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Smoke But No Fire: When Innocent People Are Wrongly Convicted Of Crimes That Never Happened, Jessica S. Henry

Jessica S. Henry

Nearly one-third of exonerations involve the wrongful conviction of an innocent person for a crime that never actually happened, such as when the police plant drugs on an innocent person, a scorned lover invents a false accusation, or an expert mislabels a suicide as a murder. Despite the frequency with which no-crime convictions take place, little scholarship has been devoted to the subject. This Article seeks to fill that gap in the literature by exploring no-crime wrongful convictions as a discrete and unique phenomenon within the wrongful convictions universe. This Article considers three main factors that contribute to no-crime wrongful …

Virtual Life Sentences: An Exploratory Study, Jessica S. Henry, Christopher Salvatore, Bai-Eyse Pugh

Jessica S. Henry

Virtual life sentences are sentences with a term of years that exceed an individual’s natural life expectancy. This exploratory study is one of the first to collect data that establish the existence, prevalence, and scope of virtual life sentences in state prisons in the United States. Initial data reveal that more than 31,000 people in 26 states are serving virtual life sentences for violent and nonviolent offenses, and suggest racial disparities in the distribution of these sentences. This study also presents potential policy implications and suggestions for future research.

Youth Activism, Art And Transitional Artist: Emerging Spaces Of Memory After The Jasmin Revolution, Arnaud Kurze

Arnaud Kurze

This project explores the creation of alternative transitional justice spaces in post-conflict contexts, particularly concentrating on the role of art and the impact of social movements to address human rights abuses. Drawing from post-authoritarian Tunisia, it scrutinizes the work of contemporary youth activists and artists to deal with the past and foster sociopolitical change. Although these vanguard protesters provoked the overthrow of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011, the power vacuum was quickly filled by old elites. The exclusion of young revolutionaries from political decision-making led to unprecedented forms of mobilization to account for repression and injustice under …

Police Integrity Lost Podcast Episode 49: Police Accountability And The Shooting Of Botham Jean, Philip M. Stinson

Philip M Stinson

This episode of the Police Integrity Lost Podcast features an interview of Professor Phil Stinson by Michel Martin that originally aired on the NPR show All Things Considered on September 16, 2018.

Police Integrity Lost Podcast Episode 48: Off-Duty Police Violence, Philip M. Stinson

Philip M Stinson

This episode of the Police Integrity Lost Podcast features an interview of Professor Phil Stinson by Tanzina Vego that originally aired on the PRI show The Takeaway on September 12, 2018.

The Logic Behind Suicide Terrorism And Its Connection To Islam, Sarah L. Minnick

Sarah Minnick

Hospital Mergers And Public Accountability: Tennessee And Virginia Employ A Certificate Of Public Advantage, Erin C. Fuse Brown

Erin C. Fuse Brown

No abstract provided.

“Sexual Harassment: An Old Problem In A Modern World” Forthcoming In Robert Rycroft’S The American Middle Class: An Economic Encyclopedia Of Progress And Poverty, Alma Urbano, Marla Kohlman

Marla Kohlman

No abstract provided.

Charging The Poor: Criminal Justice Debt & Modern-Day Debtors' Prisons, Neil L. Sobol

Neil L Sobol

Debtors’ prisons should no longer exist. While imprisonment for debt was common in colonial times in the United States, subsequent constitutional provisions, legislation, and court rulings all called for the abolition of incarcerating individuals to collect debt. Despite these prohibitions, individuals who are unable to pay debts are now regularly incarcerated, and the vast majority of them are indigent. In 2015, at least ten lawsuits were filed against municipalities for incarcerating individuals in modern-day debtors’ prisons. Criminal justice debt is the primary source for this imprisonment.

Criminal justice debt includes fines, restitution charges, court costs, and fees. Monetary charges exist …

Police Integrity Lost Podcast Episode 47: It’S Not Okay For Police To Shoot Someone In The Back, Philip M. Stinson

Philip M Stinson

This episode of the Police Integrity Lost Podcast features an interview of Professor Phil Stinson by Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon that originally aired on the Radio Sputnik show By Any Means Necessary on June 29, 2018.

Theorizing American Freedom (Review Essay), Anthony O'Rourke

Anthony O'Rourke

This is a review essay of The Two Faces of American Freedom, by Aziz Rana. The book presents a new and provocative account of the relationship between ideas of freedom and the constitutional structure of American power. Through the nineteenth century, Rana argues, America’s constitutional structure was shaped by a racially exclusionary, yet economically robust, concept that he calls “settler freedom.” Drawing on the burgeoning interdisciplinary field of settler colonial studies, as well as on the vast historical literature on civic republicanism, Rana contends that the concept of settler freedom necessitated a constitutional framework that enabled rapid territorial expansion and …

Police Integrity Lost Podcast Episode 46: Baton Rouge Police Shooting: Why Were No Officers Charged In The Death Of Alton Sterling?, Philip M. Stinson

Philip M Stinson

This episode of the Police Integrity Lost Podcast features an interview of BGSU professor Phil Stinson and Campaign Zero policy analyst Samuel Sinyangwe by Dotun Adebayo that originally aired on the BBC Radio 5 Live show Up All Night on April 1, 2018.

Police Integrity Lost Podcast Episode 45: Minneapolis Police Shooting: What Lies Ahead In The Mohamed Noor Case?, Philip M. Stinson

Philip M Stinson

This episode of the Police Integrity Lost Podcast features an interview of BGSU Professor Phil Stinson by Mike Mulcahy that originally aired live on Minnesota Public Radio on March 21, 2018.

Police Interrogation, Philip M. Stinson

Philip M Stinson

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Introducing The Police Crime Database, Philip M. Stinson, Kathleen Y. Murray

Philip M Stinson

There are no official statistics on crime committed by sworn law enforcement officers, and the public is generally without the ability to research the incidence and prevalence of police crime in their own communities. The Police Crime database is designed to fill that gap, and provides internet-based public access to summary information on 8,006 criminal arrest cases during years 2005-2012 involving 6,596 sworn officers who were charged with one or more crimes. The arrested officers were employed by 2,830 nonfederal law enforcement agencies located in 1,302 counties and independent cities in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. This …

Police Integrity Lost Podcast Episode 44: Should The Baltimore Police Department Disband?, Philip M. Stinson

Philip M Stinson

This episode of the Police Integrity Lost Podcast features the first part of an interview of Professor Phil Stinson by Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon that originally aired on the Radio Sputnik show By Any Means Necessary on February 22, 2018.

Ordinary 'Worthiness': Sex Work, Police Raids, And Human Rights Violence In Sonagachhi, Simanti Dasgupta

Simanti Dasgupta

Based upon ethnographic research with Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC), a grass-roots sex workers organization in Sonagachhi, the iconic red light district in Kolkata, India, this paper explores the relationship between police raids and human rights violation. It especially focuses on the nature of violence initiated by the construction of “corrupt” evidence to justify a raid, which in this case is not solely a state initiative; the police usually work in tandem with other rescue missions such as the International Justice mission (IJM). The raid involves a practice and a narrative commonly referred to by both the police and the …

Teaching About Graffiti And Street Art To Undergraduate Students At U.S. Universities: Confronting Challenges And Seizing Opportunities, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D., John F. Lennon

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

Predicting Danger In Immigration Courts, Emily Ryo

Emily Ryo

How American-Based Television Commercials Portray Convicts, Correctional Officials, Carceral Institutions, And The Prison Experience, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

Reframing Urban Street Culture: Towards A Dynamic And Heuristic Process Model, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

The Challenges Of Conducting Research On Supermax Prisons: Results From A Survey Of Scholars Who Conduct Research On This Type Of Correctional Facility, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D., Richard Tewksbury

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

Interpreting The Development And Growth Of Convict Criminology In South America, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D., Sacha Darke

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

What's Up Doc? A Review And Analysis Of English Language Documentaries On Contemporary Graffiti And Street Art, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D., Ronald Kramer

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

Movie Review: Wind River It Addresses Violence Against Native Women, Law Enforcement & Other Issues, But Mostly It’S About Relationships, Darla W. Jackson

Darla W. Jackson

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Will Hicks.Jpg, Will Hicks

Dr. William D. Hicks

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Sexual Violence In The Field Of Vision, Sharon Sliwinski

Sharon Sliwinski