Death Penalty Resurrections
I used to believe, like many in the criminal justice research community, that once a country gets rid of the death penalty, it never returns (which is why I saw
Oh, My Goodness, Look at This Mess
Many years ago, when I was in the army, I had a client who had been convicted of murdering a fellow soldier over a minor dispute. I met him years
Two Federal Rulings on Campus Protests
This week saw two federal district court decisions against Harvard and UCLA, respectively, regarding their failure to protect their Jewish and Israeli students from antisemitic discrimination, which you can read
Political Incarceration Under Siege: Jeremiah in the Pit of Mire
An important question in the sociology of punishment is whether the social reaction to deviance/challenge becomes more ferocious during times of social and political turmoil. This question is often attributed
Are You a Self-Made Job Market Kryptonite? Develop Some Common Sense or Suffer the Consequences. Also, a First Amendment Primer Tailored for Your Campus Needs
Since writing this, and reading this, I expected things to deteriorate, and of course, they have: students who have publicly supported terrorists are suing private law firms that rescinded their
#FacultyVigil Tomorrow Night at My Office
My colleague and new friend Ron Hassner, who teachers political science at Berkeley, has been sleeping in his office for more than a week. Ron is protesting against the university’s
BREAKING NEWS: In Blow to Netanyahu Government Agenda, Israeli High Court of Justice Restores Reasonableness Ground for Judicial Review
Today, the High Court of Justice published its 697-page decision (!), in which it granted the Movement for Quality Government and numerous other civil rights organizations a resounding victory against
The Zero-Sum Game of Epidemiology