Governing Through Crime
News about security measures, crime, sentencing and prisons (with a particular focus on California), and thoughts about crime's powerful impact on political strategies and how governments spend the taxpayers' money.
Author: Jonathan Simon is associate dean for jurisprudence and social policy at the University of California at Berkeley's Boalt Hall and also authors Berkeley Jurispride.
Blawg Related Categories: Criminal Justice • Sentencing/Post Conviction • States • California • University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall • Law Professor
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