| Author | Title | Citation | Summary | Year | key Terms in Title |
| Delaney E. Anderson |
Overbey V. Mayor of Baltimore: the Cost of Silence and the Impact of Restricting Speech in Police Brutality Settlements |
79 Maryland Law Review 1122 (2020) |
Can the government purchase silence from a someone who its agents beat, shocked with a stun gun, and ridiculed? According to Supreme Court precedent and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, no. In Overbey v. Mayor of Baltimore, the Fourth Circuit answered the important question of whether the government may impose; Search Snippet: ...COST OF SILENCE AND THE IMPACT OF RESTRICTING SPEECH IN POLICE BRUTALITY SETTLEMENTS Delaney E. Anderson [FNa1] Copyright © 2020 by Delaney... |
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| Michael Gentithes , Harold J. Krent |
Pandemic Surveillance - the New Predictive Policing |
12 ConLawNOW 57 (2020) |
Now that the first wave of the coronavirus is behind us, what will the future bring? As governments reopen society following lengthy stay-at-home orders, they must strike a difficult balance. If the return to normalcy is too abrupt, infections could spike again in just a few months, creating a death toll as high as it might have been with no; Search Snippet: ...Symposium: Pandemics and the Constitution PANDEMIC SURVEILLANCE - THE NEW PREDICTIVE POLICING Michael Gentithes [FNa1] Harold J. Krent [FNaa1] Copyright © 2020 by... |
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| Michael dePascale Jr. |
Path to Dystopia |
34-WTR Criminal Justice 26 (Winter, 2020) |
In 2017, there were 836,796 hobbyist drone users in the United States. (Arthur Holland Michel & Dan Gettinger, Ctr. for the Study of the Drone at Bard Coll., Drone Year in Review: 2017, at 10 (2018), Hobbyist drone users range from people who fly drones for fun to those who fly them to spy on others. Whether drone; Search Snippet: ...Criminal Justice Winter, 2020 Feature PATH TO DYSTOPIA Drone-Based Policing and the Fourth Amendment Michael dePascale Jr. [FNa1] Copyright © 2020... |
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| Aaron Kupchik , F. Chris Curran , Benjamin W. Fisher , Samantha L. Viano |
Police Ambassadors: Student-police Interactions in School and Legal Socialization |
54 Law and Society Review 391 (June, 2020) |
The recent influx of police officers into US public schools has reshaped the context and frequency of children's interactions with police. Yet we know little about how the presence of these officers in schools impacts the legal socialization of students, and whether youth of color might be affected or socialized in different ways than white youth; Search Snippet: ...AND SOCIETY REVIEW Law and Society Review June, 2020 Article POLICE AMBASSADORS: STUDENT- POLICE INTERACTIONS IN SCHOOL AND LEGAL SOCIALIZATION Aaron Kupchik [FNd1] [FNa1... |
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| Ronald J. Coleman |
Police Body Cameras: Go Big or Go Home? |
68 Buffalo Law Review 1353 (December, 2020) |
Police body-worn cameras have proliferated since the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, and the recent George Floyd-related protests seem set to continue or even accelerate that trend. Indeed, in her recent Nieves v. Bartlett dissent, Justice Sotomayor took time to note that many departments equip their police officers with body cameras. Body; Search Snippet: ...7654344 BUFFALO LAW REVIEW Buffalo Law Review December, 2020 Article POLICE BODY CAMERAS: GO BIG OR GO HOME? Ronald J. Coleman... |
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| Stephen Rushin, Roger Michalski |
Police Funding |
72 Florida Law Review 277 (March, 2020) |
A number of civil rights activists have called for the defunding or abolition of American police departments. These activists claim that the United States overinvests in police, leaving fewer scarce resources to support other government services. Activists also claim that overinvestment in policing contributes to higher rates of police misconduct; Search Snippet: ...2612284 FLORIDA LAW REVIEW Florida Law Review March, 2020 Article POLICE FUNDING Stephen Rushin Roger Michalski [FNa1] Copyright © 2020 by the... |
2020 |
Yes |
| Dara E. Purvis , Melissa Blanco |
Police Sexual Violence: Police Brutality, #Metoo, and Masculinities |
108 California Law Review 1487 (October, 2020) |
A woman alleges that she was raped by a police officer while in police custody. The police officer acknowledges that he had sexual intercourse with the woman but argues that she consented to the interaction. Despite the clear power imbalance and troubling context of the sexual activity, in a majority of U.S. states, if the police officer convinces; Search Snippet: ...6589686 CALIFORNIA LAW REVIEW California Law Review October, 2020 Article POLICE SEXUAL VIOLENCE: POLICE BRUTALITY, #METOO, AND MASCULINITIES Dara E. Purvis [FNa1] Melissa Blanco... |
2020 |
Yes |
| Luke M. Milligan |
Police Transparency and the Exclusionary Rule |
58 University of Louisville Law Review 467 (Summer, 2020) |
Our country has been marked this year by graphic imagery of police brutality and ferocious public protest. Reforming police departments is unquestionably vital business, with much in the balance, including life, liberty, property, security, dignity, and equal treatment under law. In order to fully and fairly assess proposed reform measures, we; Search Snippet: ...2020 Article Criminal Justice Reform in the Commonwealth--2019 Symposium POLICE TRANSPARENCY AND THE EXCLUSIONARY RULE Luke M. Milligan [FNa1] Copyright... |
2020 |
Yes |
| Rafael A. Mangual |
Police Use of Force and the Practical Limits of Popular Reform Proposals: a Response to Rizer and Mooney |
21 Federalist Society Review 128 (May 21, 2020) |
The Federalist Society takes no positions on particular legal and public policy matters. Any expressions of opinion are those of the author. Whenever we publish an article that advocates for a particular position, as here, we offer other perspectives on the issue, including ones opposed to the position taken in the article. This article is a; Search Snippet: ...SOCIETY REVIEW Federalist Society Review May 21, 2020 Federalist Society POLICE USE OF FORCE AND THE PRACTICAL LIMITS OF POPULAR REFORM... |
2020 |
Yes |
| Trevor George Gardner |
Police Violence and the African American Procedural Habitus |
100 Boston University Law Review 849 (May, 2020) |
How should an African American respond to a race-based police stop? What approach, disposition, or tactic will minimize his risk within the context of the police stop of being subject to police violence? This Essay advances a conversation among criminal procedural theorists about citizen agency within the field of police-administered criminal; Search Snippet: ...Bad Apples: Exploring the Legal Determinants of Police Violence Contribution POLICE VIOLENCE AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN PROCEDURAL HABITUS Trevor George Gardner... |
2020 |
Yes |
| Rebecca Kiley |
Policing the Open Road: How Cars Transformed American Freedom by Sarah A. Seo (Harvard University Press) 2019, 352 Pages |
101 Massachusetts Law Review 34 (February, 2020) |
The insight animating Sarah Seo's new book, Policing the Open Road: How Cars Transformed American Freedom, is what she calls the automobile paradox: the car is simultaneously a source of incredible mobility and privacy, and the most policed aspect of everyday life. Policing the Open Road charts the key role of the automobile in the development; Search Snippet: ...MASSACHUSETTS LAW REVIEW Massachusetts Law Review February, 2020 Book Review POLICING THE OPEN ROAD: HOW CARS TRANSFORMED AMERICAN FREEDOM BY SARAH... |
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Yes |
| John S. Clayton |
Policing the Press: Retaliatory Arrests of Newsgatherers after Nieves V. Bartlett |
120 Columbia Law Review 2275 (December, 2020) |
Dating back to the Founding, theorists have touted the checking value of the press in exposing government corruption and abuse. Pretextual arrests targeting professional and citizen journalists raise significant First Amendment concerns. Even a brief, catch-and-release detainment may altogether prevent a newsgatherer from capturing images or; Search Snippet: ...7980235 COLUMBIA LAW REVIEW Columbia Law Review December, 2020 Note POLICING THE PRESS: RETALIATORY ARRESTS OF NEWSGATHERERS AFTER NIEVES v. BARTLETT... |
2020 |
Yes |
| Barry Friedman , Elizabeth G. Jánszky |
Policing's Information Problem |
99 Texas Law Review 1 (November, 2020) |
We spend over $100 billion each year on policing in the United States, yet have very little idea of what keeps us safe. From the adoption of new technologies like facial recognition to militarization to stop-and-frisk tactics, and much else, police in the United States pursue public safety strategies without understanding the full range of costs or; Search Snippet: ...7024220 TEXAS LAW REVIEW Texas Law Review November, 2020 Article POLICING'S INFORMATION PROBLEM Barry Friedman [FNa1] Elizabeth G. Jánszky [FNaa1] Copyright... |
2020 |
Yes |
| Jeffrey Fagan, Amanda Geller |
Profiling and Consent: Stops, Searches, and Seizures after Soto |
27 Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law 16 (Spring, 2020) |
Introduction. 18 I. Federal Interventions in Local Law Enforcement Under Section 14141. 23 A. Federal Litigation as a Strategy for Institutional Reform. 23 B. Racial Profiling in New Jersey and the 1999 Consent Decree. 26 C. The End of Profiling?. 29 II. Theory and Research on Raceand Selective Enforcement. 31 A. Social and Legal Definitions of ; Search Snippet: ...14141 and 42 U.S.C. § 3789d(c) , alleging claims of racial profiling by the troopers of the New Jersey State Police (hereafter, NJSP). [FN2] The Consent Decree required that state troopers... |
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Prominent Claims That Policing Is Not Racially Biased Rest on Flawed Science |
56 Criminal Law Bulletin 2 (2020) |
Dean Knox is an Assistant Professor of Operations, Information, and Decisions at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Jonathan Mummolo is an Assistant Professor of Politics and Public Affairs at Princeton University. They specialize in the study of police behavior; Search Snippet: ...Issue 5 Fall 2020 Criminal Law Bulletin Prominent Claims that Policing is Not Racially Biased Rest on Flawed Science Dean Knox... |
2020 |
Yes |
| Maybell Romero |
Prosecutors and Police: an Unholy Union |
54 University of Richmond Law Review 1097 (May, 2020) |
Prosecutors work with police day in, day out, and typically they're reluctant to criticise them or investigate them. In June of 1989 John Buchanan, with the National Institute of Justice, observed what was then a persistent problem: a frequent and characteristic want of cooperation between the investigating and prosecuting agencies in the same; Search Snippet: ...University of Richmond Law Review May, 2020 Article PROSECUTORS AND POLICE: AN UNHOLY UNION Maybell Romero [FNa1] Copyright © 2020 by University... |
2020 |
Yes |
| Jeffrey Fagan , Alexis D. Campbell |
Race and Reasonableness in Police Killings |
100 Boston University Law Review 951 (May, 2020) |
Police officers in the United States have killed over 1000 civilians each year since 2013. The constitutional landscape that regulates these encounters defaults to the judgments of the reasonable police officer at the time of a civilian encounter based on the officer's assessment of whether threats to their safety or the safety of others requires; Search Snippet: ...Bad Apples: Exploring the Legal Determinants of Police Violence Contribution RACE AND REASONABLENESS IN POLICE KILLINGS Jeffrey Fagan [FNa1] Alexis D. Campbell [FNaa1] Copyright © 2020... |
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Yes |
| Michael Siegel |
Racial Disparities in Fatal Police Shootings: an Empirical Analysis Informed by Critical Race Theory |
100 Boston University Law Review 1069 (May, 2020) |
Although the use of excessive force by police has been a concern within communities of color for decades, the issue recently reached the public consciousness through media coverage of a number of high-profile police killings of unarmed Black victims. In explaining these events, the common understanding has been that there are some bad apples; Search Snippet: ...Bad Apples: Exploring the Legal Determinants of Police Violence Contribution RACIAL DISPARITIES IN FATAL POLICE SHOOTINGS: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS INFORMED BY CRITICAL RACE THEORY Michael Siegel [FNa1] Copyright © 2020 by The Trustees of... |
2020 |
Yes |
| Steven M. Salky , Joshua A. Levy , Email stevensalky@gmail.com, Levy Firestone Muse LLP, Washington, DC, 202-845-3215, Email jal@levyfirestone.com, Website www.levyfirestone.com |
Reforming Police Use of Deadly Force to Arrest |
44-JUN Champion 52 (June, 2020) |
The killing of George Floyd by a police officer during an arrest for the alleged passing of a counterfeit $20 bill has reignited the long-standing call for reforming police practices. Central to the Floyd case, as well as numerous other arrests of unarmed Black men that have spiraled into death, is the issue of when police are authorized to use; Search Snippet: ...52 2020 WL 4919435 CHAMPION Champion June, 2020 Feature REFORMING POLICE USE OF DEADLY FORCE TO ARREST Steven M. Salky [FNa1... |
2020 |
Yes |
| Richard Delgado |
Remedies for Police Shootings: a Comment on Slater |
21 Berkeley Journal of African-American Law & Policy 37 (2020) |
Introduction. 37 I. The Reigning Paradigm: Justified or Not Justified?. 38 II. Why Has a Binary Paradigm for Police Shootings Arisen and Persisted?. 39 A. Parties, Rich or Poor. 39 B. Suits Against Respected Defendants. 40 C. Similar Situations Where a Remedial Paradigm Exhibits Class Favoritism. 40 D. The Backdrop: A History of Race- and; Search Snippet: ...Berkeley Journal of African-American Law & Policy 2020 REMEDIES FOR POLICE SHOOTINGS: A COMMENT ON SLATER Richard Delgado [FNa1] Copyright © 2020... |
2020 |
Yes |
| Scott W. Stern |
Rethinking Complicity in the Surveillance of Sex Workers: Policing and Prostitution in America's Model City |
31 Yale Journal of Law & Feminism 411 (2020) |
This Note uncovers a history that has been largely ignored, dismissed, and sometimes even intentionally obscured: the history of the policing of sex workers in the twentieth century. When most lawyers think about the surveillance of sex workers, they think of a standard cast of characters: police, prosecutors, pimps, purchasers, and; Search Snippet: ...2020 Note RETHINKING COMPLICITY IN THE SURVEILLANCE OF SEX WORKERS: POLICING AND PROSTITUTION IN AMERICA'S MODEL CITY Scott W. Stern [FNa1... |
2020 |
Yes |
| Marie Pryor , Kim Shayo Buchanan , Phillip Atiba Goff |
Risky Situations: Sources of Racial Disparity in Police Behavior |
16 Annual Review of Law and Social Science 343 (2020) |
racism, policing, discrimination, behavioral realism, bias, police decision making Swencionis & Goff identified five situations that tend to increase the likelihood that an individual police officer may behave in a racially disparate way: discretion, inexperience, salience of crime, cognitive demand, and identity threat. This article applies their; Search Snippet: ...of Law and Social Science 2020 RISKY SITUATIONS: SOURCES OF RACIAL DISPARITY IN POLICE BEHAVIOR Marie Pryor [FN1] [FN2] Kim Shayo Buchanan [FN2] Phillip... |
2020 |
Yes |
| Namrata Kakade |
Sloshing Through the Factbound Morass of Reasonableness: Predictive Algorithms, Racialized Policing, and Fourth Amendment Use of Force |
88 George Washington Law Review 788 (May, 2020) |
The Supreme Court developed the Fourth Amendment doctrine of reasonableness during a time before big data technology had lent itself to powerful algorithms that police could use to predict the likelihood of criminal activity. Now, police are able to use presumably objective algorithms that assign individuals dangerousness scores based on racially; Search Snippet: ...SLOSHING THROUGH THE FACTBOUND MORASS OF REASONABLENESS: PREDICTIVE ALGORITHMS, RACIALIZED POLICING, AND FOURTH AMENDMENT USE OF FORCE Namrata Kakade [FNa1] Copyright... |
2020 |
Yes |
| Jason Mazzone, Stephen Rushin |
State Attorneys General as Agents of Police Reform |
69 Duke Law Journal 999 (February, 2020) |
State attorneys general can and should play an important role in remedying police violations of constitutional rights. In 1994, Congress enacted 34 U.S.C. § 12601 to authorize the U.S. attorney general to seek equitable relief against state and local police departments engaged in patterns or practices of misconduct. The Department of Justice; Search Snippet: ...Journal February, 2020 Article STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL AS AGENTS OF POLICE REFORM Jason Mazzone Stephen Rushin [FNd1] Copyright © 2020 by Jason... |
2020 |
Yes |
| Lisa Madigan, Cara Hendrickson, Karyn L. Bass Ehler |
Stepping into the Shoes of the Department of Justice: the Unusual, Necessary, and Hopeful Path the Illinois Attorney General Took to Require Police Reform in Chicago |
15 Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy 121 (Winter, 2020) |
[W]e can't continue to let this go on. Someone has to have the will, someone has to have the serious will, to want to have this change ..--Testimony of Karl Brinson, President of Chicago West Side Branch of NAACP, during the fairness hearing. The decree takes an important step forward in the City of Chicago's ongoing efforts to repair the; Search Snippet: ...AND HOPEFUL PATH THE ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL TOOK TO REQUIRE POLICE REFORM IN CHICAGO Lisa Madigan Cara Hendrickson Karyn L. Bass... |
2020 |
Yes |
| Jessica M. Salerno, Justin Sanchez , Arizona State University |
Subjective Interpretation of "Objective" Video Evidence: Perceptions of Male Versus Female Police Officers' Use-of-force |
44 Law and Human Behavior 97 (April, 2020) |
Objective: The police face great scrutiny after highly publicized instances of lethal force. Dash-camera footage ostensibly provides objective evidence of whether the force was excessive. We tested whether participants interpreted the same objective video of an officer exerting force differently based on the officer's gender and race; Search Snippet: ...INTERPRETATION OF OBJECTIVE VIDEO EVIDENCE: PERCEPTIONS OF MALE versus FEMALE POLICE OFFICERS' USE-OF-FORCE [FNd1] Jessica M. Salerno Justin Sanchez... |
2020 |
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| Sharon R. Fairley |
Survey Says?: U.s. Cities Double down on Civilian Oversight of Police Despite Challenges and Controversy |
2020 Cardozo Law Review de novo 1 (2020) |
The emergence of police accountability as an issue of concern in communities across the nation has led to a watershed era in the evolution of accountability systems involving civilian oversight of municipal police agencies. In recent years, several municipalities have opted to either create or enhance existing civilian oversight systems, despite; Search Snippet: ...SURVEY SAYS?: U.S. CITIES DOUBLE DOWN ON CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT OF POLICE DESPITE CHALLENGES AND CONTROVERSY Sharon R. Fairley [FNd1] Copyright © 2020... |
2020 |
Yes |
| Karen J. Pita Loor |
Tear Gas + Water Hoses + Dispersal Orders: the Fourth Amendment Endorses Brutality in Protest Policing |
100 Boston University Law Review 817 (May, 2020) |
Thirty years ago, in Graham v. Connor, the Supreme Court determined that excessive-force claims against police should proceed via the Fourth Amendment, which theoretically protects an individual against unreasonable siezures. However, the Court showed extreme deference to law enforcement's use of force by using a permissive reasonableness analysis; Search Snippet: ...HOSES + DISPERSAL ORDERS: THE FOURTH AMENDMENT ENDORSES BRUTALITY IN PROTEST POLICING Karen J. Pita Loor [FNa1] Copyright © 2020 by The Trustees... |
2020 |
Yes |
| Ric Simmons |
Terry in the Age of Automated Police Officers |
50 Seton Hall Law Review 909 (2020) |
Robots are now commonplace tools for law enforcement. The current generation of police robots is largely limited to remote-controlled robots that are designed to perform specific tasks, such as search-and-rescue drones and bomb-disposal robots. But the use of robots in law enforcement is likely to increase dramatically in the near future, since; Search Snippet: ...Law Review 2020 Article TERRY IN THE AGE OF AUTOMATED POLICE OFFICERS Ric Simmons [FNa1] Copyright © 2019 by Seton Hall University... |
2020 |
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| Matthew Stanford |
The Constitutional Challenges Awaiting Police Reform--and How Congress Can Try to Address Them Preemptively |
11 California Law Review Online 296 (July, 2020) |
The horrifying death of George Floyd under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer has thrust police reform back into the national discussion. As it should. The deaths of Floyd and countless other unarmed Black men and women in police custody make clear that much remains to be done before the United States rights its course in a violent history; Search Snippet: ...Law Review Online July, 2020 Article THE CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES AWAITING POLICE REFORM--AND HOW CONGRESS CAN TRY TO ADDRESS THEM PREEMPTIVELY... |
2020 |
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| Arthur Rizer, Emily Mooney |
The Evolution of Modern Use-of-force Policies and the Need for Professionalism in Policing |
21 Federalist Society Review 114 (May 21, 2020) |
The Federalist Society takes no positions on particular legal and public policy matters. Any expressions of opinion are those of the authors. Whenever we publish an article that advocates for a particular position, as here, we offer links to other perspectives on the issue, including ones opposed to the position taken in the article. In this case,; Search Snippet: ...USE-OF-FORCE POLICIES AND THE NEED FOR PROFESSIONALISM IN POLICING Arthur Rizer Emily Mooney [FNa1] Copyright © 2020 The Federalist Society... |
2020 |
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| Andres F. Rengifo , Lee Ann Slocum |
The Identity Prism: How Racial Identification Frames Perceptions of Police Contact, Legitimacy, and Effectiveness |
45 Law and Social Inquiry 590 (August, 2020) |
This article examines the role of racial identity in the configuration of opinions about the police. We argue that racial identity links social context to individual valuations of law enforcement, moderating the association between specific encounters and general views on police legitimacy and effectiveness. These propositions are assessed using; Search Snippet: ...and Social Inquiry August, 2020 Article THE IDENTITY PRISM: HOW RACIAL IDENTIFICATION FRAMES PERCEPTIONS OF POLICE CONTACT, LEGITIMACY, AND EFFECTIVENESS Andres F. Rengifo [FNa1] Lee Ann... |
2020 |
Yes |
| Brandon Garrett , Christopher Slobogin |
The Law on Police Use of Force in the United States |
21 German Law Journal 1526 (December, 2020) |
(Received 09 September 2020; accepted 11 September 2020) Recent events in the United States have highlighted the fact that American police resort to force, including deadly force, much more often than in many other Western countries. This Article describes how the current regulatory regime may ignore or even facilitate these aggressive police; Search Snippet: ...JOURNAL German Law Journal December, 2020 Article THE LAW ON POLICE USE OF FORCE IN THE UNITED STATES Brandon Garrett [FNa1... |
2020 |
Yes |
| Earl Flood |
The Path Forward on Policing Reform |
56-SEP Trial 58 (September, 2020) |
For eight minutes and 46 seconds, people watched the video of George Floyd's heinous killing at the hands of Minneapolis police officers. It struck an all-too-familiar chord when viewers heard that fateful plea: I can't breathe. Floyd was not alone--along with Eric Garner, Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks, and other recent victims, countless; Search Snippet: ...September, 2020 Department On the Hill THE PATH FORWARD ON POLICING REFORM Earl Flood [FNa1] Copyright © 2020 by the American Association... |
2020 |
Yes |
| Daanika Gordon |
The Police as Place-consolidators: the Organizational Amplification of Urban Inequality |
45 Law and Social Inquiry 1 (February, 2020) |
Efforts to understand racial inequality in policing often focus on the micro-level, examining the situational dynamics of police-citizen encounters. This Article explores racial inequality in policing from another angle: it asks how the police organization responds to and further constructs the surrounding urban environment. I examine a police; Search Snippet: ...SOCIAL INQUIRY Law and Social Inquiry February, 2020 Article THE POLICE AS PLACE-CONSOLIDATORS: THE ORGANIZATIONAL AMPLIFICATION OF URBAN INEQUALITY Daanika... |
2020 |
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| Grace Howard |
The Pregnancy Police: Surveillance, Regulation, and Control |
14 Harvard Law & Policy Review 347 (Summer, 2020) |
A wave of state legislation restricting the right to abortion in 2019 has drawn attention to the contingency of rights of pregnant people. However, the regulation and criminalization of pregnant bodies in the United States began many years before. Drawing from original research in criminal cases, as well as from notable family court hearings,; Search Snippet: ...Policy Review Summer, 2020 The Politics of Pregnancy THE PREGNANCY POLICE: SURVEILLANCE, REGULATION, AND CONTROL Grace Howard [FNa1] Copyright © 2020 by... |
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Yes |
| David U. Socol de la Osa |
The State of Murder in Japan and the United States: a Story of Socioeconomic Integration and Police Geography |
41 University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law 809 (Spring, 2020) |
Japan has uncovered a competitive advantage in murder prevention strategies, as murder rates in the nation are some of the lowest in the world. In Japan, murder rates have been falling consistently since the post-World War II era to reach rates of 0.2 murders per 100,000 people, whereas in the United States these rates have been historically; Search Snippet: ...AND THE UNITED STATES: A STORY OF SOCIOECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND POLICE GEOGRAPHY David U. Socol de la Osa [FNa1] Copyright © 2020... |
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Yes |
| Ayesha Bell Hardaway |
The Supreme Court and the Illegitimacy of Lawless Fourth Amendment Policing |
100 Boston University Law Review 1193 (May, 2020) |
For more than half a century, documented police brutality has affected communities of color and the American legal system has largely failed to address it. Beginning with Rizzo v. Goode, Supreme Court decisions have allowed local police departments nearly unlimited discretion in their policies and practices. That decision and others demonstrate; Search Snippet: ...THE SUPREME COURT AND THE ILLEGITIMACY OF LAWLESS FOURTH AMENDMENT POLICING Ayesha Bell Hardaway [FNa1] Copyright © 2020 by The Trustees of... |
2020 |
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| Janet C. Hoeffel |
The Warren Court and the Birth of the Reasonably Unreasonable Police Officer |
49 Stetson Law Review 289 (Winter, 2020) |
The Warren Court had a complex relationship with policing. On the one hand, it appeared to act as a regulator of police practice. This was its most public face, popularized in opinions like Miranda v. Arizona. On the other hand, the Warren Court supported discretionary police practices in opinions that, now 50 years later, reveal themselves as the; Search Snippet: ...THE WARREN COURT AND THE BIRTH OF THE REASONABLY UNREASONABLE POLICE OFFICER Janet C. Hoeffel [FNa1] Copyright © 2020 by Janet C... |
2020 |
Yes |
| Somil Trivedi , Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve |
To Serve and Protect Each Other: How Police-prosecutor Codependence Enables Police Misconduct |
100 Boston University Law Review 895 (May, 2020) |
Most Americans are rightly enraged when police shoot unarmed civilians, use excessive force, or engage in unethical practices like planting evidence. However, there is little popular understanding and scholarly attention as to why prosecutors fail to charge or otherwise hold officers accountable. This Article offers a novel contribution to the; Search Snippet: ...Police Violence Contribution TO SERVE AND PROTECT EACH OTHER: HOW POLICE-PROSECUTOR CODEPENDENCE ENABLES POLICE MISCONDUCT Somil Trivedi [FNa1] Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve [FNaa1] Copyright... |
2020 |
Yes |
| Andrew R. Hairston |
Toward the End of School Policing in Texas and Arkansas |
42 University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review 753 (Summer, 2020) |
School policing has existed in regions across the United States for decades. It remains a national problem with a broad impact, exacerbating the school-to-prison pipeline, but the practice is intriguing to study in the South. For the past several decades--through memoranda of understanding between school districts and law enforcement agencies, as; Search Snippet: ...School to Prison Pipelines Article TOWARD THE END OF SCHOOL POLICING IN TEXAS AND ARKANSAS Andrew R. Hairston [FNa1] Copyright © 2020... |
2020 |
Yes |
| Emanuel Powell |
Unlawful Silence: St. Louis Families' Fight for Records after the Killing of a Loved One by Police |
57 American Criminal Law Review Online 65 (Spring, 2020) |
I did not cry when I learned my cousin Ronnie had been killed by the police. I asked my mom if the family was okay. I asked what happened. She told me they only knew the story the police were telling--that my cousin had inexplicably run out of his house shooting a gun and been shot dead by multiple officers. I told my mother to let me know if she; Search Snippet: ...FOR RECORDS AFTER THE KILLING OF A LOVED ONE BY POLICE Emanuel Powell [FNa1] Copyright © 2020 by American Criminal Law Review... |
2020 |
Yes |
| Lucius T. Outlaw III |
Unsecured (Black) Bodies: How Baltimore Foreshadows the Dangers of Racially Targeted Dragnet Policing Let Loose by Utah V. Strieff |
50 New Mexico Law Review 25 (Winter, 2020) |
The Court today holds that the discovery of a warrant for an unpaid parking ticket will forgive a police officer's violation of your Fourth Amendment rights. With this sentence, Justice Sonia Sotomayor unleashes a fierce admonishment of the majority opinion (drafted by Justice Clarence Thomas) in Utah v. Strieff and the majority's lack of; Search Snippet: ...BODIES: HOW BALTIMORE FORESHADOWS THE DANGERS OF RACIALLY TARGETED DRAGNET POLICING LET LOOSE BY UTAH v. STRIEFF Lucius T. Outlaw III... |
2020 |
Yes |
| Barak Ariel , Renée J. Mitchell , Justice Tankebe , Maria Emilia Firpo , Ricardo Fraiman , Jordan M. Hyatt |
Using Wearable Technology to Increase Police Legitimacy in Uruguay: the Case of Body-worn Cameras |
45 Law and Social Inquiry 52 (February, 2020) |
What are the effects of wearable police cameras on perceptions of the police? In this study, we report causal estimates from a crossover randomized controlled trial in Uruguay on the effects of use of body-worn cameras by traffic police on the perceptions of legitimacy and satisfaction by drivers ticketed for traffic violations. We pay particular; Search Snippet: ...Social Inquiry February, 2020 Article USING WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY TO INCREASE POLICE LEGITIMACY IN URUGUAY: THE CASE OF BODY-WORN CAMERAS Barak... |
2020 |
Yes |
| Jack T. Vanderford |
Wardlow Revisited: How Media Coverage of Police Brutality Makes Empirical Data More Relevant than Ever |
22 University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law 1523 (August, 2020) |
Freddie Gray stood on a street corner in West Baltimore when he made eye contact with a uniformed police officer. Gray ran from the area after seeing the officer, who chased Gray down and forced him to stop by drawing and threatening to use his Taser gun. A video taken by a bystander captures Gray screaming in pain as his arms are handcuffed behind; Search Snippet: ...Law August, 2020 Comment WARDLOW REVISITED: HOW MEDIA COVERAGE OF POLICE BRUTALITY MAKES EMPIRICAL DATA MORE RELEVANT THAN EVER Jack T... |
2020 |
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| Cedric L. Alexander |
What Good Policing Looks like |
92-AUG New York State Bar Journal 16 (August, 2020) |
In God we trust, the great statistician W. Edwards Deming famously quipped. All others must bring data. We have a quarter-century of data that shows a sharp decline in the U.S. crime rate between 1993 and 2018: down 51% by the FBI numbers and 71% according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. By these numbers, we could claim that whatever; Search Snippet: ...JOURNAL New York State Bar Journal August, 2020 WHAT GOOD POLICING LOOKS LIKE Cedric L. Alexander [FNa1] Copyright © 2020 by the... |
2020 |
Yes |
| Hilary Jochmans |
What's Happening in Washington with Police Reform |
92-AUG New York State Bar Journal 33 (August, 2020) |
In the wake of the horrific killing of George Floyd at the hands of the police, in addition to numerous other instances throughout the country, elected officials in Washington are considering policing reform measures. Motivated by protests throughout the country demanding changes on the use of force, racial and religious bias and national police; Search Snippet: ...Department Hilary on the Hill WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON WITH POLICE REFORM Hilary Jochmans [FNa1] Copyright © 2020 by the New York... |
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| Benjamin Levin |
What's Wrong with Police Unions? |
120 Columbia Law Review 1333 (June, 2020) |
In an era of declining labor power, police unions stand as a success story for worker organizing--they exert political clout and negotiate favorable terms for their members. Yet, despite support for unionization on the political left, police unions have become public enemy number one for commentators concerned about race and police violence. Much; Search Snippet: ...REVIEW Columbia Law Review June, 2020 Essay WHAT'S WRONG WITH POLICE UNIONS? Benjamin Levin [FNa1] Copyright © 2020 by the Directors of... |
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| Kelly M. Hogue |
When an Officer Kills: Turning Legal Police Conduct into Illegal Police Misconduct |
98 Texas Law Review 601 (February, 2020) |
Stephon Clark, a twenty-two-year-old Black man, was standing in his grandmother's backyard when he was shot and killed by two Sacramento police officers. Police had been dispatched to investigate a vandalism complaint, and within ten minutes of arriving on the scene, Mr. Clark was dead. The officers had fired their weapons twenty times. Both; Search Snippet: ...Review February, 2020 Note WHEN AN OFFICER KILLS: TURNING LEGAL POLICE CONDUCT INTO ILLEGAL POLICE MISCONDUCT Kelly M. Hogue [FNa1] Copyright © 2020 by Texas Law... |
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| Kenneth Williams |
Why Police Have a Legal Duty to Provide Medical Aid to People They Shoot |
18 Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law 391 (Fall, 2020) |
Police-involved shootings have become one of the most contentious issues in the United States, especially when the individual shot is African American. I have frequently been asked by different media outlets to offer my opinion on the legality of such shootings. Once I received a different type of request: to watch a video of a police shooting; Search Snippet: ...State Journal of Criminal Law Fall, 2020 Symposium Commentary WHY POLICE HAVE A LEGAL DUTY TO PROVIDE MEDICAL AID TO PEOPLE... |
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