodd - Frank became law, in 2010, the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) formed its «Right On Crime» project to make a conservative push for criminal justice reform, with «overcriminalization» one of its priority issues.

But he's also got a strong dissident streak, breaking with many other Republicans on criminal - justice policy and other issues.

This site of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service, the clearinghouse for the U.S. Department of Justice and the Office of National Drug Control Policy, lives up to its claim to be «one of the most extensive sources of information on criminal and juvenile justice in the worldCriminal Justice Reference Service, the clearinghouse for the U.S. Department of Justice and the Office of National Drug Control Policy, lives up to its claim to be «one of the most extensive sources of information on criminal and juvenile justice in the world.Justice Reference Service, the clearinghouse for the U.S. Department of Justice and the Office of National Drug Control Policy, lives up to its claim to be «one of the most extensive sources of information on criminal and juvenile justice in the world.Justice and the Office of National Drug Control Policy, lives up to its claim to be «one of the most extensive sources of information on criminal and juvenile justice in the worldcriminal and juvenile justice in the world.justice in the world.»

He sits on the Board of Trustees of the New England Innocence Project, a litigation and public policy organization dedicated to the exoneration of wrongfully convicted defendants and the reformation of the criminal justice system.

The human rights group says a structured sentencing framework would produce injustice, prevent optimum sentencing outcomes and could even result in an increase in rates of imprisonment: «These proposals go entirely against the prevailing trend of government criminal justice policy in recent years in relation to violent and sexual offences: that is, an emphasis on the individualised risk posed by the individual offender towards a member or members of the public.»

In that role, he served as the attorney general's top advisor on all legal, management, press and policy matters and directly oversaw the consumer protection and criminal justice sections.

matter of principle based on the doctrine of separation of powers as well as a matter of policy founded on the efficiency of the system of criminal justice» which also recognizes that prosecutorial discretion is «especially ill - suited to judicial review»... (cites omitted)

Judicial non-interference with prosecutorial discretion has been referred to as a «matter of principle based on the doctrine of separation of powers as well as a matter of policy founded on the efficiency of the system of criminal justice» which also recognizes that prosecutorial discretion is «especially ill - suited to judicial review»... (cites omitted)