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An Offense-Severity Model for Stop-and-Frisks

in choosing among offense classifications. Classification choices affect more than just the punishment an offender receives. They also help determine

Forum: The History of Neutrality: Dobbs and the Social-Movement Politics of History and Tradition

determine the original public meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment failed in Brown, where the Court stressed that it could not “turn the clock back to

Architectural Exclusion: Discrimination and Segregation Through Physical Design of the Built Environment

low that buses could not pass under them in order to prevent people of color from accessing a public beach. Walls, fences, and highways separate

Criminal Attempts

drunk in such a case, even if his conduct is as wrongful, or even more wrongful, than such an attempt would have been. By contrast, imagine that the

Legitimacy and Federal Criminal Enforcement Power

cases in which resources could not overcome the challenge of prosecuting conduct on the margins of what the public deems imprisonment-worthy. These sorts

Cops and Pleas: Police Officers’ Influence on Plea Bargaining

unified front to the public. For these and other reasons, police involvement in plea bargaining has flown beneath the radar, despite its implications for