No Hope: Re-Examining Lifetime Sentences for Juvenile Offenders
"In a handful of U.S. counties, teenagers are still being sentenced to a lifetime in prison with no chance of release.  This harsh and increasingly isolated practice falls disproportionately on black and Hispanic youth and is a remnant of an earlier period of punitiveness based on an unfounded prediction of a new class of superpredators that never actually materialized."

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In a handful of U.S. counties, teenagers are still being sentenced to a lifetime in prison with no chance of release. This harsh and increasingly isolated practice falls disproportionately on black and Hispanic youth and is a remnant of an earlier period of punitiveness based on an unfounded prediction of a new class of superpredators that never actually materialized. - See more at: http://www.phillipsblack.org/juvenile-justice/#sthash.jDo5alnX.dpuf

In a handful of U.S. counties, teenagers are still being sentenced to a lifetime in prison with no chance of release. This harsh and increasingly isolated practice falls disproportionately on black and Hispanic youth and is a remnant of an earlier period of punitiveness based on an unfounded prediction of a new class of superpredators that never actually materialized. - See more at: http://www.phillipsblack.org/juvenile-justice/#sthash.jDo5alnX.dpuf

The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration http://t.co/ppGKS8aRjM

— Crim Library UTL (@CrimLib) September 18, 2015

What Happens to Your Body When You're Exposed to Different Kinds of Police Brutality http://t.co/qeEoWqtdw6 .@micnews pic.twitter.com/cKb9cMPAXb

— Prison_Health (@Prison_Health) September 25, 2015

Recidivism of Adult Sex Offenders
"This Research Brief reviews the scientific literature concerning the recidivism of adult sex offenders.  It presents findings about recidivism generally and sexual recidivism specifically because many sex offenders engage in both sexual and nonsexual crime.  It also addresses the recidivism rates of differnt types of sex offenders."

Weaning America Off Violent Crime Stats: http://t.co/6Ovah9rxaM

— Crim Library UTL (@CrimLib) September 25, 2015

Community-Based Responses to Justice-Involved Young Adults

"In this new report by Executive Session members Vincent Schiraldi, Bruce Western, and Kendra Bradner, the authors note that the human brain has been clinically shown to not fully mature prior to the mid-20s and suggest new institutional methods and processes for young adult justice that can meet the realities of life for today's disadvantaged youth involved in crime and the criminal justice system.

They envision a system that extends the reach of the juvenile court to reflect a modern understanding of the transition into adulthood, and their primary recommendation is that the age of juvenile court jurisdiction be raised to 21, with additional, gradually diminishing protections for young adults up to age 24 or 25."

Elected judges reverse death penalties at less than half the rate of those who are appointed, @Reuters analysis finds http://t.co/TJrpnyqBnu

— Sentencing Project (@SentencingProj) September 23, 2015

The Origins of Mass Incarceration http://t.co/pKGhyCdfcq via @CatoUnbound

— Crim Library UTL (@CrimLib) September 25, 2015

The Economy and Crime: Briefing Note
"Criminal justice policy throughout the 1980s and 1990s was defined by two prominent trends: rising rates of offending and rising rates of imprisonment.  This briefing presents evidence to consider what gave rise to these dynamics, and to what extent they were interrelated."