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Policing
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Law Times News
Ontario government names Ryan Teschner as new inspector general of policing
He worked as special counsel and helped develop policing and oversight legislation
Human Rights at Home Blog
UN experts call for new approaches to policing in the United States following deaths of Keenan Anderson and Tyre Nichols
On Friday, February 10, 2023, experts from the United Nations expressed grave concern over the January 3, 2023, death of Keenan Anderson at the hands of the Los Angeles Police…
Criminal
Pre-gaming the State of the Union with a few White House Fact Sheets talking a bit about crimes and punishment
I may not get a chance to watch Prez Biden's State of the Union address tonight, and I am not really expecting it will cover any big sentencing issues (or…
Health Law Prof Blog
Disability, Policing, and Punishment: An Intersectional Approach
Jamelia Morgan (Northwestern University), Disability, Policing, and Punishment: An Intersectional Approach, 75 Okla. L. Rev. 169 (2022):Disabled people of color are uniquely vulnerable to policing and punishment. Proponents of police…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Under-Enforcement of Crimes Against Black Women
By Tracy Thomas
Lisa Avalos, The Under-Enforcement of Crimes Against Black Women, Case Western Reserve Law Review (forthcoming 2023) It is well known that over-policing has a severe adverse impact on communities of color.…
Simple Justice
The Cost of “Defund”
At the New York Times, Charles Blow announced that “Defund the Police” is dead. It’s not that it needed announcing, but that it died with such a whimper that few…
Health Law Prof Blog
Cops in Scrubs
Ji Seon Song (University of California), Cops in Scrubs, 48 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. (2021):An encounter with police often involves more than just the police officer and the individual…
Sentencing Law and Policy
New Executive Order from Prez Biden, though mostly on policing, includes some sentencing and corrections matters
This new "FACT SHEET" from the White House, titled "President Biden to Sign Historic Executive Order to Advance Effective, Accountable Policing and Strengthen Public Safety," provides an overview of what…
Law People
The “Broken Windows” Approach to Culture
By Ronda Muir
This past week, NYC Mayor Adams announced a return to a policing effort referred to as "broken windows." In the early 1980s, that phrase was introduced by social psychologists and…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Jordan Woods on “Destabilizing Policing’s Masculinity Project”
By Jamie Abrams
Jordan Blair Woods has published Destabilizing Policing’s Masculinity Project in volume 89 of the George Washington Law Review. The abstract summarizes: In the wake of national calls for police reform and…