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War in Iraq: What’s the Price Tag? $993 Billion (As of 5/13/10)
Special Announcements
A New Prison is about to open in California. Click on Punishment above.
Harmful Effects of prolonged isolation. Click on Punishment above.
Just when I thought I had seen everything about the abuses in juvenile facilities, I stumbled onto this site: http://www.nospank.net/boot.htm#gina
Get involved and take action. Links provided in "Solutions" above.
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 research article on right side of page.
In the News
Are immigrants responsible for rising crime in Arizona and elsewhere? No they are not, despite claims to the contrary. Read this by Mike Males: Fabricating Arizona’s “Immigrant Crime Wave”
Remember Jena, Louisiana? Read this: Drug Bust or Racist Revenge?
Small Nevada town wants a new jail and is willing to spend $25 million to get it. See my latest commentary.
Recession forces gang prevention organization Homeboy Industries to lay off most employees. Click on Solutions page above.
New study shows dropping out increases chances of incarceration. Click on Delinquency and Juvenile Justice Above.
Criminalizing Homelessness -Two examples
Zero tolerance is still around! Cops vs. Kids
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/
Manipulation of Crime Data - A series of articles
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: March 16)
Special Topics
Commentaries:
The $100,000 bed (5/15/10)
An Epidemic of Abuse Inside Juvenile Institutions (4/9/10)
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:
From Poorhouses to Jails: Same Function, Different Time (4/27/10)
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)