What’s in a word? A lot. Criminologist Michael Maltz defines “recidivism” as “the reversion of an individual to criminal behavior after he or she has been convicted of a prior offense, sentenced and ...

In recent years, federal legislation aimed at reforming the criminal justice system, such as the Sentencing Reform Act and Corrections Act, has not passed Congress despite having bipartisan support.

Attorney General Kamala Harris has weighed in on a debate among politicians and law enforcement officials with her own proposal about measuring “recidivism” – re-offending by those who’ve already been ...

Turning this into a political gotcha moment misses an opportunity to meaningfully discuss a universal issue. | Opinion ...

For two years, Wisconsin’s youth prison for males has been under an FBI-led criminal investigation into allegations of prisoner abuse, child neglect, sexual assault, intimidation of witnesses and ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. We know for a fact—as credible a fact as we get from the criminal justice system—that more than eight out of 10 prisoners ...

Across the nation, judges, probation and parole officers are increasingly using algorithms to assess a criminal defendant’s likelihood of becoming a recidivist – a term used to describe criminals who ...