“There were more than 61,250 technical parole violators in 42 state prison systems as of early 2017,”reports The Marshall Project. Seven states, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, New York and Pennsylvania, have more technical violators than the remaining 35 states combined. ttp:/www.themarshallproject.org/2017/04/23 Los Angeles Police Department doled out almost $81 million dollars in the last fiscal year to settle high-profile lawsuits, the Los Angeles Times reported. … [Read more...] about News Quotes November 2017
Intimate partner violence
Domestic Violence 15 Percent of Violent Crime
Intimate partner violence accounts for 15 percent of all violent crime. “The key question concerns the relationship between threats and actual violence,” reported the Wall Street Journal on a new study of domestic violence. “To me, threats are clues,” said Dr. T.K. Logan, author of the study. “We tend to dismiss them because there are so many. We should hone in, not tune out.” She believes the central issue in domestic abuse troubles is being able to measure when words signal real danger. San Quentin offers an effective tool to convert … [Read more...] about Domestic Violence 15 Percent of Violent Crime