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Moneyballing Justice: "Evidence-Based" Criminal Reforms Ignore Real Evidence

 

By Kay Whitlock and Nancy A. Heitzeg, Truthout

Proponents of the new wave of "criminal justice reform" claim that their efforts are nonpartisan, non-ideological and "evidence-based."

This "evidence-based" frame asserts that mass incarceration and "overcriminalization" will be remedied by a handful of sentencing reforms affecting "low-level" offenders. An essential ...

 

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