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Foundational Causes of Crime and Incarceration
The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, with 500 to 700 people incarcerated for every 100,000. Click here or the above image for a larger view. The rate of incarceration has...
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Focus turns to jail alternatives in Johnson County justice center debate
[Source: "Focus turns to jail alternatives in Johnson County justice center debate," The Gazette, 21 April 2013] Supporters say space is needed, but opponents say alternatives not being explored IOWA...
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Stopping Cycles of Incarceration
The interdependent system that causes poverty, crime, and incarceration is complex. However, a simplified diagram below shows a possible relationship of various factors leading to greater...
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Incarceration and Hospitalization – Correlations in Institutional...
Hospitals Making People Sick. The goal of hospitalization is to replace illness with wellness. In most cases, this is the outcome. However, it’s becoming common knowledge that a high rate of people...
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Questions and Answers with Bob Thompson – Crime Rate and Incarceration Rates...
Justice Equity: Is the rate of incarceration reflective of increases in crime rates? Bob Thompson: The jail population and the crime rate don’t match up at all. The crime rate (serious crimes, “Type A”...
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Join our 20% by 2014 Campaign to Reduce Incarceration Rates
We Can Do Better. Justice Equity is based in Iowa City, and our county has one of the lowest incarceration rates in the world. [source] That’s good, but we can do better. That’s why we’re launching our...
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Blaming Police for Racial Disparity Will Have Minimal Impact on Finding and...
Just about everyone agrees that it’s imperative we find solutions to problems of racial disparity among those incarcerated. Over 45% of those incarcerated are people of color although they only...
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Jeff Cox: Yes We Can….Control Local Arrest Rates. The War on Drugs and Racial...
Below is a video presentation by Jeff Cox recorded 23 April 2013 at Alternatives to a Bigger Jail: A Public Forum.
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“Stabilizing Jail Population Growth in Johnson County Iowa” by Bob Thompson
[Source: The following article is submitted by Bob Thompson and addresses viable initiatives and proposals to stabilize or reduce jail population growth in Johnson County, Iowa.] * * * UNDERSTANDING...
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“We Have Found the Enemy, and They Are Us”– Finding Cures for Racist Outcomes...
In the days following the Exxon Valdez oil spill, Greenpeace came out with an unusual advertising campaign about the spill. Their ad featured a picture of Joseph Hazelwood, the man who had been...
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