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  1. Sentencing Law and Policy

    Lots more impressive work inTeen Vogue’s “Kids Incarcerated” series

    By Douglas Berman

    Main November 2, 2017Lots more impressive work in Teen Vogue's "Kids Incarcerated" series In this post a few weeks ago I noted that Teen Vogue has been giving sustained attention…

  2. Sentencing Law and Policy

    “Racial Disparity in U.S. Imprisonment Across States and over Time”

    By Douglas Berman

    Main October 16, 2017"Racial Disparity in U.S. Imprisonment Across States and over Time"The title of this post is the title of this new empirical article now available via SSRN authored…

  3. Sentencing Law and Policy

    Notable new series inTeen Vogueon youth incarceration

    By Douglas Berman

    Main October 5, 2017Notable new series in Teen Vogue on youth incarcerationI have to admit that I am not a regular reader of Teen Vogue, no doubt in part because…

  4. Sentencing Law and Policy

    “Most Women in Prison Are Victims of Domestic Violence. That’s Nothing New.”

    By Douglas Berman

    Main October 3, 2017"Most Women in Prison Are Victims of Domestic Violence. That's Nothing New."The title of this post is the title of this new Time commentary authored by history…

  5. Sentencing Law and Policy

    Yale Law School clinic report looks at “Parole Revocation in Connecticut: Opportunities to Reduce Incarceration”

    By Douglas Berman

    Main September 28, 2017Yale Law School clinic report looks at "Parole Revocation in Connecticut: Opportunities to Reduce Incarceration"A helpful reader alerted me to this new report released by The Criminal…

  6. Sentencing Law and Policy

    Grover Norquist calls criminal justice reform one of the “conservative movement’s most important recent accomplishments”

    By Douglas Berman

    Main September 27, 2017Grover Norquist calls criminal justice reform one of the "conservative movement’s most important recent accomplishments"Anti-tax icon Grover Norquist has this notable Wall Street Journal commentary under the…

  7. Sentencing Law and Policy

    Thoughtful newVoxcommentaries on modern incarceration and its contexts

    By Douglas Berman

    Main September 26, 2017Thoughtful new Vox commentaries on modern incarceration and its contextsRegular readers likely already know that they ought to be regularly reading Vox for its sharp coverage of…

  8. Sentencing Law and Policy

    “Parental Arrest, Incarceration and the Outcomes of Their Children”

    By Douglas Berman

    Main September 16, 2017"Parental Arrest, Incarceration and the Outcomes of Their Children"The title of this post is the title of this paper recently posted to SSRN authored by Stephen Billings.…

  9. Sentencing Law and Policy

    “Black Disparities in Youth Incarceration: African Americans 5X More Likely than Whites to be Held”

    By Douglas Berman

    Main September 12, 2017"Black Disparities in Youth Incarceration: African Americans 5X More Likely than Whites to be Held"The title of this post is the title of this new fact sheet…

  10. Sentencing Law and Policy

    Helpful new Sentencing Project fact sheet on “Private Prisons in the United States”

    By Douglas Berman

    Main August 28, 2017Helpful new Sentencing Project fact sheet on "Private Prisons in the United States"The fine folks at The Sentencing Project have this fine new two-page fact sheet providing…