Fact Sheet Crime Trends in California By Magnus Lofstrom, Brandon Martin Oct 5, 2022 Oct 19, 2022 ... NOTE: Violent crime includes homicide, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault; property crime includes burglary, motor vehicle theft, and larceny ...
blog post Crime Trends in Context By Magnus Lofstrom Jun 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 ... Crime data for Contra Costa County show that in 2020, both violent and property crime rates were at their lowest level since 1985. Contra ...
Report Understanding the Effects of School Funding By Julien Lafortune May 18, 2022 ... political “conviction” a state's populace has around improving its schools rather than the effect of any realized spending changes (e.g., Greene 2020).
blog post Historic Law Aims to Improve Police Accountability and Transparency By Deepak Premkumar, Shannon McConville Feb 25, 2022 Feb 25, 2022 ... Prior to SB 2, a felony conviction should have disqualified an officer ... Most arrests of law enforcement officers resulted in convictions ...
blog post After Decreases in 2020, Both Property and Violent Crimes Are Up in 2021 By Magnus Lofstrom, Brandon Martin Dec 14, 2021 Dec 14, 2021 ... Preliminary data from four major California cities—Los Angeles, Oakland, San Diego, and San Francisco—show that property and violent crime ...
Report Police Use of Force and Misconduct in California By Deepak Premkumar, Alexandria Gumbs, Shannon McConville, Renee Hsia Oct 26, 2021 For the incidents where the criminal case outcome is known (over 80% of them), officers were convicted in 76 percent of cases—a majority of which were ...
Report Racial Disparities in Law Enforcement Stops By Magnus Lofstrom, Joseph Hayes, Brandon Martin, Deepak Premkumar Oct 13, 2021 Recent debate over police reforms has centered on how law enforcement engages with people of color, prompted by continuing concerns over racial inequities ...
blog post Gun Deaths Drive California’s Largest-Ever Rise in Homicides By Magnus Lofstrom Jul 13, 2021 Jul 13, 2021 ... While the 2020 homicide rate is far lower than past peaks, the past year deviates from historically low rates of the last decade. But at 5.5 ...
Fact Sheet Arrests in California By Magnus Lofstrom, Brandon Martin, Joseph Hayes Feb 8, 2021 Local law enforcement directives during the pandemic likely led to fewer overall arrests in California. Violent offenses are the largest category of felony ...
Fact Sheet California’s County Jails By Magnus Lofstrom, Brandon Martin Feb 8, 2021 Inmates held on a felony charge or conviction account for 90% of the jail population. California has a large number of diverse—and aging—county jail ...