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POL AMER 2147 - Law, Politics and Society

This guide provides access to readings and data on: access to justice - liability and tort law - and criminal justice reform.

Iowa Reports

An Initial Report on the Polk County, Iowa Racial Profiling Project by Iowa Racial Profiling Project
Publication Date: October, 2015
Law Enforcement Body Cameras by Legislative Services Agency.
Publication Date: February 1, 2016
Issue Review: Fiscal Services Division.
Recommendations on the Governor’s FOCUS Committee on Criminal Justice Reform: Reducing Recidivism through Successful Reentry by Governor’s FOCUS Committee on Criminal Justice Reform
Publication Date: December 11, 2019.

National Reports with Iowa Data

Arrest-Related Deaths Program. Technical Report. Bureau of Justice Statistics. July 2019.
Campus Law Enforcement, 2011-12. Special Report. Bureau of Justice Statistics. by Brian A. Reaves
Color of Justice: Racial and Ethnic Disparity in State Prisons. by Ashley Nellis
Publication Date: June 14, 2016
Correctional Populations in the United States, 2017-2018 by Laura M. Maruschak and Todd D. Minton
Publication Date: August 2020
Price of Prisons: Examining State Spending Trends 2010-2015. by Chris Mai and Ram Subramanian
Publication Date: May 2017
Prisoners in 2018 by Ann Carson
Publication Date: April 2020
Bulletin. Bureau of Justice Statistics

National Reports - Bureau of Justice Statistics