Multimedia and Web Resources

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Video

Introduction to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines Part 1
Overview of the United States Sentencing Commission

Criminal Risk Assessment
In this interview, Edward Latessa, Ph.D., Director of the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati, discusses risk assessments for criminal behavior and why they are useful to policymakers and practitioners in developing evidence-based practices.

War on Drugs
The video demonstrates the cost spend on the war on drugs and its effectiveness

Why is the US Prison Population so Large
Professor Daniel D’Amico examines the data behind the alarming increase in the number of prisoners in the United States and finds that much of the growth in the last 40 years has been driven by the war on drugs.

Audio

20 Years Later, Parts Of Major Crime Bill Viewed As Terrible Mistake
The audio details the effectiveness of the 1994 Violent Crime Control Act

High Court Expands Defendants' Plea Bargain Rights
For the first time, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that defendants have a constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel in plea bargains. In a 5-4 decision Wednesday, the court went further, declaring that when a lawyer acts unethically or gives clearly wrong advice, the defendant may be entitled to a second chance at accepting a plea offer.

Web Resources