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Policing
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Land Use Prof Blog
Blomley on Sidewalks and Policing
Nicholas Blomley (Simon Fraser) has posted Coloured Rabbits, Dangerous Trees, and Public Sitting: Sidewalks, Police, and the City. In it he examines policing activity on city sidewalks as a means…
The Faculty Lounge
Pretext Laws: NY Cops Bust Make 51,000 Marijuana Arrests Per Year
According to this story, the NY police arrest 140 people per day for possession of small amouts of marijuana. Multiplied out, that's over 51,000 arrests per year for a charge…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Special issue ofCriminology & Public Policyexamines mass incarceration and targeted policing
Main February 21, 2011Special issue of Criminology & Public Policy examines mass incarceration and targeted policing I was pleased this weekend to discover that the February 2011 issue of Criminology…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Crime is down, but for how long?”
Main September 15, 2010"Crime is down, but for how long?" The question in the title of this post is the headline of this interesting commentary responding to the latest good…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Violent crime rates continuing to drop, according to latest FBI numbers
Main September 13, 2010Violent crime rates continuing to drop, according to latest FBI numbersMore good news this year on crime rates, as detailed in this Reuters report on the latest…
Land Use Prof Blog
Three by Garnett
Nicole Stelle Garnett (Notre Dame), author of the recently-released Ordering the City: Land Use, Policing, and the Restoration of Urban America (Yale U. Press, 2010), has posted three new papers to SSRN this…
Land Use Prof Blog
Garnett on Ordering the City
Nicole Stelle Garnett (Notre Dame) has published Ordering the City: Land Use, Policing, and the Restoration of Urban America (Yale University Press, 2009). From the Amazon.com blurb:This timely and important…
Sentencing Law and Policy
How will Mike Huckabee clemency grant to suspected cop killer impact crime and justice debates?
Main November 30, 2009How will Mike Huckabee clemency grant to suspected cop killer impact crime and justice debates? As this CNN article explains in its morning coverage of a still-developing…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Should we use this forum to discuss the Gates incident and Prez Obama’s response
Main July 24, 2009Should we use this forum to discuss the Gates incident and Prez Obama's responseI fear what might happen if we open up this forum to a general…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Good (and surprising) news about crime rates
Main July 20, 2009Good (and surprising) news about crime ratesThis new piece from the Washington Post, which is headlined "Major Cities' Plummeting Crime Rates Mystifying," provides both good news on…