CRM/LAW C7 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Mental Health Court, Design Of Experiments, Procedural Justice
8 Sep 2016
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Courts that focus on particular areas of law. Gotten more popular because of booming population in us state and federal prisons. War on drugs has largely been targeted against young black men. The number of people incarcerated in state and federal prisons increased by 13% from 1. 3m to. Another 700k people in local jails in 2012, yielding total incarcerated population of 2. 2m. Between 2002 and 2011, state prison populations grew at average rate of 0. 8% per year, and federal population at 3. 2% Between 2009-2012, number of people in american prisons decreased by 2. 8% 1% of adults in america were in prison or jail in 2012. 4. 8m people were on probation or parole in 2012, for a total of 6. 9m people in american under some form of cj supervision. The 2011 us incarceration rate is the highest in the world (7/1,000) 93% of people in prisons are male, 7% female.
