“We’re Losing a Sense of Accountability”: A Conversation with Richard Aborn …nonprofit organization that works with law enforcement, government agencies, community-based organizations, and academia to improve public safety through innovation. He is a managing partner of the law firm Constantine Cannon….
“True Equity Means Everyone’s Life Has Equal Value”: A Conversation with Shani Buggs …have alternate systems right now other than law enforcement. If someone is harmed right now, the only number that I can call is 911. I can’t access a credible messenger….
The Political-Criminal Nexus: Emerging Violent Threat to Governability in the Twenty-First Century …the rule of law, human rights, and economic development in many parts of the world, especially in states in transition. The problem is chronic in, for example, Mexico, Nigeria, Turkey,…
Scrutinizing the Gray Zones: Dynamics of Collective Violence in Contemporary Argentina …meanings, and outcomes of the December 2001 wave of lootings in Argentina. The research scrutinizes the gray zone where the actions and networks of both party activists and law enforcement…
Operation Fly Trap: Police Suppression and Gang Violence …For the project, I interviewed a range of individuals, including those targeted (drug dealers and gang members), their families and friends, as well as some law enforcement officials (FBI and…
King George’s Generals: How the British Army Lost America, 1774-1781 …research supported a chapter entitled “An End to Empire? British Strategy in the American Revolution and Making Peace” in Justifying Revolution: Law, Virtue, and Violence in the American Revolution (Oklahoma: June 2018)….
When We Torture: Moral and Pragmatic Arguments For and Against Torture, and Their Effect on Public Support For Redressing Past and Preventing Future Injustice …to the moral and good in human nature may be worthwhile and effective after all, and may help strengthen the normative power of international humanitarian law. Broadly speaking, arguments against…
What Do Historians Have to Say About Violence? …Thus, the case of the “white new-born child (sex unknown)” was closed, and local law enforcers saw no reason to investigate the death or to treat it as a homicide.1…
“People Who Do Harmful Things Are Reacting to Harmful Things”: A Conversation with Marlon Peterson …relationship with the police from one of your writings was, “I take a personal affront to law enforcement when they speak to me as if I am a toy to…
Annual HFG Symposium on Crime in America Examines Criminal Justice Reform in the Biden Era …Carey Law School; Speakers: Chesa Boudin, San Francisco District Attorney, John Chisholm, Milwaukee District Attorney, Darcy Covert, Milwaukee District Attorney, and Miriam Krinsky, Founder, Fair and Just Prosecution. | Watch…
