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John Lott is an empirical scholar of great talent. He does not allow moral theorizing to be bold without backup. Thus he is skeptical of Loury's characterization of the American criminal justice system as racist because the hard facts seem to tell...
How difficult it is for state planners to fully recognize the scope of costs and unintended consequences behind criminal justice policies. I'd bet dollars to donuts increases in the parole system were at one time sited as a release valve for prison...
Whenever I come across a website or online article worth reading I bookmark it. Doing some spring cleaning today and want to delete these from my sidebar but not loose track of them forever. They're obviously relevant here: 1. James Wilson at Volokh...
I saw this from the New York Times yesterday. Originally I wanted to put up a post that asked the following question: For how long will America continue to set new records in the realm of incarceration and punishment trends without a serious call for...
How's this for proportionality? Read More...