Pew Charitable Trusts1 年
Racial Disparities Persist in Many U.S. Jails
The large growth of the United States’ criminal legal system in the late 20th century brought a widening racial gap in incarceration. 1 By the year 2000, Black people made up almost half of the state ...
Pew Charitable Trusts1 年
Broadband Basics: How it Works, Why It’s Important, and What Comes Next
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Pew Charitable Trusts7 年
How Income Volatility Interacts With American Families’ Financial Security
The balance sheets of American households are showing modest improvement, as are people’s attitudes about their financial health. The Census Bureau found that the median household income increased by ...
Pew Charitable Trusts9 年
Examining Electronic Monitoring Technologies
Each year, millions of pretrial defendants and convicted offenders are supervised in their communities as they await trial or serve periods of probation or parole. Local and state agencies are ...
Pew Charitable Trusts8 年
Extended Family Support and Household Balance Sheets
Over the course of a lifetime, the family provides a foundation for financial security. Children’s economic well-being is closely tied to their immediate families’ financial success, and as kids grow ...
Pew Charitable Trusts6 年
More Imprisonment Does Not Reduce State Drug Problems
Nearly 300,000 people are held in state and federal prisons in the United States for drug-law violations, up from less than 25,000 in 1980. 1 These offenders served more time than in the past: Those ...
Pew Charitable Trusts2 年
High Seas Treaty Must Reflect Critical Role of Fish in Marine Ecosystems
Editor's Note: The content on this page was published before June 2023, when the United Nations adopted a legally binding treaty on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas ...
Pew Charitable Trusts15 天
State Public Health Data Reporting Policies and Practices Vary Widely
When public health agencies lack access to clinical data, illnesses spread undetected, the health system becomes overburdened, and health care costs, illnesses, and deaths rise. The water crisis in ...
Pew Charitable Trusts7 年
State Reforms Reverse Decades of Incarceration Growth
Since 2007, more than 30 states have enacted policies to reverse corrections growth and contain costs, while maintaining the long-term, nationwide decline in the crime rate that began in the early ...
Pew Charitable Trusts8 年
Behavioral Analytics Help Save Unemployment Insurance Funds
Each year, billions of dollars in improper payments are disbursed throughout states as a result of unemployment insurance (UI) fraud and overpayments. To address this problem, New Mexico’s Department ...
Pew Charitable Trusts4 年
Rules and Consequences: How to Improve International Fisheries
Overfishing is one of the greatest threats facing the ocean, with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reporting in 2020 that one-third of all fish stocks are overfished and that ...
Pew Charitable Trusts9 年
Results First Clearinghouse Database
The Results First Clearinghouse Database is an online resource that brings together information on the effectiveness of social policy programs from nine national clearinghouses. It applies ...