Crime & Criminal Justice

DATE IMPORTED: March 06, 2019 Police officers patrol a street after a blockade set by members of the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel to repel security forces during an anti-fuel theft operation in Santa Rosa de Lima, in Guanajuato state, Mexico, March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

Mexico

AMLO’s security policy: Creative ideas, tough reality

Vanda Felbab-Brown

March 2019

DATE IMPORTED: March 15, 2019. Soldiers keep watch near a crime scene where the bodies were left by unknown assailants, on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 15, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Mexico

Mexico’s out-of-control criminal market

Vanda Felbab-Brown

March 2019

U.S. Attorney General William Barr's signature is seen at the end of his four page letter to U.S. congressional leaders on the conclusions of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian meddling in the 2016 election after the letter was released by the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, U.S. March 24, 2019. REUTERS/Jim Bourg TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1B4EB05810

External Article

What to make of Bill Barr’s letter

Benjamin Wittes, Susan Hennessey, Mikhaila Fogel, Quinta Jurecic, and Matthew Kahn

Sunday, March 24, 2019

Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs after briefing members of the U.S. Senate on his investigation of potential collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC18CD8B4890

External Article

Four principles for reading the Mueller Report

Benjamin Wittes, Susan Hennessey, Mikhaila Fogel, and Quinta Jurecic

Thursday, February 21, 2019

Reports

ticket in windshield wiper

Crime & Criminal Justice

Addressing modern debtors’ prisons with graduated economic sanctions that depend on ability to pay

Friday, March 15, 2019

Police officer writing ticket

Crime & Criminal Justice

A proposal to end regressive taxation through law enforcement

Michael Makowsky

Friday, March 15, 2019

multicultural prisoners playing chess behind prison bars

Crime & Criminal Justice

Proposals for improving the U.S. pretrial system

Will Dobbie and Crystal S. Yang

Friday, March 15, 2019

Gavel and scales of justice, police station

Crime & Criminal Justice

Nine facts about monetary sanctions in the criminal justice system

Patrick Liu, Ryan Nunn, and Jay Shambaugh

Friday, March 15, 2019

Bail bond concept. Gavel and dollar banknotes.

Crime & Criminal Justice

The economics of bail and pretrial detention

Patrick Liu, Ryan Nunn, and Jay Shambaugh

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Blog Posts

Congressman Jair Bolsonaro speaks during a forum hosted by newsmagazine Veja in Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 27, 2017. REUTERS/Leonardo Benassatto - RC1ADE98BCF0

Order from Chaos

How Brazil’s Bolsonaro can apply global lessons learned in fighting crime

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

A police officer works the scene where an explosion occurred near Bogota's bullring, Colombia, February 19, 2017. REUTERS/Jaime Saldarriaga - RC16A8416680

Future Development

A new way to investigate homicides in Colombia

Daniel E. Ortega

Thursday, November 8, 2018

Protesters gather along Broadway Avenue to protest the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man on Tuesday by officers in El Cajon, California, U.S. September 28, 2016. REUTERS/Sandy Huffaker/File Photo - TM3EC9T065Y01

Brookings Now

Highlights from an event on police shootings of unarmed black males in America

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

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Events

Policy opportunities for handling juvenile criminal justice records

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Deadly force: The legal basis of police shootings of unarmed black males in America

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EDT

The limits of punishment: Transitional justice and violent extremism

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

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Related Books

"Organized Crime and Illicit Trade: How to Respond to This Strategic Challenge in Old and New Domains" edited by Virginia Comolli

Organized crime and illicit trade: How to respond to this strategic challenge in old and new domains

Contributions by Vanda Felbab-Brown

2018

"The Extinction Market" by Vanda Felbab-Brown

The Extinction Market: Wildlife Trafficking and How to Counter It

By Vanda Felbab-Brown

2017

Corruption

By Carlo Alberto Brioschi

2017

Multimedia

A Cook County Sheriff's police car patrols the exterior of the Cook County Jail in Chicago, Illinois, January 12, 2016. The Cook County Jail in Chicago -- the biggest single-site jail in the United States -- was placed on lockdown on Tuesday after staffing dropped below normal levels, said Cook County Sheriff's spokesman Ben Breit. REUTERS/Jim Young - GF20000092626

Podcast Episode

Fixing bail, fines, and fees in the criminal justice system

Jay Shambaugh and Fred Dews

Friday, March 22, 2019

Brookings Now

The need for criminal justice reform

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

A security guard walks the hall of a prison

Crime & Criminal Justice

On the economics of private prisons

Monday, February 27, 2017

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