blog post Video: Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Arrests in California By Mary Severance Feb 17, 2023 Feb 17, 2023 ... At the onset of the pandemic, overall property and violent crime rates fell ... Arrest trends are only part of the overall criminal justice ...
blog post How Often Are Firearms Confiscated During Traffic Stops? By Deepak Premkumar, Andrew Skelton, Magnus Lofstrom Feb 16, 2023 Feb 16, 2023 ... ... and racial disparities in interactions with law enforcement. ... search types require a lower level of evidence of criminal misconduct.
blog post Human Trafficking in California By Heather Harris Feb 15, 2023 Feb 15, 2023 ... Nearly all states now have laws prohibiting sex and labor trafficking. Yet the Bureau of Justice Statistics has only recently begun to produce ...
blog post California’s Notable Declines in Law Enforcement Staffing By Magnus Lofstrom, Brandon Martin, Andrew Skelton Feb 14, 2023 Feb 14, 2023 ... Additionally, this research also shows that the crime-reducing benefits ... Here we use California Department of Justice's Law Enforcement ...
blog post Concerns about Crime Are Up, Views of Police Are Down By Deja Thomas Feb 13, 2023 Feb 13, 2023 ... The share of Californians saying that violence and street crime is a problem in their community has increased from a year ago, and the share ...
blog post Police Use of Force and Racial Disparities during Traffic Stops By Deepak Premkumar, Magnus Lofstrom, Andrew Skelton Feb 2, 2023 Feb 2, 2023 ... More than 625 Californians are seriously injured by law enforcement each year, and about 195 of these injuries are fatal; gunshot wounds are ...
blog post 2022 Year in Review By Mark Baldassare Dec 15, 2022 Dec 15, 2022 ... ... and PPIC was cited in the bill text or analysis of 157 bills during the 2021–22 legislative session, 69 of which were signed into law.
blog post How a New Way of Counting Prisoners Has Changed Redistricting By Jennifer Paluch, Eric McGhee, Heather Harris Nov 2, 2022 Nov 2, 2022 ... For the purposes of drawing state legislative and congressional districts, California now counts state prisoners as residents of their last ...
blog post Video: Racial Disparities in Traffic Stops By Vicki Hsieh Oct 21, 2022 Oct 21, 2022 ... “At the end of the day, the outcomes need to change.” Topics. crime Criminal Justice police Population public safety Racial and Identity ...
blog post Violent Crimes Involving Guns Drive Recent Rise in Crime By Magnus Lofstrom, Brandon Martin Oct 19, 2022 Oct 19, 2022 ... SOURCES: Author's calculation based on the California Department of Justice's Criminal Justice Statistics Center, California Crimes and ...