Mar
22
2018
Proposition 47 study stirs debate
March 22, 2018
California's Proposition 47, implemented in 2014, lowered prison populations by reclassifying certain low-level drug and property crimes from felonies to misdemeanors. It has been blamed for rising crime in the state.
So a study done by Charis Kubrin, a professor of criminology, law and society, that found the measure was, in fact, not responsible for the rise in crime was sure to stir debate.