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Criminal Justice

Evaluating policy reforms, prison programs, policing, and crime

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Fact Sheet · January 2022

Crime Trends in California

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Report · October 2021

Police Use of Force and Misconduct in California

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Report · October 2021

Racial Disparities in Law Enforcement Stops

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Blog Posts

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July 5, 2022

Mass Shootings in California

Heather Harris

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June 30, 2022

Crime Trends in Context

Magnus Lofstrom

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May 26, 2022

Californians Worry over Mass Shootings, Favor Stricter Gun Laws

Rachel Lawler

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April 12, 2022

Fewer Domestic Violence Calls, but More Incidents Could Be Deadly

Heather Harris

Fact Sheets

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January 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

Events

Policing in California

November 4, 2021

Featured Blog Post · March 21, 2022

Two Years of Wide Variation in Crime Trends

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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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