Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Health Measure or Oppressive Social Control?

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One of the hottest stories from quarantined Israel is the fierce Haredi (Ultra Orthodox) objection to the closure of mikvaoth  (ritual ba...
Sunday, March 22, 2020

Israel and the U.S. - Emergency Measures

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Political historian Heather Cox Richardson writes a daily news digest titled Letters from an American . In last night's edition, she fla...
Saturday, March 21, 2020

Coronavirus and Criminal Justice Compendium

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General No need to wait for pandemics: The public health case for criminal justice reform California Coalition of Women Prisoners Syllabus...
Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Body-Worn Cameras in Prison?

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I just got off the phone with a person who is serving a long sentence in a CA prison (I will keep the person's details to myself to p...
Sunday, February 9, 2020

Release Party for Yesterday's Monsters

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Hi, Dear Readers! My new book Yesterday's Monsters: The Manson Family Cases and the Illusion of Parole is out from UC Press and I am in...
Tuesday, January 28, 2020

The Prefrontal Cortex Strikes Again: Bill to Raise Age for Trying Juveniles as Adults to 20

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The Sac Bee reports : A California lawmaker argues that 18- and 19-year-olds aren’t mature enough to do prison time if they break the law,...
Monday, January 27, 2020

Progressive Prosecution Meets Organizational Discombobulation: Chesa Boudin and the Case of the Police-Citizen Mutual Violence

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Let's start with the important stuff. My wonderful students have established an excellent new journal, the Hastings Journal of Crime and...