Articles
Williams – Abba Father
Women and Incarceration – Miea Walker
Women in Jails: Overlooked in Era of Reform
Despite recent calls to reform the criminal justice system in light of increasing numbers of incarcerated people, one trend has received little attention: the dramatic rise in the number of women being held in local jails. Since 1970, the number of women in jail...
Women in Prison: Seeking Justice Behind Bars
This report studies the civil rights of women in the United States prison system. The Constitution and federal statutes require that men and women in prison receive equal treatment [pdf-embedder...
Workplace Violence
Workplace violence is defined as violence or the threat of violence directed at someone on duty or at work. Followinga series of high-profile events, workplace violence has been recognized as an organizational, community, and societalissue. While workplace violence...
World’s Prison Population
The World Prison Population List gives details of the number of prisoners held in 211 independent countries and dependent territories. It shows the differences in the level of imprisonment across the world and makes possible an estimate of the world prison population...
Your Money Your Goals
Many people feel overwhelmed by their financial situations, and they often don’t know where to go for help. You’re in a unique position to provide that help. The people your organization helps already know you and trust you, and in manycases, they’re already sharing...
Your Money Your Goals: A Financial Empowerment Toolkit
Welcome to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Your Money, Your Goals: A financial empowerment toolkit! If you’re reading this, you probably work with low-income or economicallyvulnerable people. [pdf-embedder...
Youth Incarceration in the United States
A sea change is underway in our nation’s approach to dealing with young people who get in trouble with the law. Although we still lead the industrialized world in the rate at which we lock up young people, the youth confinement rate in the United States is rapidly...
Youth Victimization
Child, youth, and teen victimization is an important subset of crime. While children and youth are often victims of the same crimes as adults (e.g., theft, assault), they are also vulnerable to many other crimes including neglect, medical neglect, and psychological...