University of Michigan-Dearborn Criminology & Criminal Justice

04/03/2024

https://jasher.substack.com/p/its-early-but-murder-is-falling-even?utm_source=TMP-Newsletter&utm_campaign=a626c51c43-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_04_03_10_52&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5e02cdad9d-a626c51c43-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

Interpreting what an early decline in murder might mean.

03/20/2024

https://jasher.substack.com/p/fbi-quarterly-data-points-to-declining?utm_source=TMP-Newsletter&utm_campaign=3c6f6f972f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_03_20_11_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5e02cdad9d-3c6f6f972f-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

The FBI released Q4 data yesterday so that means two posts in one week.

02/28/2024

https://nij.ojp.gov/events/student-travel-scholarship-application-form?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nij2024

The National Institute of Justice is pleased to invite undergraduate and graduate student travel scholarship applications for the 2024 NIJ National Research Conference. The 2024 conference will take place September 16-18, 2024, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. NIJ will support the travel costs for up to...

02/09/2024

The UMD CCJ Cold Case Unit was featured in this video at the Chancellor's State of the University presentation.

01/30/2024

The Cold Case Unit is a partnership with UMD CCJ program and the Monroe County Sheriff's office. Here are the 5 students in the Winter 2024 semester unit, together with their advisors Professors Shelton, Shuraydi and Osowski.

01/11/2024

12/23/2023

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/people-think-crime-rate-up-actually-down-rcna129585?fbclid=IwAR3iYtrArnUP2GMLtDvXQkSwXjNCo1IQlkAQl###RlA2PbweuIm61NSo2rU_aem_ASKgA6DZWMXMcc6FJY-PGgC66HF41Ea1J5uDoEFwWb6AX9JS0UJCrkYONNVnv8BKxsI

Almost 80 percent of Americans, and 92 percent of Republicans, think crime has gone up. It actually fell in 2023. An expert blames a familiar culprit for the mistaken impression.

12/15/2023

https://www.propublica.org/article/michigan-enacts-laws-reform-juvenile-justice-system?utm_source=TMP-Newsletter&utm_campaign=15ebabeda2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_12_15_11_55&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5e02cdad9d-15ebabeda2-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

In the aftermath of revelations from ProPublica, a government task force pushed for changes. New laws aim to keep low-level offenses out of court, provide more resources to young offenders and eliminate fines.

12/14/2023

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/06/27/can-it-be-murder-if-you-didn-t-kill-anyone?utm_campaign=opening-statement&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=3473-how-arbitrators-protect-abusive-guards&utm_source=TMP-Newsletter&utm_campaign=26f4b0a07b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_12_14_12_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5e02cdad9d-26f4b0a07b-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

A distinctly American legal doctrine holds getaway drivers and lookouts as responsible for a death as the actual killer. California is having second thoughts.

12/10/2023

The UMD CCJ cold case unit with Monroe Sheriffs detectives and faculty

11/15/2023

https://stateline.org/2023/11/13/cash-bail-policies-are-under-fresh-scrutiny/?utm_source=TMP-Newsletter&utm_campaign=3aa90d4a22-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_11_15_12_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5e02cdad9d-3aa90d4a22-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

Cash bail is undergoing a reckoning as policymakers debate its disproportionate effects on underserved communities and people with low incomes who sometimes can’t afford bail — as well as just how much the system truly keeps the public safe.