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War in Iraq: What’s the Price Tag? $674 Billion (As of 6/1/09)
Special Announcements
A new study by the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice: "Closing California’s Division of Juvenile Facilities" click on Delinquency and Juvenile Justice above.
Two new reports on reducing the costs of incarceration, one for juveniles and the other for adults. The new report on juveniles is found in "Delinquency and Juvenile Justice"; for the adult see "Punishment" (both found at top of page).
An important book on convict leasing: Slavery by Another Name. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction. Click on "Punishment" above.
One of the best books ever on race and the drug war. Click on "War on Drugs" above to see my review.
Criminal to Critic: Reflections Amid the American Experiment by James E. Palombo with a Foreword and Afterword by Randall G. Shelden. Click here for ordering information:
For a preview read my Foreword.
Stories related to the current financial crisis. Scroll down and click on Special Topics and then click on Corporate and Political Crime.
The Bernard Madoff Fraud Case. Scroll down and click on Special Topics and then click on Corporate and Political Crime.
In the News
A bold proposal by former district attorney: abolish death penalty in California to save $125 million per year. Click on "special topics" below and then click on "death penalty research" for details.
Commentary on Sotomayer adds important insight (includes reference to the Eugenics Movement)
'Empathy' on 1927 Supreme Court might have saved thousands from the knife
More pressure to shut down youth prisons in California. Click on Delinquency and Juvenile Justice above.
Hard-luck Montana Town pushes to house Gitmo detainees. Click on Punishment page above.
Retired chef caught up in gang sweep. Scroll down to special topics and click on youth gangs.
Citizens for Tax Justice issues new report proposing raising revenue by $100 billion. Click on "Solutions" above.
Supreme Court Upholds Calif. Pot Law. Click on "war on drugs" above.
New Drug Czar calls for end to the "drug war." Click on "war on drugs" above.
Gung ho DA charges teenagers with pornography for sexy texting. Scroll down to special topics and then click on "sex offender hysteria.
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of School in Strip Search Case. Click on "War on Drugs" above.
Special Topics - Various topics ranging from anti-war news and child abuse to racial injustice and youth gangs
Commentaries:
Race and the Drug War: Same Story, Different Day (6/1/09)
The Real Bad Guys (4/12/09)
Fix the prisons? (4/5/09)
Research Articles:
Sentencing Patterns, the War on Drugs and Women
(4/26/09)
Girls and Juvenile Justice Reform (4/7/08)
Reforming Nevada’s Prison System (4/7/08)
Guest writer Donna Point:
Debating the USA PATRIOT Act
(2/5/08)Imprisonment and Crime Rates (3/12/07)