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Fact Sheet

Arrests in California

By Magnus Lofstrom, Joseph Hayes, Brandon Martin, Andrew Skelton

Feb 9, 2023 ... SOURCE: Authors' calculation based on California Department of Justice's Open Justice Arrests dataset and California Department of Finance ...

Fact Sheet

Law Enforcement Staffing in California

By Brandon Martin, Magnus Lofstrom, Andrew Skelton

Feb 9, 2023 ... SOURCE: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, 2018. NOTES: 2018 is currently the most recent year ...

Report

Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Arrests in California

By Deepak Premkumar, Thomas Sloan, Magnus Lofstrom, Joseph Hayes

Feb 9, 2023 ... At the onset of COVID-19, California's criminal justice system was affected by shelter-in-place orders and other public health measures, ...

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Racial Disparities in Traffic Stops

By Magnus Lofstrom, Joseph Hayes, Brandon Martin, Deepak Premkumar

Oct 21, 2022 ... Stark racial inequity has long been a deeply troubling aspect of our criminal justice system. In recent years, traffic stops have emerged as ...

Policy Brief

Policy Brief: Racial Disparities in Traffic Stops

By Magnus Lofstrom, Joseph Hayes, Brandon Martin, Deepak Premkumar

Oct 21, 2022 ... ... police custody—sparked widespread protests and intensified concerns about persistent racial inequities in the criminal justice system.

Fact Sheet

Crime Trends in California

By Magnus Lofstrom, Brandon Martin

Oct 19, 2022 ... SOURCE: Authors' calculation based on the California Department of Justice's Criminal Justice Statistics Center, California Crimes and ...

Statewide Survey

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

By Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Rachel Lawler, Deja Thomas

Sep 2, 2022 ... Key findings include: Two key ballot measures—Prop 1 on abortion rights and Prop 30 on funding to reduce greenhouse gas emissions—have ...

Report

Police Use of Force and Misconduct in California

By Deepak Premkumar, Alexandria Gumbs, Shannon McConville, Renee Hsia

(1) The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act would have, among several other ... when or how officers should use force (National Institute of Justice 2020).

Policy Brief

Policy Brief: Police Use of Force and Misconduct in California

By Deepak Premkumar, Alexandria Gumbs, Shannon McConville, Renee Hsia

When compared with crowdsourced data, data from the California Department of Justice capture most of these fatalities, though vehicle-related deaths are one ...