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  • 30 Nov 2022
    Jeffrey Bellin

    Diagnosing the Causes of Mass Incarceration to Develop a Cure

    The United States imprisons a shocking proportion of its population, eclipsing the rates of other countries and historical norms. The past three years have produced some modest improvement, but much of that change was driven by a global pandemic. With jails, police departments and courtrooms returning to “normal,” and a growing perception of rising crime, […]

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  • 1 Aug 2022
    Mexican police on a rainy day, ready to contain street vendors from one of the most conflictive areas of Mexico City, the Tacubaya neighborhood.
    Hernán Flom

    The Politics of Policing in Latin America

    Forty years after the end of authoritarianism, many Latin American democracies exhibit high levels of state violence, primarily attributable to the agency most directly responsible for preserving the state’s monopoly of legitimate coercion: the police. Just last week, military police officers killed at least 18 people in a raid on a favela (shantytown) in Rio […]

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  • 6 Aug 2019
    Scott H. Decker, David C. Pyrooz

    Who runs the joint? Gangs and social order in prisons

    To most people, life in prison is a mystery. In a new study, we examine many aspects of prison life, with a special focus on the role of gangs. We interviewed 802 inmates in prison in Texas, half of whom were gang members. With 150,000 inmates, Texas is the largest state prison system in the […]

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  • 14 Jan 2019
    Evan Gerstmann

    Campus Sexual Assault Shouldn’t be a Partisan Issue

    In November 2018, the Department of Education released new proposed Title IX regulations, replacing Obama era guidance on how educational institutions should handle allegations of sexual assault and sexual harassment. Partisan reaction has been predictable, with Republicans shouting hallelujahs that Betsy DeVos is reining in the excesses of the Obama years, and Democrats claiming that […]

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