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"Reimagining Criminal Justice"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the title of this provocative new article from Cecelia Klingele, Michael Scott and Walter Dickey available via SSRN. Here is the abstract: The criminal justice system needs more than reform.  It requires reimagining.  In its present state, by every measure that matters, the criminal justice system is failing to deliver what can fairly be expected of it.  Many crimes are never reported, and most crimes that are reported go unsolved.  When offenders are identified and apprehended, they are often processed through the criminal justice system in a manner that values expediency over enhanced public safety.  Despite falling crime rates, many communities remain unsafe.  Limitations on the capacity of law enforcement agencies, prosecutors' offices, trial courts, and correctional programs prevent the criminal justice system, as presently configured, from responding to the volume of cases it processes with the time and attention needed to ensure justice is done and public welfare and security are advanced...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 17, 2010 (boomark / email).