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Fact Sheet

Arrests in California

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

Feb 9, 2023 ... California's overall arrest rate was historically low in 2021. Law enforcement agencies in California reported roughly 793,000 total arrests in ...

Fact Sheet

Law Enforcement Staffing in California

By Brandon Martin, Magnus Lofstrom, Andrew Skelton

Feb 9, 2023 ... Recent research finds that increased police staffing can help prevent crime: each additional officer reduces crime by 1.3 violent crimes and 4.2 ...

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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 ... ... about persistent racial inequities in the criminal justice system. ... In 2019, law enforcement officers, mostly local police officers, ...

Fact Sheet

Crime Trends in California

By Magnus Lofstrom, Brandon Martin

Oct 19, 2022 ... ... when California embarked on major criminal justice reforms. ... 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 ... Top Issues and Overall Mood · Gubernatorial Election · State Propositions 1, 27, and 30 · Local Election Issues: Homelessness and Crime.

Statewide Survey

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

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

Feb 14, 2022 ... Fewer mention crime, gangs, and drugs (7%), or housing costs and availability (7%). Across partisan groups, Democrats are most likely to ...

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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 ... data on the deaths of people involved with the criminal justice system, ...