Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Ending Lifetime Registration of Sex Offenders--A Courageous and Sensible Idea

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Yesterday's L.A. Times reports : “SB 384 proposes thoughtful and balanced reforms that allow prosecutors and law enforcement to focus...
Wednesday, February 21, 2018

CJCJ Study: Drug Arrests Plummet, Racial Disparities Persist

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I got a lot of commentary, in person and on Facebook, after my post about Ban the Box backfiring. Folks were expressing serious frustration ...
Monday, February 19, 2018

Reform and Unintended Consequences: The Case of Ban the Box

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In early February, Malcolm Feeley won the President's Award from Western Society of Criminology . It was a real treat to be able to rec...
Thursday, February 15, 2018

The Courage to Reach Out: Why Addressing Violent Criminals Is Better for All of Us

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The classic approach toward violent crime that scares us has been to ratchet up sentencing. But draconian sentences do not function well as ...
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Sunday, January 21, 2018

"I Am Speaking to You Through the Record": Charles Manson's Last Parole Hearings

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To whet your appetite, this is an excerpt from my book in progress, Yesterday's Monsters , under contract with the University of Califo...
Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Are CA Prisons Really Less Crowded?

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Hello, Dear Readers, It's been a while since I updated this blog, and it's time for an update as well as a substantive post. I am ...
Monday, July 10, 2017

Heat Wave in Corcoran: Holding Hostages, Talking Consumers

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A couple of weeks ago, a friend sent me an email about a serious heat wave in Corcoran prison. According to inmates' family members, the...