Barry Krisberg quoted in San Francisco Chronicle, December 10, 2013 (requires registration)

“Realignment has brought enormous change to California, and it appears to have affected auto thefts, in particular.”

Barry Krisberg interviewed on KTVU, November 19, 2013

“It certainly hasn’t been effective so far, and there is no information suggesting it is effective,” says Barry Krisberg, UC Berkeley criminologist. Krisberg calls Ceasefire a distraction. “We need a closer connection between police and community. Oakland police have pretty much abandoned community policing.”

Barry Krisberg interviewed by KAZU-FM, November 14, 2013

Barry Krisberg puts it this way. “Changing the relationship of the police to the community—what’s often called community policing—in which police position themselves as partners with people in a city,” Krisberg says. “You know they’re no longer the occupying army.”

Barry Krisberg quoted in San Jose Mercury News, November 13, 2013

One factor in San Pablo’s success may be its less adversarial relationship with residents. When citizens believe police are brutal or unfair, they won’t step forward to help, said Barry Krisberg.

Barry Krisberg quoted in Mission and State, November 12, 2013

Barry Krisberg … said the 9th Circuit Court’s decision signals the slow-but-steady demise of gang injunctions. “Requiring full-blown due process and individual hearings for each person named in an injunction will cost prosecutors and city attorneys resources that they do not have,” said Krisberg…. “It’s time to deploy scarce law enforcement dollars on approaches that really advance public protection, not quasi legal stunts like injunctions.”

Barry Krisberg quoted in Daily Journal, November 4, 2013 (registration required)

But instead of pursuing repeated legal challenges, said Barry Krisberg, a senior fellow at UC Berkeley School of Law who studies prison issues, the state could have focused its efforts on complying with the court order. That strategy could have made for a quicker resolution and saved taxpayer money, Krisberg explained.

Barry Krisberg quoted in San Francisco Chronicle, October 29, 2013

“He said he’s going to reconsider California sentencing at some point. I see no sign of it,” said Barry Krisberg.

Barry Krisberg quoted in Mission and State, October 28, 2013

Krisberg said, “Gang injunctions penalize associations similar to Jim Crow or apartheid laws. They are virtually always targeted at black and brown youth. The potential to engage in racial profiling is huge.” When asked why injunctions haven’t been challenged more successfully, Krisberg added, “Community groups rarely have the financial resources to really challenge these atrocities. I have urged progressive legislators to ban them statewide.”

Barry Krisberg quoted in The Huffington Post, October 23, 2013

“Some of the top criminologists were basically scaring the hell out of people, saying, ‘We’ve got this wave of new barbarians at the door,'” said Barry Krisberg…. “It’s true that youth crime rates were rising. But they were projecting that this was going to double, triple. It was outrageous.”

Barry Krisberg quoted in Reuters, October 1, 2013

“From what I hear, the governor is deeply resentful of the federal courts taking over the prison system,” said Krisberg, who in 2006 testified as an expert witness for prisoners in the crowding case. “And secondarily he actually believes that there are a lot of really bad people in prison.”