Topic
Policing
216 published works
The Right Coast
Obama s Tragic Let em Out Fantasy – WSJ
The demonization of the police and the criminal-justice system must end. As the Black Lives Matter movement marches forward with no apparent diminution of strength, there are signs that the…
The Right Coast
Obama s Tragic Let em Out Fantasy – WSJ
The demonization of the police and the criminal-justice system must end. As the Black Lives Matter movement marches forward with no apparent diminution of strength, there are signs that the…
Race and the Law Prof Blog
Countering Violent Extremism (CVE): The ‘New Patriot Act’ or ‘Same Old Policing Tactics”? A Review of Amna Akbar’s “National Security’s Broken Windows”
Counter-violent extremism (CVE) is the government’s new model, and strategy, for policing communities linked to national security and terrorist threat. Since its inception, CVE resources and programming have disparately targeted…
The Right Coast
The Racial Reality of Policing – WSJ
It s not up to me to decide what activists should protest, but after years of dealing with the realities of street violence, I don t understand how a movement…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Policing, Mass Imprisonment, and the Failure of American Lawyers”
Main June 23, 2015"Policing, Mass Imprisonment, and the Failure of American Lawyers"In prior comments, someone spotlighted this notable recent commentary by Alec Karakatsanis appearing in the Harvard Law Review Forum…
The Faculty Lounge
Goffman Debunked Again
[Preface: This is my third post on the problems in Alice Goffman’s On the Run, and I have at least one more planned. These important issues of scholarly responsibility have…
The Right Coast
Baltimore cops on soaring crime rate: The public wanted a softer police force and now they ve got it « Hot Air
There were 23 homicides and 39 nonfatal shootings in Baltimore in May 2014. Through 29 days of May 2015, there were 42 homicides and 104 nonfatal shootings. Gulp.via hotair.com
Education Law Prof Blog
Student Allegedly Choked By Guard, Implicating Larger Questions About School Environment
By Derek Black
A New Jersey mother, Karen McMillan, alleges that her son passed out after being choked by a school security guard who was attempting to restrain the 7-year-old. After being held…
Race and the Law Prof Blog
The “#Baltimore Mom” and the Perils of Parenting While Black
Earlier this week, citizens of Baltimore took to the streets. Their actions were a response to the death of Mr. Freddie Gray. Mr. Gray died after sustaining injuries while in…
Sentencing Law and Policy
David Simon connects Baltimore’s woes to the drug war
Main April 29, 2015David Simon connects Baltimore's woes to the drug warThe Marshall Project has this interesting new feature interview with David Simon, under the headline "David Simon on Baltimore’s…