Topic
Policing
216 published works
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Purpose-Focused Sentencing: How Reforming Punishment Can Transform Policing”
Main April 30, 2017"Purpose-Focused Sentencing: How Reforming Punishment Can Transform Policing"The title of this post is the title of this essay authored by Jelani Jefferson Exum recently posted on SSRN.…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Lies, damned lies, and competing crime statistics from AG Sessions and the Brennan Center
Main April 18, 2017Lies, damned lies, and competing crime statistics from AG Sessions and the Brennan CenterMy news feed today brought me to two notable pieces that emphasized modern crime…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Cops and Pleas: Police Officers’ Influence on Plea Bargaining”
Main April 18, 2017"Cops and Pleas: Police Officers' Influence on Plea Bargaining"The title of this post is the title of this intriguing new essay authored by Jonathan Abel appearing in…
Sentencing Law and Policy
The Opportunity Agenda produces huge report on “Transforming the System: Criminal Justice Policy Solutions”
Main October 26, 2016The Opportunity Agenda produces huge report on "Transforming the System: Criminal Justice Policy Solutions"The Opportunity Agenda, which is a project of Tides Center and calls itself a…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
“The Consequences of Disparate Policing: Evaluating Stop-and Frisk as a Modality of Urban Policing”
The title of this post comes from this piece by Professor Aziz Huq now available on SSRN. The abstract states: Beginning in the 1990s, police departments in major American cities started…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Leading VP candidates talk a bit (encouragingly?) about criminal justice reform their only debate
Main October 5, 2016Leading VP candidates talk a bit (encouragingly?) about criminal justice reform their only debateThere was a little discussion of policing, sentencing and criminal justice reform at last…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“The Under-Policed”
Main September 25, 2016"The Under-Policed"The title of this post is the title of this interesting and provocative new essay authored by I. Bennett Capers now available via SSRN. Here is…
The Right Coast
Did this Swedish cop just make the arrest of the year? – The Local
"I just acted on instinct and didn't think about it so much until after we had pinned him down. When I sat there I looked over at our other two…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Has the drug war really “made policing more violent”?
Main July 19, 2016Has the drug war really "made policing more violent"?The question in the title of this post is prompted by this new Democracy commentary authored by Jonathan Blanks…
Race and the Law Prof Blog
Targets of the Carceral State: On Life, Death, and Utah v. Strieff
By Atiba Ellis
This post was originally published on the American Constitution Society Blog at http://www.acslaw.org/acsblog/targets-of-the-carceral-state-on-life-death-and-utah-v-strieffWhen ACS asked me to write this blog, I had in mind a commentary that compared and contrasted…