| Preface |
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| Summary |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Abbreviations |
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The National Climate Made Responding to the Pandemic More Difficult |
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We Held a Series of Workshops to Collect Lessons from the Justice System's Response to the Pandemic |
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Tensions in the Justice System's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic Reflect Broader Concerns About Reform and Change Going Forward |
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7 | (2) |
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Chapter Two The Varied Challenges to the U.S. Justice System Posed by the COVID-19 Pandemic |
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9 | (22) |
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A National Justice System Built of Many Individual Justice Systems |
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11 | (1) |
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A National Pandemic Built of Many Individual Local Epidemics |
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Different State and Local Approaches to Protecting Public Health |
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12 | (6) |
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Different Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Crime and Service Demand |
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18 | (11) |
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Conclusions: Varied Justice Needs During the Pandemic Era |
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29 | (2) |
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Chapter Three Law Enforcement Agencies, Forensic Laboratories, and Crime-Prevention Initiatives |
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31 | (58) |
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Making Major Strategy Changes to Protect Officers and the Public |
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40 | (11) |
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Safely Managing a Police Agency in a Pandemic |
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51 | (18) |
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Pandemic Policing, Public Health Enforcement, and Public Education |
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69 | (7) |
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Law Enforcement Was Affected by Other Justice System Components' Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic |
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76 | (2) |
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Funding and Defunding During the Pandemic |
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78 | (2) |
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Taking Stock and Moving Forward |
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80 | (9) |
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Chapter Four The Court System |
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Initial Responses: Reducing the Flow of People and Cases into the Courts as Much as Possible |
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93 | (8) |
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A Shift to Virtual Court Operations to Keep Staff and the Public Safe |
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101 | (9) |
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Concerns About the Acceptability of Virtual Models Resulting in Case Backlogs and Leading to the Resumption or Expansion of In-Person Proceedings |
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110 | (8) |
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Pandemic Effects on Court Funding and Pressures for Even More Change and Innovation |
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118 | (1) |
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Taking Stock and Looking Forward |
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119 | (8) |
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Chapter Five Institutional Corrections: Prisons, Jails, and Other Custodial Facilities |
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Reducing Prison and Jail Populations to Reduce COVID-19 Risk |
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135 | (6) |
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Managing Entry to Facilities in an Effort to Keep the Virus Out |
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141 | (5) |
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Altering Practices to Limit COVID-19 Transmission Within Facilities |
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146 | (14) |
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Virtually Linking into and out of Correctional Facilities |
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160 | (3) |
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Managing Corrections Staff Members' Safety and Health |
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163 | (6) |
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Cascading Effects of the Decisions of Other Justice System Components and Outside Entities |
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169 | (3) |
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Funding Pressures Will Shape What Agencies Can Do as They Continue Response |
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172 | (1) |
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Taking Stock and Moving Forward |
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173 | (8) |
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Chapter Six Community Corrections: Supervision and Service Provision |
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181 | (46) |
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Supervising and Delivering Services to Rapidly Increasing Numbers of Individuals Virtually and at a Distance 1 |
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186 | (22) |
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Managing Community Corrections Agencies During a Pandemic |
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208 | (4) |
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Decisionmaking Elsewhere in the Justice System Affected Community Corrections Entities |
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212 | (2) |
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Different Funding Challenges for Government and Nongovernment Organizations |
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214 | (3) |
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Taking Stock and Moving Forward |
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217 | (10) |
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Chapter Seven Victim Services Providers |
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227 | (36) |
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Using Virtual Victim Services Models Helped, but Shelter and Food Cannot Be Delivered Virtually |
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232 | (8) |
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Pandemic-Induced Isolation Requires New Strategies to Reach Victims |
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240 | (2) |
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Safely Serving Victims During Pandemic Conditions Is More Difficult |
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242 | (3) |
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Maintaining Staff Capacity and the Safety and Health of a Diverse Provider Workforce Is a Challenge |
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245 | (5) |
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Changes in Other Parts of the Justice System Affect Providers and Victims |
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250 | (3) |
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Acute Funding Concerns Threaten Victim Service Delivery |
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253 | (3) |
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Taking Stock and Moving Forward |
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256 | (7) |
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Chapter Eight Conclusions: Considering the System-Wide Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Public Safety, Health, and Justice |
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263 | (20) |
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Common Challenges and Resulting Innovations Across the Justice System |
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264 | (3) |
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Decarceration and Reductions in Arrests Opened a Window to Ask More-Fundamental Questions About the Criminal Justice System |
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267 | (11) |
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The Crisis in the Justice System Caused by the Pandemic Will Not Disappear the Moment the Virus Is Defeated |
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278 | (1) |
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Building Toward a Safer and More Just Future While Weathering the Long-Term Consequences of the Pandemic |
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279 | (4) |
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283 | (4) |
| References |
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