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Editor's Note, Joseph A. Cernik
Cover, Amy Morton
Introduction By The Editor For This Issue, R. W. Hafer
Introduction By The Editor For This Issue, R. W. Hafer
Missouri Policy Journal
No abstract provided.
Editor's Note, Joseph A. Cernik
Cover, Tom Gasko
Congressman Richard Bolling And Missouri Ethics Reform, Rebekkah Stuteville
Congressman Richard Bolling And Missouri Ethics Reform, Rebekkah Stuteville
Missouri Policy Journal
Ethics reform for government institutions in the United States has followed an uneven path since modern reform efforts began in earnest in the 1970s in the wake of Watergate. Ethics reform is arguably a “reactive” and “piecemeal process” that has been “undertaken defensively.” In the traditional cycle, ethics reform rises on the public’s agenda after scandals have been uncovered; public officials then become concerned about the reputation of their institutions and their own electoral prospect. Then, in response, regulations are crafted to prevent a reoccurrence of behaviors. Once an ethical problem is addressed through a regulatory “fix,” ethics reform becomes …
Challenges With Ban The Box, Scott Anders
Challenges With Ban The Box, Scott Anders
Missouri Policy Journal
The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports if current trends continue, one in 15 adults and one in three African-American males will be imprisoned during their lifetime. A woman is eight times more likely to be incarcerated now than she was in the 1980s. As of today, one in 99 adults are imprisoned and one in 32 adults are on probation or parole. If an employer has a policy to exclude applicants who have a felony conviction, they are significantly limiting the number of qualified applicants. The ban the box campaign was created to remove this barrier at the application phase …
Missouri Among States Pursuing Fair-Chance Hiring Reforms, Michelle Natividad Rodriguez, Jeanette Mott Oxford
Missouri Among States Pursuing Fair-Chance Hiring Reforms, Michelle Natividad Rodriguez, Jeanette Mott Oxford
Missouri Policy Journal
The United States has the appalling distinction of leading the world with its incarceration rate, which is five times that of other countries. One in thirty-five U.S. adults is under some form of correctional supervision. The result is that seventy million people—nearly one in three U.S. adults—must endure the stigma of having an arrest or conviction record. Any contact with the criminal justice system, no matter how minor, can be a modern-day scarlet letter.
Implementing Marriage: The Issuance Of Marriage Licenses In Missouri After Obergefell, Jessica Loyet Gracey
Implementing Marriage: The Issuance Of Marriage Licenses In Missouri After Obergefell, Jessica Loyet Gracey
Missouri Policy Journal
The Obergefell v. Hodges decision legalized same-sex marriage throughout the country. Some Missouri counties began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples immediately, while others did not until two weeks following the decision. The study examines attempts to explain the differences in the amount of time that counties in Missouri took to implement the Obergefell ruling. Factors such as partisanship, education, religion, and the service industry in each county are examined. The findings indicate that only educational levels in each county are a statistically significant predictor of when a county began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Missouri Sentencing And Race: A Closer Look From 2007-2015, Grant Shostak, Ryan V. Guffey
Missouri Sentencing And Race: A Closer Look From 2007-2015, Grant Shostak, Ryan V. Guffey
Missouri Policy Journal
Contrary to the perception, it is judges, not juries, that typically determine the sentence for a convicted criminal defendant. While all citizens are to be treated equal under the law, recent cries to overhaul our criminal justice system came to a head following the wake of Officer Darren Wilson’s (Caucasian) shooting and killing of Michael Brown (African-American) in Ferguson, Missouri. This paper attempts to examine sentencing practices of Missouri courts from 2007-2015, covering a time period both before and after Brown’s death in 2014.
The St. Louis Rams: The Greatest Public Financing Show On Earth, Eric Click
The St. Louis Rams: The Greatest Public Financing Show On Earth, Eric Click
Missouri Policy Journal
This case study research explores how and why the National Football League (NFL) Rams both arrived in St. Louis (in 1995) and departed St. Louis (in 2016). In order to address these questions, through archival and secondary data, the research examines the unique interrelated history of St. Louis and the NFL, including both economics and public financing. As a result, the research is presented in five sections: introduction, NFL economics, St. Louis and the NFL, St. Louis and no NFL, and final remarks. Note: to more fully understand this article, please first read “One Development Project, Two Economic Tales: The …
Snap Usage By Congressional District - 2013, Aaron Azkoul
Snap Usage By Congressional District - 2013, Aaron Azkoul
Missouri Policy Journal
No abstract provided.
Social Security Usage In Missouri By County - 2014, Aaron Azkoul
Social Security Usage In Missouri By County - 2014, Aaron Azkoul
Missouri Policy Journal
No abstract provided.
Missouri Unemployment By County - 2015, Aaron Azkoul
Missouri Unemployment By County - 2015, Aaron Azkoul
Missouri Policy Journal
No abstract provided.
Editor's Note, Joseph A. Cernik
Cover, Barb Hutchinson
Correctional Reform In Red States: Missouri’S Role, Joseph M. Zlatic, Jeannie Thies
Correctional Reform In Red States: Missouri’S Role, Joseph M. Zlatic, Jeannie Thies
Missouri Policy Journal
Approximately ten years ago, a conservative-led movement to engage in various forms of correctional and sentencing reform emerged. This movement extends to broader acceptance within the criminal justice field to implement less traditional forms of sentencing, including alternative sentences that incorporate rehabilitative components. A decade later, this policy debate has gained significant traction throughout many conservative states that have traditionally relied upon mass incarceration as the chief means of crime control. Recent scholarly evidence suggests that the reform efforts within these conservative states have met with success in reducing prison populations and the development of rehabilitative strategies increasingly in line …
Cover, Denise Jacobson
Editor's Note, Joseph A. Cernik
Access To Justice In The Show-Me State: Meeting The Civil Legal Needs Of Low-Income Missourians, Melissa C. Emerson
Access To Justice In The Show-Me State: Meeting The Civil Legal Needs Of Low-Income Missourians, Melissa C. Emerson
Missouri Policy Journal
Access to justice is a fundamental component of a healthy democracy. There is no right to an attorney in most civil legal cases in the United States, which has led to a growing justice gap. The availability of civil legal aid is largely dependent on where one is situated geographically. This article examines the current civil legal aid landscape in the state of Missouri, highlighting the funding sources, legal aid delivery mechanisms, and pro bono service among Missouri attorneys. Policy recommendations are provided that could serve to narrow the justice gap in the state.
Charter Schools As A Choice For Missouri Families, Amanda N. Aldridge
Charter Schools As A Choice For Missouri Families, Amanda N. Aldridge
Missouri Policy Journal
Charter schools are publically funded, non-sectarian, tuition-free organizations that educate students. The charter model was created to allow schools to remain free from some governmental regulations and to offer parents a tuition-free choice for K-12 education. Across the country, millions of students attend charter schools, and another million remain on waiting lists to get into these schools. Ultimately, charter schools attract families that have similar belief systems and missions as the school claims, and again, offer parents a choice in public education. High quality educational options that provide a safe and nurturing environment for students and encourage personal growth and …
A Cardinal That Does Not Look That Red: Analysis Of A Political Polarization Trend In The St. Louis Area, Clémence Nogret-Pradier
A Cardinal That Does Not Look That Red: Analysis Of A Political Polarization Trend In The St. Louis Area, Clémence Nogret-Pradier
Missouri Policy Journal
The political polarization of metropolitan areas is occurring widely within the United States. By highlighting the political polarization that has been underway for decades in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin metropolitan area, this can serve as a way to understand political polarization within the St Louis metropolitan area. This article uses political and demographic data from the Missouri Information Spatial Data Information Service to take a close look at developments in the St Louis metropolitan area. Geographic Information System (GIS) was used and the maps were created using Archmap. The results suggest that political polarization is occurring within the St Louis metropolitan …
Editor's Note, Joseph A. Cernik
Judicial Selection In The State Of Missouri: Continuing Controversies, Rebekkah Stuteville
Judicial Selection In The State Of Missouri: Continuing Controversies, Rebekkah Stuteville
Missouri Policy Journal
Since its admission to the union in 1821, Missouri has been a microcosm of the national developments and debates that surround the issue of judicial selection. Missouri was the first state to use all three of the most common methods of judicial selection—political appointments, contested elections, and merit selection.1 Because of the state’s experience, the history of judicial selection and the controversies surrounding judicial selection in Missouri provide insight into broader national trends. This article explores the history of judicial selection and the controversies over the various selection methods in the state of Missouri, with an emphasis on the debate …
Police Body Cameras In Missouri: Good Or Bad Policy? An Academic Viewpoint Seen Through The Lens Of A Former Law Enforcement Official, Pernell Witherspoon
Police Body Cameras In Missouri: Good Or Bad Policy? An Academic Viewpoint Seen Through The Lens Of A Former Law Enforcement Official, Pernell Witherspoon
Missouri Policy Journal
After the fatal shooting of an African American teenager in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9, 2014, various police departments are exploring the use of body cameras. With tensions high, it is hopeful that body worn camera policies will be based on sound research and that appropriate measures are made to achieve optimum effectiveness. The author of this writing, a former law enforcement official and current academic, presents some challenges that police administrators will need to address toward body camera implementation. Because racism is difficult to accurately measure and police are historically reluctant to provide genuine feedback for researchers, the author …
One Development Project, Two Economic Tales: The St. Louis Cardinals’ Busch Stadium And Ballpark Village, Eric Click
One Development Project, Two Economic Tales: The St. Louis Cardinals’ Busch Stadium And Ballpark Village, Eric Click
Missouri Policy Journal
This article focuses primarily on the interrelated economic development project of the St. Louis Cardinals’ new Busch Stadium (2006) and Ballpark Village (2014). While the new Busch Stadium officially opened on April 10, 2006, and Ballpark Village officially opened on March 27, 2014, nearly eight years later, since the opening of Ballpark Village only included the completion of Phase 1, this interrelated development is actually ongoing and yet to reach fully planned and promised project completion. While originally proposed and envisioned as one simultaneous but layered project, the building and realization of the two entities eventually became two separate but …
Editor's Note, Joseph A. Cernik
Time And Money: An Examination Of Crime, Sentencing And Corrections Budgeting Issues, Jeanie Thies
Time And Money: An Examination Of Crime, Sentencing And Corrections Budgeting Issues, Jeanie Thies
Missouri Policy Journal
America’s most recent recession has taken a toll on public agency budgets, including criminal justice agencies. More than half of U.S. states have had their corrections budgets reduced in recent years. Fortunately, crime has remained fairly stable during this same time frame, despite fears that unemployment and other social problems created by the recession would fuel crime rates. Yet the budget cuts are hardly without consequence. Correctional agencies have adapted with a variety of measures—layoffs, hiring and wage freezes, cutting treatment programs, eliminating or limiting non-essential services, releasing offenders early, and even closing institutions. All of these could potentially have …
Cover, Denise Jacobson
The Missouri Quality Jobs Program: Rearranging The Deck Chairs (And Throwing Some Overboard), Howard Wall
The Missouri Quality Jobs Program: Rearranging The Deck Chairs (And Throwing Some Overboard), Howard Wall
Missouri Policy Journal
According to the Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED), the Missouri Quality Jobs Program (MQJP) will create 118 new jobs by 2020 for each $1 million dollars in tax credits awarded under the program. The claimed sources of these job gains are the direct increase in employment at the firm receiving the credits, and indirect increases at other firms due to spinoff and multiplier effects. Unfortunately, the DED’s estimates for these effects are based more on faith than on evidence. First, the DED rather naively assumes that all of the job gains at the firm receiving tax credits occur only …