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Crime
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Sentencing Law and Policy
James Q. Wilson guest-blogging on Volokh about incareceration
Main June 10, 2008James Q. Wilson guest-blogging on Volokh about incarecerationI am very pleased to see noted criminologist James Q. Wilson guest-blogging over at The Volokh Conspiracy, and so far…
Sentencing Law and Policy
FBI reports that violent and property crime was down in 2007
Main June 9, 2008FBI reports that violent and property crime was down in 2007Good news on the crime front, as detailed in pieces from the AP and Reuters and ABC…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Kahane, Paton, and Simmons on The Relationship Between Abortion and Crime
Leo Kahane, David Paton (Nottingham University Business School), and Rob Simmons have posted The Abortion Crime Link: Evidence from England and Wales on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Using data…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Notable new research on prison-crime connection
Main June 2, 2008Notable new research on prison-crime connectionA helpful readers pointed me to this new article, titled Specifying the Relationship Between Crime and Prisons," which appear in the June…
Media Law Prof Blog
Austrian Police Arrest Overeager Photographers in Fritzl Case
Police have arrested more than a dozen photographers attempting to get pictures of Elisabeth Fritzl and her children, who are at the center of the rape-incest case in a town…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Senator Clinton making a campaign offensive on crime
Main April 11, 2008Senator Clinton making a campaign offensive on crimeA helpful reader pointed me to this exciting news from the presidential campaign trail:Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton is proposing to…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Pew publication on incarceration’s impact on crime
Main April 10, 2008Pew publication on incarceration's impact on crimeI just received this news of the latest publication from the Pew Public Safety Performance Project, titled “The Impact of Incarceration…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Is ignorance bliss as Campaign 2008 ignores crime and punishment issues?
Main March 26, 2008Is ignorance bliss as Campaign 2008 ignores crime and punishment issues?Writing here in The New Republic, Robert Gordon has a notable commentary entitled "Criminal Intent: The presidential…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Could tough three-strikes lawsincreasecrime?
Main March 16, 2008Could tough three-strikes laws increase crime?Thanks to this post at Volokh, I found this notable new paper from a Harvard researcher titled "I'd Rather Be Hanged for…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“The Political Economies of Criminal Justice”
Main March 14, 2008"The Political Economies of Criminal Justice"The title of this post is the title of this interesting looking article on SSRN. Here is the abstract:Long understood as a…