There has been considerable ambivalence in the response of the international community and different national governments towards the problem of how to respond to individual terrorist acts and sustained campaigns of terrorist violence. Responses vacillate between a desire to punish and deter...

In a criminal system that tips heavily to the side of wealth and power, we routinely detain the accused in often horrifying conditions, confined in jails while still maintaining the presumption of innocence. Here, in the rotting jail cells of impoverished defendants, are the Shadowlands of...

Policymakers and scholars repeatedly warn that frequent and persistent judicial vacancies pose one of the greatest threats to the federal judiciary by overburdening judges. Scholars, in turn, are divided as to whether pressure on judges results in more lenient punishment. Despite such concerns,...

There is far more justice that is not served than served in our criminal justice system. Well more than half of all offending and victimization fails to make its way into the criminal justice system. An additional share of wrongdoing from initial police contact to the end of the criminal process...

Risk has not been regarded positively in most social theory and critical criminology, especially in the light of Beck's 'risk society' thesis. This paper argues that such criticism is misplaced. Risk is an extremely variable governmental technology, and many of the targets of criticism are...

Evidence has repeatedly shown that disparities in crime sentences can be attributed to certain variables considered outside the legal dimensions of the case. The majority of research that investigates factors that contribute to such disparities has primarily focused on crimes of varying...

In this symposium participation, I would like to share my thoughts to explore the ongoing nature of Brazil’s transitional justice jurisprudence. First, pointing out contradictory narratives regarding the dictatorship legacy in Brazilian politics. Second, I would propose to turn the debate to...

The public finance literature tells us that user fees will introduce market-like efficiency to public good provision. Meanwhile, criminal justice scholars note that criminal justice fees have run amok, causing crippling debt, undermining reentry efforts, and raising civil rights and...

Trustworthy AI becomes ever more important, both in machine learning and in the law. One important consequence is that decision makers must seek to guarantee a `fair', i.e., non-discriminatory, algorithmic decision procedure. However, there are several competing notions of algorithmic fairness...

Professor Varona and Mr. Layton write about the impact United States v. Morrison will have on Congress's efforts to enact hate crimes laws. Specifically, they look at the 106th Congress's changes to the Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act (LLEEA), which seeks to enable federal assistance and...