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ADULT CIVIL CITATION PILOT PROGRAM [button size="medium" text="DOWNLOAD" link="http://www.civilcitationnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/FPCA-article2.pdf" window="true" color="#F02828" text_color="#FFFFFF" fullwidth="true"]Example AUTUMN 2013 | VOLUME 37, NUMBER 4 By GREG FROST DIRECTOR of ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES BUREAU TALLAHASSEE POLICE DEPARTMENT It is one o’clock in the morning as you… read more

October 31, 2012 Florida Smart Justice Alliance Unveils Historic Agreement for Adult Civil Citations TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – With the unified support of law enforcement, prosecutors, public defenders and the judicial system, the Florida Smart Justice Alliance today unveiled a historic agreement introducing the cost-saving concept of Adult Civil Citations to Florida. The initiative carries… read more

Over the past 40 years, criminal justice policy in the U.S. was shaped by the belief that the best way to protect the public was to put more people in prison. Offenders, the reasoning went, should spend longer and longer time behind bars. Consequently, offenders have been spending more time in prison. According to a new study by Pew’s Public Safety Performance Project, the length of tim… read more

THE NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL | SUNDAY OBSERVER By BRENT STAPLES Published: April 28, 2012 There is no proof that the zero-tolerance policing adopted by New York and other cities in the 1990’s had anything to do with the decline in violent crime across the nation. Crime also dropped in jurisdictions that did not use the approach. Millions of people have been arrested under the policy for minor… read more