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    Rise in Arrests and the Ban the Box Movement

    The crime wave of the 1990’s led to a crackdown sometimes called “broken windows” — featuring increased arrests, often for minor infractions, sometimes for no real infractions at all. The result: almost one third of all Americans, 77 million people, have been arrested.

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    By Warren Olney • Aug 21, 2014 • 1 min read

    The crime wave of the 1990’s led to a crackdown sometimes called “broken windows” — featuring increased arrests, often for minor infractions, sometimes for no real infractions at all. The result: almost one third of all Americans, 77 million people, have been arrested. This week, the Wall Street Journal published an article headlined, “As Arrest Records Rise, Americans Find Consequences Can Cost a Lifetime.” John Emshwiller was a co-author.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Claire Martin

      Producer, To the Point/Which Way LA?

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      Sarah Sweeney

      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      John Emshwiller

      Wall Street Journal

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      Daryl Atkinson

      Southern Coalition for Social Justice

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      Elizabeth Milito

      National Federation of Independent Business

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    2 of 3
    Arrest Records and the Expanding Movement to “Ban the Box”
    1. 0:00U.S. Ebola Patients Discharged: "Pose No Public Health Threat"
    2. 7:50Rise in Arrests and the Ban the Box MovementYou’re reading this
    3. 43:03British Jihadists and ISIS
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