In the United States, the criminal justice system is one of many public institutions whose workings span multiple jurisdictions. If you’ve been arrested and served jail time, it’s not uncommon to ...

Crime permeates our social fabric. It always has because we are all deviant and deviance is an underpinning of criminality. Whether you believe people are born criminals or socialized to become so, we ...

This summer, Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III of the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals published in the Vanderbilt Law Review what he called a “spirited defense” of the American criminal justice ...

When I was first elected to the Texas Supreme Court in 1988, personal computers were just becoming popular. Many of the lawyers I worked with said they’d never use them. Yellow tablets and dictation ...

SAN ANTONIO – It is complex, full of twists and turns, and critical to public safety: the criminal justice system. Recent tensions between the San Antonio Police Department and the Bexar County ...

Editor’s Note: Van Jones is the host of the “The Van Jones Show” and a CNN political commentator. He is the CEO of REFORM Alliance, an organization aiming to reduce the number of people serving unjust ...

Instead, our burdensome system harms millions. A broken taillight. A counterfeit $20 bill. Expired plates. These minor “offenses” led to the deaths of Philando Castile, George Floyd, and Daunte Wright ...

Earn your bachelor's degree in criminal justice and learn to evaluate how the justice system operates in American society and prepare for justice-related careers, graduate study or law school. The ...

After a convicted sex offender is arrested for allegedly committing another crime, the Douglas County Sheriff said his case ...

Greater Palm Bay Chamber event will explore how public safety, prevention, accountability and second chances impact economic opportunity.

Social justice is a concept that holds all people should have equal access to wealth, health, well-being, privileges, and ...