The United States has undoubtedly been far from proactive when it comes down to addressing public policy, especially in our approach and our response to crime. We have traditionally responded to ...

A new study from the University of Texas at El Paso found that undocumented immigrants present lower risk factors for crime than U.S. citizens and authorized immigrants. The study, which focused on El ...

A recent report by the Sentencing Project documents an encouraging trend. The prison population in the United States has fallen in 39 states, and the total prison population is down 7 percent from its ...

But the reality of risk assessment tools is far less clear-cut, or dramatic. COMPAS is just one of many RNA instruments U.S. jurisdictions use to assess a person's risk of recidivism and the factors ...