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Criminal Justice

Evaluating policy reforms, prison programs, policing, and crime

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Fact Sheet · October 2022

Crime Trends in California

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Report · October 2022

Racial Disparities in Traffic Stops

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Report · October 2021

Police Use of Force and Misconduct in California

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Blog Posts

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December 15, 2022

2022 Year in Review

Mark Baldassare

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November 2, 2022

How a New Way of Counting Prisoners Has Changed Redistricting

Jennifer Paluch, Eric McGhee, Heather Harris

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October 21, 2022

Video: Racial Disparities in Traffic Stops

Vicki Hsieh

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October 19, 2022

Violent Crimes Involving Guns Drive Recent Rise in Crime

Magnus Lofstrom, Brandon Martin

Events

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Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Arrests in California

February 9, 2023 · 11:00 am - 11:45 am

Fact Sheets

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October 2022

Crime Trends in California

Magnus Lofstrom, Brandon Martin

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February 2021

Arrests in California

Magnus Lofstrom, Brandon Martin, Joseph Hayes

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February 2021

California’s County Jails

Magnus Lofstrom, Brandon Martin

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February 2021

Law Enforcement Staffing in California

Magnus Lofstrom, Brandon Martin

Featured Blog Post · July 5, 2022

Mass Shootings 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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1 in 8 Asian Americans experienced hate incidents.
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10x The rate of imprisonment for African American men compared to white men.
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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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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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Andrew Skelton

Research Associate

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Thomas Sloan

Research Associate

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