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Reforming Adult Felony Probation To Ease Prison Overcrowding: An Overview Of California S.B. 678, Jessica K. Feinstein
Reforming Adult Felony Probation To Ease Prison Overcrowding: An Overview Of California S.B. 678, Jessica K. Feinstein
Jessica Feinstein
This article provides a holistic examination of California’s groundbreaking Community Corrections Performance Incentives Act, S.B. 678, passed in 2009 in response to California’s prison crisis. S.B. 678 seeks to create stable funding for county probation departments to implement evidence-based practices by shifting resources from the state prison budget to county probation. Probation is the most frequently imposed form of criminal sentence in California—nor is it limited to the least serious offenders. Estimates of the state’s adult probation population range from roughly 325,000 to 350,000. The article illuminates the goals and mechanisms of S.B. 678 and the challenges facing its implementation. …
The Hybrid’S Handmaiden: Media Coverage Of The Special Court For Sierra Leone, Jessica Feinstein
The Hybrid’S Handmaiden: Media Coverage Of The Special Court For Sierra Leone, Jessica Feinstein
Jessica Feinstein
As the first international war crimes court since Nuremberg to be located in the country where the crimes occurred, the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) has had a unique opportunity to directly impact its primary audience – Sierra Leoneans. This article examines the interactions between the SCSL and the local, West African media (rather than the international media) – in particular, Sierra Leonean journalists. Based on interviews with Special Court officials, third-party observers, and West African journalists, this paper analyzes the approach the SCSL has adopted with regard to media relations and its subsequent effect on both local coverage …