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Incarceration
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Sentencing bookworm
Main May 8, 2005Sentencing bookwormLarry Solum at Legal Theory Blog finds time every Saturday to recommend a new or old legal theory book through his Legal Theory Bookworn posts (recent…
LawSites
DOJ report: One of every 138 U.S. residents in jail
By way of TalkLeft comes word of this startling government report that federal and state prisons house one of every 138 U.S. residents. The report estimates that 12.6 percent of…
Sentencing Law and Policy
The ever-growing prison population
Main April 25, 2005The ever-growing prison populationThanks to TalkLeft's post here, I see that the government has released "Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2004," which provides the latest official…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Lots of interesting reading ’round the blogsphere
Main March 30, 2005Lots of interesting reading 'round the blogsphereReturning from a day off-line, I see a number of very interesting (and long) posts on a broad range of sentencing…
Sentencing Law and Policy
New (depressing) report on women and increased incarceration
Main March 17, 2005New (depressing) report on women and increased incarcerationYesterday I reported in this post on a new (depressing) report on race and increased incarceration from the Justice Policy…
Sentencing Law and Policy
New (depressing) report on race and increased incarceration
Main March 16, 2005New (depressing) report on race and increased incarcerationAs I highlighted previously in this post, there has been relatively little discussion of racial disparities or the overall scope…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Did Prison Change Martha?
By Ellen Podgor
Along the lines of a previous post (here) about Charles Colson's thoughts on the effect of prison on Martha Stewart, an AP story (here) quotes co-editor Ellen Podgor along with…
Sentencing Law and Policy
New resources from The Sentencing Project
Main December 22, 2004New resources from The Sentencing ProjectI just noticed that The Sentencing Project, a non-profit organization which does terrific research and advocacy work on a range of criminal…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Another side to Texas justice
Main December 8, 2004Another side to Texas justiceAs detailed here and here, the stories of Texas justice is pretty grim when considering capital punishment. But thanks to Scott Henson at…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Over 2 million prisoners and counting
Main November 8, 2004Over 2 million prisoners and countingThe Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics released yesterday its data-rich bulletin, "Prisoners in 2003," which provides a wealth of information about…