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Incarceration
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Sentencing Law and Policy
“Incarceration’s Incapacitative Shortcomings”
Main December 29, 2012"Incarceration's Incapacitative Shortcomings" The title of this post is the title of this thoughtful essay by Kevin Bennardo, which is available via SSRN. Here is the abstract:…
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Teaching Prisons and Slavery (Or, This is Not About Django)
This is not about Django. As much as I am dying to write a post about Tarantino's new film, my academic writing beckons. Thank you, Patrick O'Donnell, for your earlier…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Fascinating Judge Posner concurrence concerning carceration costs
Main December 18, 2012Fascinating Judge Posner concurrence concerning carceration costs An otherwise unremarkable per curiam Seventh Circuit panel opinion in US v. Craig, No. 12-1262 (7th Cir. Dec. 18, 2012)…
Sentencing Law and Policy
BJS releases official accounting of “Prisoners in 2011” in the United States
Main December 17, 2012BJS releases official accounting of "Prisoners in 2011" in the United States As reported in this official press release, the US Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Big newNew York Timesseries on social science of incarceration
Main December 12, 2012Big new New York Times series on social science of incarcerationI am very excited to see that the today's New York Times has a pair of big…
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“Foreword: Criminal Justice Responses to the Economic Crisis”
Main December 10, 2012"Foreword: Criminal Justice Responses to the Economic Crisis" The title of this post is the title of this SSRN posting that I just came across. Authored by…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Latest BJS data report 2011 decline in US prison and overall correction populations
Main November 29, 2012Latest BJS data report 2011 decline in US prison and overall correction populations According the latest, greatest official numbers from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the total…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Exclusion and Control in the Carceral State”
Main November 11, 2012"Exclusion and Control in the Carceral State" The title of this post is the title of apaper by Professor Sharon Dolovich, which is now available here via…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“The Imprisoner’s Dilemma: A Cost Benefit Approach to Incarceration”
Main October 31, 2012"The Imprisoner’s Dilemma: A Cost Benefit Approach to Incarceration" The title of this post is the title of this paper by David Abrams and available on SSRN.…
Sentencing Law and Policy
New report examines value of video visitation for kids of incarcerated
Main October 16, 2012New report examines value of video visitation for kids of incarcerated I received news via my electronic in-box of an intriguing new report from The Sentencing Project.…