Report warns U.S. criminal justice policies fail to address women’s needs, urging prevention, treatment and family-centered ...

Criminal justice policy should consider the impact of adverse childhood experiences on individuals' lives. While proving a direct causal link between childhood trauma and adult crime is difficult in ...

The new short film Criminal highlights the injustices of the criminal legal system with a look at how for-profit bail preys ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — The General Assembly is set to meet this week to discuss a package of criminal justice reforms in response to the fatal stabbing of Iryna Zarutska in August. The proposed legislation, ...

Democrats in the Assembly and Senate disagree with Hochul on criminal justice issues, which have stalled negotiations. The Legislature approved a budget extender Thursday that runs through Monday. Sen ...

A senior Trump Justice Department nominee told senators he “inadvertently misspoke” when declaring at his confirmation ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — U.S. House members visited North Carolina’s largest city on Monday to hear from family members of violent-crime victims who pleaded for tougher criminal justice policies in the ...

As an erstwhile drummer, I was drawn to the movie Whiplash, in which an abusive music instructor played by J.K. Simmons pushes his promising drum student nearly over the brink in his pursuit of ...