A Political Science Perspective on Teaching about Violence …ways that encouraged violence. In Spain, for example, the law required the confiscation of property and death for a Muslim who killed a Christian, but only a fine and exile…
“You Can Reduce Violence But Harm People”: A Conversation with Caterina Roman …that I believe that X policing solution or Y law enforcement solution is an answer. But I do think that police departments have the resources to do data-driven work that…
Criminal Justice Expert Greg Berman Named Inaugural Guggenheim Distinguished Fellow of Practice …four books. His work has also appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Law and Policy, and numerous other publications. The Harry Frank Guggenheim Distinguished Fellow of Practice role…
“You Have to Crack Down on Gun Offenders”: A Conversation with Peter Moskos …of street-level law enforcement. Moskos is working on a new book, an oral history of the New York City crime decline that started in the 1990s, told from the perspective…
HFG Helps Launch CCJ Crime Trends Working Group …and help strengthen crime-control initiatives through improvements in the collection of reliable, timely crime data.“ (CCJ) Composed of leaders from academia, advocacy, law enforcement, government, and the public health sector,…
HFG Launches Speaker Series on Gender-Based Violence …Modupe Animashaun, Institute of Peace, Security and Humanitarian Studies, University of Ibadan Michele Decker, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University Claudia Torres Patino, Harvard Law School, Harvard University…
“Democracy Tested: Political Violence and Global Elections” …of the Criminal Justice System. She has been the recipient of various awards and honors for her contributions to law, human rights, democracy, government, and the implementation of penal reform….
“Illiberal Ideas Are Having a Negative Effect on Our Political Culture”: A Conversation with Thomas Main …as political egalitarianism, human rights, electoral democracy, the rule of law, and tolerance. While he acknowledges the existence of some movements that meet this definition on the left of the…
‘Political Polarization Has Become Almost a Form of Entertainment’: A Conversation with Clionadh Raleigh …daily basis? The places that I’ve seen that do not have any conflict consistently are places in which there is incredible adherence to law and order, whether by force, so…
Unearthing Sexual Violence in the Congo Free State and its Contemporary Significance …extreme demand for resources but not necessarily because of it). The archive further demonstrates colonial law’s selective recognition of Black people’s agency through criminality alone. The repression of sexual violence…