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War in Iraq: What’s the Price Tag? $938 Billion (As of 12/1/09)
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New!! My latest book is now available for ordering: Our Punitive Society: Race, Class, Gender and Punishment in America. Click on "Books" at left for details. For preview see my latest research article on right side of page.
New!! By popular demand, a list of suggested readings (see left column). Recently updated.
In the News
New!!! Criminalizing Homelessness -Two examples
New!!! Zero tolerance is still around! Cops vs. Kids
Afghanistan “Awash with US Cash and US Blood” Scroll down to Antiwar news.
Within South L.A.'s killing zone, a haven from violence
See also this interactive map of homicides and see my commentary on the Chicago School: http://projects.latimes.com/homicide-report/blog/page/1/
Chicago Tribune reader tells it like it is. Arizona wastes millions on a mentally ill man who spent 80 years in prison, the last 20 on death row:
Death Row is a waste of taxpayer money
Manipulation of Crime Data - A series of articles
Bob Herbert (New York Times): Jim Crow Policing
Supreme Court Ruling on Campaign Contributions - A series of articles
See my commentary about the corporation as a "person." See also the guest commentary by Noam Chomsky
Proposition 8 Trial in California - with frequent updates (last update: Feb. 9)
Latest report on prisons: growth last year slower than before. Click on "Punishment" above and scroll down to "Growth of Prisons."
Federal Appellate Court Strikes Blow Against Washington State's Felon Disfranchisement In Landmark Voting Rights Case. Click on "Punishment" above.
Marijuana legalization bill approved by key Assembly committee (California). Click on "War on Drugs" above.
New study on abuse in detention facilities. Click on Delinquency and Juvenile Justice above.
A Must Read!! Trauma in Iraq leads to drama in Oregon
A "New Deal" idea for job creation. Click on "Solutions" above.
An estimated one-half of US children will get food stamps sometime during their childhood. Scroll down to "Inequality in America" to read.
Recession Drives Surge in Youth Runaways. Click on "Delinquency and Juvenile Justice" above.
Special Topics
Commentaries:
More Abuse in Youth Prisons (3/9/10)
Close Summit View (218/10)
Guest Commentary by Noam Chomsky:
The Corporate Takeover of U.S. Democracy (2/5/10)
Chicago School Sociology is Alive and Well at the LA Times (1/27/10)
The Corporation is a "Person" (1/26/10)
Haiti’s 9/11 (1/20/10)
Media distortions of youth crime (1/9/10)
Research Articles:
Our Punitive Society (11/11/09)Exit Exams, the Prison Pipeline and Getting Tough Anyway (11/9/09)
Conservative, Liberal and Radical Views of Crime (9/17/09)
Sentencing Patterns, the War on Drugs and Women (4/26/09)