Showing results for "Crime and Punishment" in Political Science

Preet Bharara has spent much of his life examining our legal system, pushing to make it better, and prosecuting those looking to subvert it. Bharara believes in our system and knows it must be protected, but to do so, he argues, we must also acknowledge and allow for flaws both in our justice system and in human nature. Bharara uses the many illustrative anecdotes and case histories from his storied, formidable career - the successes as well as the failures - to shed light on the realities of the legal system and the consequences of taking action.

Justice Matters: Conversations About Crime & Punishment is a podcast series hosted by Elizabeth Greene and Joe Crowley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rethinking Crime and Punishment in India is a Webinar series co-hosted by CPA Project India, Detention Solidarity, and the Centre for Justice Law and Society, Jindal Global Law School. Over the course of four webinars, we have tried to interrogate issues of crime and punishment in India, particularly concerning caste, gender, and securitisation. We brought together a range of speakers, including those affected by carceral politics, lawyers, scholars, and activists, to open more space for the anti-carceral politics discourse in India.

The office of North Dakota’s highest law enforcement official has been under a cloud of grief, suspicion, and tumult. KFGO news radio will try to give you the most comprehensive picture of what we know now about the death of North Dakota’s longest serving Attorney General, Wayne Stenejhem, and the swirl of controversy that remains in his wake.

Punishment Without Crime offers an urgent new interpretation of inequality and injustice in America by examining the paradigmatic American offense: the lowly misdemeanor. Based on extensive original research, legal scholar Alexandra Natapoff reveals the inner workings of a massive petty offense system that produces over 13 million cases each year.

Beyond These Walls is an ambitious and far-ranging exploration that tracks the legacy of crime and imprisonment in the United States, from the historical roots of the American criminal justice system to our modern state of over-incarceration, and offers a bold vision for a new future. Author Tony Platt, a recognized authority in the field of criminal justice, challenges the way we think about how and why millions of people are tracked, arrested, incarcerated, catalogued, and regulated in the United States.