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Crime
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Notable response to notable attack on conservatives role in modern criminal justice reform
Lars Trautman and Brett Tolman have this interesting new Washington Examiner commentary headlined, "No, criminal justice reform isn’t causing the current crime wave." Here are excerpts (with links from the…
The Right Coast
Critical father theory – The Spectator World
America s crime problem is a father problem. This is one of our country s deepest and most denied family secrets. Everybody knows it, and everybody has known it for…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Is the politics of crime and punishment now different than in our recent history?
The question in the title of this post is promoted by this recent Politico piece by Joshua Zeitz headlined "'Law and Order' has Worked for the GOP Before. This Crime…
Sentencing Law and Policy
As we puzzle through gun violence spike, is it too soon to hope a decline is already starting?
German Lopez has this useful new piece at Vox headlined "Murders are up. Crime is not. What’s going on?". I recommend the extended article in full and here are some…
The Right Coast
Progressive Policies Won t Stop the Crime Wave | City Journal
The evidence supports traditional approaches, even if Levitz pretends it doesn t. Numerous studies have causally linked policing with significant crime declines, including a study of municipal expenditures on policing…
ImmigrationProf Blog
From The Bookshelves: Immigration, Crime, and the Administration of Justice
<Immigration, Crime, and the Administration of Justice: Contemporary Readings is a newly released book edited by Drs. Heather Alaniz, Fei Luo, and Doshie Piper.As the publisher describes it, the book:provides…
The Right Coast
The pandemic didn’t cause the huge increase in the murder rate – Liberty Unyielding
The murder rate rose 30% last year in America s major cities, after the number of people in America s prisons and jails dropped by 14% from 2019 to mid-2020.…
The Right Coast
After ‘Defunding Police,’ NYC First Lady Tells Citizens To ‘Physically Intervene’ To Stop Crime | The Jeffrey Lord
She added, This is risky, but sometimes all we can do is speak up. If the harasser responds, try your best to focus on assisting the person targeted. via thejeffreylord.com
The Right Coast
Oakland shop owner arrested after using firearm during robbery
In recent weeks, Oakland s Chinatown district has experienced what some locals have described as an epidemic of crime. A significant number of assaults and violent, armed robberies have taken…
Criminal
Top 10 in Law Blogs: Violence in D.C., edge computing, new tip regulations
It's only the first full week of 2021. Already, we've witnessed an attack on Congress, effects from Brexit, and the implementation of new national labor regulations set to go into…