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Ball, Current Challenges in Criminal Procedure (Comprehensive Listing of Resources)
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Decarceration and Crime During COVID-19, ACLU

W. David Ball

"Nearly every county jail that we examined reduced their population, if only slightly, between the end of February and the end of April. Over this time period, we found that the reduction in jail population was functionally unrelated to crime trends in the following months. In fact, in nearly every city explored, fewer crimes occurred between March and May in 2020 compared to the same time period in 2019, regardless of the magnitude of the difference in jail population."

Decarceration and Crime During COVID-19, ACLU

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