Hate crime and anti-immigrant “talk”
April 11, 2016
—Jeannine Bell
Many tellings of the Civil Rights Movement story omit how ferociously white individuals and institutions resisted the change that black activists demanded.
Category: Criminology
Day of the Demagogue: Trumpian Deportation Fantasies and American Realities
March 24, 2016
—Tanya Golash-Boza
Should Donald Trump or Ted Cruz win the presidency, they are guaranteed to make life hell for millions of undocumented human beings living in and working extremely hard in this country, and their plans would fail dismally — but that failure would undoubtedly prove to be a horror all its own.
The Struggle to Reform the NYPD and its Use of Stop and Frisk
February 29, 2016
—Michael D. White and Henry F. Fradella A recent article in the New York Times describes results from a federal monitor’s examination of nearly 600 stop and frisks conducted by… READ MORE
Race and Criminal Justice, on the Anniversary of Trayvon Martin’s Death
February 26, 2016
—Devon Johnson, Patricia Warren, and Amy Farrell Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African American boy, died tragically on February 26, 2012. His death and the trial of his assailant evoked memories of our… READ MORE
Race, ethnicity, and policing
March 12, 2015
Last year, the killings of unarmed black men by white police officers—the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and the chokehold death of Eric Garner in New York City—sparked… READ MORE
Why grand jurors matter
November 26, 2014
—Andrew Guthrie Ferguson On Monday, at 9:00pm, the nation anxiously awaited the decision of twelve ordinary citizens. National and international media prepared to report on the collective efforts of the… READ MORE
Reducing incarceration rate begins with juvenile justice
October 30, 2014
—Simon I. Singer A large segment of the over 2 million people currently incarcerated in the United States entered the criminal justice system as adolescents. From the 1980s on, too… READ MORE
Not a monster: Society’s creation of men who use violence
September 13, 2014
—Hillary Potter The surveillance video footage released this week that depicts professional football player Ray Rice rendering Janay Rice unconscious with a single punch seems to have evoked a fairly… READ MORE