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Criminal Justice

Evaluating policy reforms, prison programs, policing, and crime

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Report · September 2024

Crime after Proposition 47 and the Pandemic

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Report · June 2024

California Prison Programs and Reentry Pathways

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Report · September 2023

Are Younger Generations Committing Less Crime?

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Blog Posts

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September 23, 2024

Video: Crime after Proposition 47 and the Pandemic

Stephanie Barton

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August 2, 2024

Commercial Burglaries Fell in 2023, but Shoplifting Continued to Rise

Magnus Lofstrom, Brandon Martin

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July 25, 2024

Video: California Prison Programs and Reentry Pathways

Stephanie Barton

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July 16, 2024

Mass Shootings in California

Heather Harris

Fact Sheets

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September 2024

California’s Prison Population

Heather Harris, Sean Cremin

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January 2024

Arrests in California

Magnus Lofstrom, Brandon Martin, Andrew Skelton

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January 2024

California’s County Jails

Magnus Lofstrom, Brandon Martin, Andrew Skelton

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January 2024

Law Enforcement Staffing in California

Brandon Martin, Magnus Lofstrom, Andrew Skelton

Events

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Crime after Proposition 47 and the Pandemic

September 13, 2024

California Prison Programs and Reentry Pathways

July 16, 2024

Featured Fact Sheet · October 2023

Crime Trends in California

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Fact Cards

Commercial burglary in California rose by 16% from 2019 to 2022.
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California’s jail population fell over the last decade, yet those with mental health needs in jails rose to over 50%.
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Gun incidents drove well over half of the rise in violent crime since 2019.
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Police search Black and Latino drivers more often than white drivers during traffic stops but find contraband less often.
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Mass shootings increased 13 times more in the nation than in California during the pandemic.
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African Americans make up less than 6% of California’s population but more than 15% of arrests.
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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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Meet the Team

Sean Cremin

Research Associate

Email 415-291-4442
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Heather Harris

Research Fellow

Email 415-291-4441
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Joseph Hayes

Senior Research Associate

Email 415-291-4438
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Magnus Lofstrom

Policy Director and Senior Fellow

Email 415-291-4454
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Brandon Martin

Research Associate

Email 916-440-1131
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Deepak Premkumar

Research Fellow

Email 415-291-4464
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Andrew Skelton

Research Associate

Email 415-291-4470
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