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Criminal Justice

Evaluating policy reforms, prison programs, policing, and crime

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Fact Sheet · February 2021

Crime Trends in California

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Report · August 2020

Reforming Pretrial Justice in California

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Report · June 2020

Proposition 47’s Impact on Racial Disparity in Criminal Justice Outcomes

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Blog Posts

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August 11, 2021

California Jails and COVID-19

Heather Harris, Joseph Hayes

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July 16, 2021

Homicides Climb for Most California Counties in 2020

Magnus Lofstrom

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July 15, 2021

The Past, Present, and Future of COVID-19 in California Prisons

Heather Harris, Joseph Hayes

Events

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Proposition 47 and Racial Disparities in California

July 1, 2020

A Conversation with Chief Justice of California Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye

December 12, 2019

Key Factors in Arrest Trends and Differences in California’s Counties

September 19, 2019

Featured Fact Sheet · February 2021

Arrests in California

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Fact Cards

95,300 Current population in California prisons.
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African Americans make up less than 6% of California’s population but more than 16% of arrests.
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California’s property crime rate is the lowest since record-keeping began in 1960.
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1 in 8 Asian Americans experienced hate incidents.
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California’s prison population fell by 27,500 prisoners during the pandemic, or 7,500 more than any other state.
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Gun deaths drove California’s largest-ever rise in homicides.
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10x The rate of imprisonment for African American men compared to white men.
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Meet the Team

Heather Harris

Research Fellow

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Joseph Hayes

Research Associate

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Magnus Lofstrom

Policy Director and Senior Fellow

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Brandon Martin

Research Associate

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Deepak Premkumar

Research Fellow

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Thomas Sloan

Research Associate

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