Tag: Criminal justice
Why this trial was different: Experts react to guilty verdict for...
Alexis Karteron, Rutgers University - Newark ; Jeannine Bell, Indiana University, and Ric Simmons, The Ohio State University
Scholars...
Companies accused of crimes get more digital privacy rights than people...
Sarah Esther Lageson, Rutgers University - Newark and Elizabeth Chiarello, Saint Louis University
Corporations increasingly receive the same rights as people. Now, it seems,...
Reflecting on the case of Cyntoia Brown – talking with the...
Dan Birman, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Cyntoia Brown walked out of prison in August 2019 after serving 15 years...
What policing during the pandemic can tell us about crime rates...
Tom Nolan, Emmanuel College
Social distancing orders in place across the U.S. have added to the long list of low-level offenses that police are charged...
We spoke to hundreds of prison gang members – here’s what...
David Pyrooz, University of Colorado Boulder and Scott H. Decker, Arizona State University
The United States incarcerates a larger proportion of its citizens than any...
Prosecutors are increasingly – and misleadingly – using rap lyrics as...
Erik Nielson, University of Richmond
Rapper Darrell Caldwell, better known to fans as Drakeo the Ruler, was on his way to stardom. Hailed as one...
How being ‘tough on crime’ became a political liability
Jody D. Armour, University of Southern California
Kamala Harris recently dropped out of the presidential race after months of attacks from the left for her...
Why support for the death penalty is much higher among white...
Kevin O'Neal Cokley, University of Texas at Austin
Sentencing a person to die is the ultimate punishment. There is no coming back from the permanence...
EXPLORING NATURE
Nanoparticles and artificial intelligence can help researchers detect pollutants in water,...
Andres B. Sanchez Alvarado, Rice University
Across the U.S., hundreds of sites on land or in lakes and rivers...
