Criminal Law and Policy News and Events for the University of Arizona Community

News Segment on Neuroscience and Psychopathy

Please see the following brief news segment on developing neuroscientific study of psychopaths:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/24074869#23711245

Sentencing Project Reports on Sentencing in 2007

Here.  From the intro: "In recent years, “tough on crime” policies that previously dominated the criminal
justice legislative agenda have ceded ground to a more balanced consideration of how states can most effectively allocate resources to maximize public safety. Many states are facing a moment of reckoning in which the fiscal cost of past policies now threatens to affect vital state services. Thus, legislative efforts to address prison overcrowding, reform parole and probation supervision, expand drug  entencing diversion, and establish reentry assistance are playing a role in shaping the criminal justice agenda. Although legislative sessions seldom close without some penalty enhancements being added to the criminal code, the tone and focus of many state legislative bodies has demonstrably shifted and, as a  result, there is increasing opportunity for reform."

Pima County Attorney's 10 Year Report

Here.

Important new AZ POST Report on Public Confidence in the Police

Available here.

DPS Annual Crime Reports

Here is a website containing the most recent DPS Report on Crime and Arizona, along with back issues.  This is a great resource.