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Ananish Chaudhuri: Throw three strikes’ out of the ballpark New Zealand Herald, September 302010.

In a previous blog I discussed the relationship between dropping out and crime among juveniles. In this blog I noted that that compared to high school graduates dropouts earn lower wages, pay fewer taxes, are more likely to commit crimes, are less likely to be employed, are more likely to be on welfare, and are less healthy.” “” On my web site I expanded on this by exploring what the Children’s Defense Fund has called the prison pipeline or the connection between the…

San Francisco nonprofits under the microscope The San Francisco Examiner, September 252010.

The latest figures from the Bureau of Justice Statistics show that drug and immigration offenses constitute a large proportion of the cases processed in the criminal justice system, along with a rising number of immigration cases. Starting with the latest numbers from the series ” Felony Defendants in Large Urban Counties, 2006 ” we find that between 1994 and 2006 drug cases constituted the largest proportion of felony cases, ranging from 34% to 37%. During the same period the proportion…

The Myth of Immigrant-Fueled Crime Wave in Arizona Politics Blog, September 92010