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Incarceration
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Sentencing Law and Policy
“Should We Let Prisoners Upgrade Their Prison Cells?”
Main January 7, 2014"Should We Let Prisoners Upgrade Their Prison Cells?"The title of this post is the headline of this interesting report from the OZY media resource. Here are excerpts:…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Fascinating lead-crime-rate forecast that incarceration levels will decline significantly in coming years
Main December 27, 2013Fascinating lead-crime-rate forecast that incarceration levels will decline significantly in coming years Regular readers know I am very intrigued by (but still at least a bit skeptical…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“If our prisons were a country, what would Incarceration Nation look like?”
Main December 21, 2013"If our prisons were a country, what would Incarceration Nation look like?"The title of this post is the headline of this fascinating commentary by lawprof Rosa Brooks,…
The Faculty Lounge
Ferguson on Inferno: An Anatomy of American Punishment
Robert A. Ferguson is one of my most favorite authors. I always learn a lot whenever I return to his capacious Law and Letters in American Culture and though I've…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Deseriee Kennedy on Mothering and Incarceration
By John Kang
Desiree A. Kennedy has written "'The Good Mother': Mothering, Feminism, and Incarceration," in 18 Wm. & Mary J. Women & L.161 (2012). The abstract:As the rates of incarceration continue to…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Reducing crime by reducing incarceration”
Main November 15, 2013"Reducing crime by reducing incarceration"The title of this post is the headline of this new Washington Times op-ed authored by David Cole and Marc Mauer. Here are…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Sentencing and Prison Practices in Germany and the Netherlands: Implications for the United States”
Main October 31, 2013"Sentencing and Prison Practices in Germany and the Netherlands: Implications for the United States"The title of this post is the title of a notable new report from…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Do lead exposure realities continue to best explain modern crime-rate realities?
Main October 30, 2013Do lead exposure realities continue to best explain modern crime-rate realities? Every time I see reports new reports about crime rates in the United States or in…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Jesse Jackson Jr. unable to check in early to federal prison system
Main October 29, 2013Jesse Jackson Jr. unable to check in early to federal prison systemThis new story from the Chicago Tribune about the failed attempt by a fallen prominent politician…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Three myths about conservatives and criminal justice” … which are really stories about (slowly) changing modern realities
Main October 16, 2013"Three myths about conservatives and criminal justice" ... which are really stories about (slowly) changing modern realities The title of this post is drawn from the headline…