Urban Wire

A protester carries a sign during a "Defund the Police" march from King County Youth Jail to City Hall in Seattle, Washington on August 5, 2020. (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)

Criminal Justice Finance in the COVID-19 Recession and Beyond

Budget choices are happening now, and policymakers have an opportunity to enact equitable, effective, and lasting public safety reforms.

Race and Ethnicity

Reckoning with Structural Racism in Research: LBJ’s Legacy and Urban’s Next 50

The disconnect between Johnson’s actions and words illustrates his complexity and grounds Urban’s reflection on its past.

Crime and Justice

Restoring humanity: Changing the way we talk about people touched by the criminal justice system

To remove barriers for people with felony convictions, we must change the words we use to describe them.

Crime and Justice

The effects of long-term and mass incarceration are felt from Milwaukee to Washington, DC

A recent documentary shares the stories of families living in a high-crime Milwaukee neighborhood.

Crime and Justice

Where have all the data gone? The effects of the FBI’s decision to reduce public access to crime data

In its annual dissemination of crime statistics, the FBI published 70 percent fewer data tables.

Crime and Justice

Police body camera policies: What’s in and what’s out

About a year ago, we launched an interactive feature that tracks body camera legislation. Since then, legislatures in 18 states passed new body camera laws.

Crime and Justice

Mental health on both sides of the blue line

Acutely tragic, high-profile incidents only scratch the surface of the more complex relationship between policing and the mental health needs of both citizens and officers.

Race and Ethnicity

Reflections on research, race, and policing

The shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile by police the week of July 3, followed by the shootings of police in Dallas, Texas, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, shook many communities, including our own.

Crime and Justice

A wake-up call to the field: translating reentry evidence to practice

National Reentry Week is more than a gesture. It’s driving conversation, events and workshops at federal correctional facilities and US Attorneys offices across the country.