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Jordan Singer

Aug 174 min read

The unaddressed issue: trauma in incarcerated women

In recent years, the criminal legal system has experienced a gradual shift towards rehabilitation , emphasizing the creation and...

Grace Schneider

Mar 9, 20233 min read

How cognitive behavioral therapy reduces crime

Almost 50% of inmates suffer from some form of mental health issue that becomes exacerbated when prison walls restrict their freedom....

Kirsten Rowe

Jul 24, 20223 min read

Influence of childhood trauma on perpetrators of mass shootings

In yet another mass shooting, a teenage gunman took the lives of 13 individuals at Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, New York on May 14,...

Jackie Solomon

May 27, 20223 min read

Visitation: Can it do more for juvenile offenders?

According to Haley Walker’s article, School-to-Prison Pipeline, juvenile offenders are “ten times more likely” than the rest of the...

Laurel Anderson

Dec 15, 20173 min read

Mental illness in the criminal justice system: Re-institutionalization behind bars

Americans have typically feared the reality of mental illness, which has resulted in a traumatic history of systematic oppression to some...

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