Cory Booker on Crime

• More black men are in jails now than under slavery. (Jun 2019)
• Cut mandatory minimum sentences; end solitary for juveniles. (May 2019)
• Legalize marijuana; restore ex-con voting rights. (Mar 2019)
• Rich-and-guilty treated better than poor-and-innocent. (Mar 2019)
• Make lynching a hate crime. (Feb 2019)
• Evolved from supporting Broken Windows theory to opposition. (Apr 2017)
• 2010: Layoff police officers to push for union concessions. (Aug 2016)
• Opportunities for dropouts: avoid school-to-prison pipeline. (Aug 2016)
• 1960s cities had mostly white cops & mostly black majority. (Feb 2016)
• Anti-recidivism funds much scanter than prison funds. (Feb 2016)
• Mass incarceration has failed. (Feb 2016)
• Parks and green spaces are associated with safer communities. (Feb 2016)
• Police doesn't solve problem; they just attend to symptoms. (Feb 2016)
• Poor & minorities bear the brunt of policing practices. (Feb 2016)
• Prison construction draws resources from other priorities. (Feb 2016)
• Reduced crime by helping prisoners coming home. (Feb 2016)
• Theory of "broken windows" doesn't drive down crime. (Feb 2016)
• Prisons grow irrespective of crime rates. (Apr 2015)
• Rated 9% by the NAPO, indicating a police-the-police stance. (Dec 2014)
• Real solution to crime is addressing poverty and education. (Jan 2014)
• Cut first responders due to economic downturn. (Nov 2013)
• Incarceration isn't working; focus on preventing recidivism. (Nov 2013)
• Increase the number of police in all neighborhoods. (Nov 2013)
• Bipartisan solution to reduce recidivism. (Aug 2013)
• Got celebrities to donate cash for police equipment. (Dec 2012)
• Ran off armed assailant: "Not in our city anymore!". (Dec 2012)
• Improve police data collection process & homicides dropped. (May 2012)
• Long-term believer in "broken windows" theory. (May 2012)
• Prisoner re-entry is the new front line of civil rights. (May 2012)
• $1,000 reward for crime tips leading to gun recovery. (Dec 2010)
• Applied "broken windows theory" in Newark policing. (Sep 2010)
• Launch Fatherhood Center and pro-bono legal help for ex-cons. (Sep 2010)
• Police overhaul to change cronyism, favoritism, and cynicism. (Sep 2010)
• ReLeSe: Pro bono legal services to ex-offenders. (Feb 2010)
• Applied "broken windows theory" in Newark policing. (Sep 2010) Prison Reform
• ReLeSe: Pro bono legal services to ex-offenders. (Feb 2010) Voting Record