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ARE VIOLENT CRIMES DROPPING?

CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM EXPERT: Molly Gill, is Vice President of Policy for Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM). Gill is a lawyer, advocate, and expert on sentencing law and policy. She began her legal career in the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office in Minneapolis, Minnesota, assisting with the prosecution of murders, gang crimes, and gun offenses.

In less than a decade, California has gone from being a standard-bearer for the ills of prison overcrowding to a national exemplar of reform, letting tens of thousands of people out of prison and reducing penalties for many crimes.

Important measures were passed by voters in 2014 and 2016, but only now is research starting to show the effects on crime in California. The new data is fueling a continuing debate, with national implications, about whether California should continue on the path of reform, or take a step back and get tougher, once again, on crime.

One recent study showed that an increase in crime in 2015 was not because of reforms. Another study determined that the reforms were not responsible for an increase in violent crime between 2014 and 2016 — that was from changes in reporting crime — but that they may have led to an increase in property crimes, specifically thefts from cars.

Adding to the body of evidence this week was a report on crime in 2017 released by the attorney general, Xavier Becerra. That report showed violent crime had increased 1.5 percent, while property crimes were down 2.1 percent.

READ MORE: www.nytimes.com/2018/07/11/us/california-today-criminal-justice-reforms.html

ABOUT: FAMM (Families Against Mandatory Minimums) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization fighting for smart sentencing laws that protect public safety. We see a country where criminal sentencing is individualized, humane, and sufficient to impose fair punishment and protect public safety. Our supporters include taxpayers, families, prisoners, law enforcement, attorneys, judges, criminal justice experts and concerned citizens.

What FAMM Does...

By advocating for sensible state and federal sentencing reform, FAMM helps:

(1) Lessen the burden of overcrowded prisons on taxpayers...

(2) Shift resources from excessive incarceration to law enforcement and other programs proven to reduce crime and recidivism...

(3) Mobilize those whose lives are harmed by unfair prison sentences to work constructively for change...

BIO: Molly Gill is the Vice President of Polic

Info about D. Lynn Smith and Kymera Press:

D. Lynn Smith has spent most of her career writing and producing such television shows as Murder, She Wrote; Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman; and Touched by an Angel.

Smith has published short stories in magazines and anthologies, mostly in the horror genre. In addition, she has also written several audio dramas set in the world of the 60’s classic television show, Dark Shadows, including her Scribe award nominated, The Lost Girl.

Smith created Kymera (Ki-mer-ra) Press, a comic book publishing company that supports women in comics. Some of the comics and graphic novels from Kymera Press include D. Lynn Smith’s Gates of Midnight: Warrior of the Gate, Ivory Ghosts, Mary Shelley Presents, Pet Noir and Dragons by the Yard, among others.

Even the most serious thinkers among us need to take a break from time to time—whether it’s in the form of a Will Ferrell or Melissa McCarthy movie, or an internet meme of a cat—sometimes we just need some pure entertainment. That’s exactly what Jonathan Harries’ new novel, Infatuation: A Novel of Questionable Taste (July 6, 2018) provides. Harries wrote the book with no other aim in mind than to provide his reader with some fun and entertainment—and he succeeds in spades. A book that is rollicking, romantic, and more than a little bit absurd, readers will be hooked from start to finish, and will be hard pressed to stop laughing long enough to read through to the end.

Reading like something out of the theater of the absurd, fans of Carl Hiassen, Dave Barry, and Tim Dorsey will flock to Infatuation. Around each corner is a character or scenario more ridiculous than the next, and the book is completely aware of its own absurdity. Trading heavily in vulgarity and stereotypes, Harries pokes as much fun at the culture that creates them as he relies on them for humor. From start to finish, this book is mindless fun, and doesn’t pretend to be anything else.

“I set out to write a book that someone with a two or three-hour flight ahead of them could read and enjoy,” says Harries. “It doesn’t get into politics, it doesn’t expose the dark side of society. It requires very little thinking and, of course, a sense of humor.”

Even the most serious thinkers among us need to take a break from time to time—whether it’s in the form of a Will Ferrell or Melissa McCarthy movie, or an internet meme of a cat—sometimes we just need some pure entertainment. That’s exactly what Jonathan Harries’ new novel, Infatuation: A Novel of Questionable Taste (July 6, 2018) provides. Harries wrote the book with no other aim in mind than to provide his reader with some fun and entertainment—and he succeeds in spades. A book that is rollicking, romantic, and more than a little bit absurd, readers will be hooked from start to finish, and will be hard pressed to stop laughing long enough to read through to the end.

Reading like something out of the theater of the absurd, fans of Carl Hiassen, Dave Barry, and Tim Dorsey will flock to Infatuation. Around each corner is a character or scenario more ridiculous than the next, and the book is completely aware of its own absurdity. Trading heavily in vulgarity and stereotypes, Harries pokes as much fun at the culture that creates them as he relies on them for humor. From start to finish, this book is mindless fun, and doesn’t pretend to be anything else.

“I set out to write a book that someone with a two or three-hour flight ahead of them could read and enjoy,” says Harries. “It doesn’t get into politics, it doesn’t expose the dark side of society. It requires very little thinking and, of course, a sense of humor.”

Even the most serious thinkers among us need to take a break from time to time—whether it’s in the form of a Will Ferrell or Melissa McCarthy movie, or an internet meme of a cat—sometimes we just need some pure entertainment. That’s exactly what Jonathan Harries’ new novel, Infatuation: A Novel of Questionable Taste (July 6, 2018) provides. Harries wrote the book with no other aim in mind than to provide his reader with some fun and entertainment—and he succeeds in spades. A book that is rollicking, romantic, and more than a little bit absurd, readers will be hooked from start to finish, and will be hard pressed to stop laughing long enough to read through to the end.

Reading like something out of the theater of the absurd, fans of Carl Hiassen, Dave Barry, and Tim Dorsey will flock to Infatuation. Around each corner is a character or scenario more ridiculous than the next, and the book is completely aware of its own absurdity. Trading heavily in vulgarity and stereotypes, Harries pokes as much fun at the culture that creates them as he relies on them for humor. From start to finish, this book is mindless fun, and doesn’t pretend to be anything else.

“I set out to write a book that someone with a two or three-hour flight ahead of them could read and enjoy,” says Harries. “It doesn’t get into politics, it doesn’t expose the dark side of society. It requires very little thinking and, of course, a sense of humor.”

Laura Mattia, PhD, CFP® CDFA® CRPS® is a professor, researcher, author and adviser. Her financial expertise is a unique combination of advanced financial degrees and certifications and over 30 years of financial leadership experience as a CFO/Controller for fortune 500 companies and Wall Street firms; as a Wealth Manager/Owner for individuals preparing for retirement, and as a Finance Professor at universities. Dr. Mattia is the founder of Women’s Money Empowerment Network™, a community of women engaged in mastering money to improve their lives. The network provides education to women and mentorship to female financial advisers. She hosts an internet radio show, Women’s Money Empowerment Network™ with Laura Mattia and she is the author of a financial news column and financial workbooks used to educate women. Dr. Mattia’s workshops focus on teaching women how to make effective financial decisions and support female financial advisors to plan for success. Her research explores the gender gap in financial literacy and in financial leadership. Dr. Mattia is also the Program Director of a newly created Personal Financial Planning Program at Muma College of Business, University of South Florida where she has designed the degree to train a new breed of competent and ethical financial advisors. She received her Ph.D. in Personal Financial Planning from Texas Tech University, a Masters in Business Administration in Accounting/Finance and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Montclair State University. https://www.genderonwallstreet.com/

About Richard Kuritz:

Richard Kuritz Is a Political Scientist, Writer, PR Strategist and Carpenter.

He is an unapologetic New Yorker who transplanted his tribe from the NY tundra to San

Diego sunshine over three decades ago.

His background includes securities, finance, construction and elected office.

Currently, Rich works as a Media Relations Specialist, bringing experts to media around

the country.

Richard’s independent perspective on America crosses party lines and is anchored in

common sense and the Constitution. He resides in the San Diego sunshine with his high

school sweetheart, their enormous dog and has too many books-in-progress. His

commentary is found in columns, national magazines and on radio across the country.