Criminal justice, interdisciplinary academic study of the police, criminal courts, correctional institutions (e.g., prisons), and juvenile justice agencies, as well as of the agents who operate within these institutions. Criminal justice is distinct from
In this paper, we explore the possible consequences of the criminalization of sex work in Spain through an analysis of the measures adopted during the COVI
Reforming Criminal Justice and Growing from Trauma with Donna Hylton: With Donna Hylton, Mark Thompson. The majority of women who are incarcerated have been victims of violence and/or abuse, and Donna Hylton is working to change that. Hylton is best know
Joe Madison, a radio talk show host and civil rights activist. Bob Ney, a former member of U.S. Congress who served 30 months in prison for his role in a corruption scandal. Juanita Diaz-Cotto, a professor at Binghamton University who has studied the impact of the criminal justice system...
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“went away” behind the scenes at a Naivasha resort in 2010 as I have written about previously. It was the Prime Minister’s right of “consultation” that put previous opposition intellectual activist and leader Willy Mutunga on the bench as the first Chief Justice in return for withdrawing ...
The standard portrait of the second Justice Harlan paints him as the voice of judicial restraint on an activist court. Justice Harlan's approach to criminal procedure cases, however, has not found favor with the Court, even though a majority of the justices for many years have shown more ...
Between 1967 and 1970, 12 states adopted abortion reform legislation. However, the abortion activist groups began to see the abortion issue as a question of social justice and began to press for more than reform. Under the rallying cry of "reproductive freedom," they began to demand an ...
Vice President Kamala Harris met with Kim Kardashian and pardon recipients at the White House to discuss criminal justice reform.
The standard portrait of the second Justice Harlan paints him as the voice of judicial restraint on an activist court. Justice Harlan's approach to criminal procedure cases, however, has not found favor with the Court, even though a majority of the justices for many years have shown more symp...