Toward a Just Model of Pretrial Release: A History of Bail Reform and a Prescription for What’s Next
Toward a Just Model of Pretrial Release: A History of Bail Reform and a Prescription for What's Next The criminal justice system is in the midst of the “third wave”…
Principles of Pretrial Release: Reforming Bail Without Repeating its Harms
Principles of Pretrial Release: Reforming Bail Without Repeating its Harms Bail reform is happening. Across the country, jurisdictions are beginning to recognize that contemporary pretrial systems rooted in money bail…
Assessing Dangerousness Amidst Racial Stereotypes: An Analysis of the Role of Racial Bias in Bond Decisions and Ideas for Reform
Assessing Dangerousness Amidst Racial Stereotypes: An Analysis of the Role of Racial Bias in Bond Decisions and Ideas for Reform The problems of mass incarceration in the United States and…
Pre-Imprisonment Employment Drops: Another Instance of the Ashenfelter Dip?
Pre-Imprisonment Employment Drops: Another Instance of the Ashenfelter Dip? A number of recent studies examining the effects of imprisonment on ex-prisoner labor market outcomes have reported sizable pre-imprisonment employment drops.…
The Downstream Effects of Bail and Pretrial Detention on Racial Disparities in Incarceration
The Downstream Effects of Bail and Pretrial Detention on Racial Disparities in Incarceration Bail and pretrial detention decisions may have important consequences for racial disparities in incarceration rates. Poor minority…
A Guiding Hand or a Slap on the Wrist: Can Drug Courts be the Solution to Maternal Opioid Use?
A Guiding Hand or a Slap on the Wrist: Can Drug Courts be the Solution to Maternal Opioid Use? As the opioid epidemic has expanded its reach, the number of…
Coerced Fate: How Negotiation Models Lead to False Confessions
Coerced Fate: How Negotiation Models Lead to False Confessions Police interrogators across the United States employ tactics that can lead to coerced, often false, confessions. While police departments have shifted…
Motus Animi in Mente Insana: An Emotion-Oriented Paradigm of Legal Insanity Informed by the Neuroscience of Moral Judgments and Decision-Making
Motus Animi in Mente Insana: An Emotion-Oriented Paradigm of Legal Insanity Informed by the Neuroscience of Moral Judgments and Decision-Making Legal insanity is deeply rooted in an intellectualistic conception of…
The Regulatory Challenge of Public Corruption
The Regulatory Challenge of Public Corruption Read the syndicated article here
Virtual Shackles: Electronic Surveillance and the Adultification of Juvenile Courts
Virtual Shackles: Electronic Surveillance and the Adultification of Juvenile Courts In recent years, there has been a groundswell of attention directed at problems within the American criminal justice system, led…
Not Yet Gone, and Not Yet Forgotten: The Reasonableness of Continued Mandatory Detention of Noncitizens Without a Bond Hearing
Not Yet Gone, and Not Yet Forgotten: The Reasonableness of Continued Mandatory Detention of Noncitizens Without a Bond Hearing Section 1226(c) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act…
Reduced Culpability Without Reduced Punishment: A Case for Why Lead Poisoning Should be Considered a Mitigating Factor in Criminal Sentencing
Reduced Culpability Without Reduced Punishment: A Case for Why Lead Poisoning Should be Considered a Mitigating Factor in Criminal Sentencing The water crisis in Flint, Michigan, where residents discovered dangerous…