Crime & Criminal Justice

The limits of punishment: Transitional justice and violent extremism

Friday, Oct 05, 2018 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Brookings Institution

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Illicit Trade

It’s not just about the elephants: Understanding illegal wildlife trafficking

Vanda Felbab-Brown

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Africa in focus

Figures of the week: Piracy increasing in the Gulf of Guinea

Thursday, August 2, 2018

Reports

DATE IMPORTED: September 23, 2012 A Ugandan soldier from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) watches as defected members of Islamist militant group al Shabaab walk after giving themselves up to the African Union AMISOM forces in Garsale, approximately 10km from the town of Jowhar, 80km north of Mogadishu, in this September 22, 2012 handout picture made available by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team on September 23, 2012. Islamist rebels said they shot dead a Somali lawmaker in Mogadishu on Saturday and threatened to kill every legislator in the country. The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) force said, however, there were signs of deepening internal rifts within al Shabaab. More than 200 rebels defected near the town of Jowhar on Saturday, AMISOM said. REUTERS/AU-UN IST/Abukar Albadri/Handout (SOMALIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Somalia

The hard, hot, dusty road to accountability, reconciliation, and peace in Somalia

Vanda Felbab-Brown

May 2018

DATE IMPORTED: June 15, 2017 Members of the local militia, otherwise known as CJTF, sit in the back of a truck during a patrol in the city of Maiduguri, northern Nigeria June 9, 2017. Picture taken June 9, 2017. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye.

Nigeria

“In Nigeria, we don’t want them back”

Vanda Felbab-Brown

May 2018

A guard tower is seen during a media tour of California's Death Row at San Quentin State Prison.

Crime & Criminal Justice

Work and opportunity before and after incarceration

Adam Looney and Nicholas Turner

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

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Brookings experts on Trump’s first State of the Union

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Alicia Sasser Modestino

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TechTank

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Lars Trautman and Nila Bala

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

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Up Front

Study after study shows ex-prisoners would be better off without intense supervision

Jennifer L. Doleac

Monday, July 2, 2018

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A crime-fighting policy for Latin America and the Caribbean

Carlos Díaz and Eleonora Patacchini

Thursday, May 17, 2018

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Disrupting the cycle of gun violence: A candid discussion with young Chicago residents

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST

The need for criminal justice reform in America

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Crime, conflict, and regime transitions: Colombia, Nigeria, and Myanmar

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

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DATE IMPORTED:January 07, 2018An elephant walks through the bush at the Mpala Research Centre in Laikipia County Kenya, January 7, 2018. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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