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Topic: Budgets

How much has criminal justice spending increased in your state?

There have been enormous spending and staffing increases within the criminal legal system (or, as it is more commonly called,...

Criminalization vs. Care: How the 20 Largest US Cities Invest Their Resources

In this report, Communities United, Movimiento Poder, Reimagine Richmond, and the Social Movement Support Lab examine the 2022 budgets of...

Financialization and Welfare Surveillance: Regulating the Poor in Technological Times (Australia & Lebanon)

In light of concerns that the technologies employed by the digital welfare state exacerbate inequality and oppression, this article considers...

Reformist Reforms vs. Abolitionist Steps to End Imprisonment

A chart that breaks down the difference between reformist reforms which continue or expand the reach of policing, and abolitionist...

DHS Open for Business: How Tech Corporations Bring the War on Terror to Our Neighborhoods

In the aftermath of 9/11, the George W. Bush administration launched the global “War on Terror,” capitalizing on public fears...

The Social Costs of Policing

Nationwide, policymakers and the public are considering how best to address crime. Deeper insights on policing should guide decisions about...

Reimagining Community Safety in California: From Deadly and Expensive Sheriffs to Equity and Care-Centered Wellbeing

Today, Catalyst California’s (formerly Advancement Project California) new Reimagine Justice & Safety program released Reimagining Community Safety in California: From...

Impact of ShotSpotter Technology on Firearm Homicides and Arrests Among Large Metropolitan Counties: a Longitudinal Analysis, 1999–2016

Over the past decade, large urban counties have implemented ShotSpotter, a gun fire detection technology, across the USA. It uses...

Deep Dive: Police Abolition

Two years ago in the summer of 2020, the largest racial justice demonstrations in history swept across the globe after...