TPPF releases report on reviving restorative justice in Texas

Derek Cohen, policy analyst at the Texas Public Policy Foundation's Center for Effective Justice, today released the report entitled "Reviving Restorative Justice: A Blueprint for Texas," in which he explains how Texas' current criminal justice system identifies the state as the victim of a crime, and that the actual victim plays too small of a role in the process. As a solution to this legal tradition, Cohen presents the case for Texas to adopt the restorative justice model, allowing the objective of the system to be the restoration of justice to the victim. 

Press Release December 16, 2013

ICYMI: TPPF’s Rollins and Davidson in National Review Online on the left’s attack on free speech

AUSTIN – Texas Public Policy Foundation President and CEO Brooke Rollins and Health Care Policy Analyst John Davidson authored The Left’s Coordinated Assault on Free Speech in Friday’s National Review Online. From the piece: “Recently the left-wing British newspaper the Guardian published funding proposals that were privately submitted to the State Policy Network (SPN) — a nonprofit group that coordinates state-level efforts to enact free-market reforms — by state-based think tanks. The Guardian justified its actions on the grounds that the public needs ‘full and fair access’ to the conservative groups’ plans, ‘to allow the public to reach its own conclusions about whether these activities comply with the spirit of non-profit tax-exempt charities.’ … “But the real purpose of the Guardian’s hit piece is far more disturbing than any corporatist conspiracy theory: It is meant to undermine the freedoms of expression and association that all Americans enjoy under the First and Fourteenth Amendments." Brooke Rollins and John Davidson are available to further discuss how free speech is threatened. To schedule interviews please contact Kristen Indriago at [email protected] or 512.472.2700. Their media expert guides can be accessed here http://bit.ly/1h86u7s andhttp://bit.ly/1cqkaGx, respectively.  The article can be read in its entirety here: http://bit.ly/1kG8fsH.

Press Release December 16, 2013

TPPF’s Policy Orientation to host fiscal-policy panel on the budget realities of the 83rd Legislative Session

AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Effective Justice will host the policy panel “A Second Act for Criminal Justice Reform” at the 12th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislatureon Thursday, January 9 at 2:00 p.m. at the Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol.  “The 2007 reforms to Texas criminal justice policy that strengthened...

Press Release December 13, 2013

TPPF Policy Orientation panel to examine how much consumer protection is enough

AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation's Center for Economic Freedom will host the policy panel "Consumer Protection or Burden? Regulation of the Marketplace" at the 12th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature on Wednesday, January 8, at 2:00 p.m. at the Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol. "From homeowners insurance to the electricity market, Texas policymakers...

Press Release December 13, 2013

TPPF Policy Orientation panel to discuss whether federal aid to states becomes federal control of states

AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation's Center for Tenth Amendment Action will host the policy panel "Defeating the Trojan Horse: Federal Assistance to the States" at the 12th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature on Thursday, January 9, at 3:25 p.m. at the Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol.  "The federal government lures states into grand...

Press Release December 13, 2013

TUESDAY: TPPF Policy Primer highlighting smart juvenile prosecution and its success across Texas and the nation

Statement by the Honorable Talmadge Heflin, Director of the Center for Fiscal Policy: “The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts published the state’s 2014-15 Certification Revenue Estimate which provides an update on the state’s fiscal position. As detailed in the report, Texas state government revenues are outperforming initial estimates thanks to economic and employment growth that have benefitted...

Press Release December 13, 2013

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott to deliver keynote at TPPF Policy Orientation

AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Local Governance will host the policy panel “A Rising Tide: Local Government Debt” at the 12th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature on Thursday, January 9, at 2:00 p.m. at the Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol.  “Cities, counties, school districts, and special districts are amassing local government...

Press Release December 11, 2013
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