He who opens a school door, closes a prison. – Victor Hugo
Analogous to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s critique of his leaders’ decision to use punishment as... MORE
William Blackstone famously expressed the view that convicting the innocent constitutes a much more serious error than acquitting the guilty. This... MORE
The practice of assessing and adjudicating competence for criminal adjudication in the United States developed largely without assistance from the U.... MORE
Courts routinely use low cash bail as a financial incentive to ensure that released defendants appear in court and abstain from crime. This can... MORE
In our increasingly polarized society, claims that prosecutions are politically motivated, racially motivated, or just plain arbitrary are more... MORE
Gun-related violence and suicide in the United States are serious public health problems that are concentrated among young adults, especially those... MORE
Artificial intelligence tools (“AI”) have great potential to improve government functions and efficiency. These algorithmic tools, protected by trade... MORE
In 1988, Troy Rhodes was released from prison for the first time. He had served three years at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. He vividly... MORE
Although risk assessment tools have been widely used to inform sentencing decisions, there is uncertainty about the extent and quality of evidence of... MORE
Prison abolition, in the span of just a few short years, has established a foothold in elite criminal legal discourse. But the basic question of how... MORE
Pretrial risk assessment instruments are used in many jurisdictions to inform decisions regarding pretrial release and conditions. Many are concerned... MORE
How dangerous must a person be to justify the state in locking her up for the greater good? The bail reform movement, which aspires to limit pretrial... MORE
The five articles in this special issue of FSI:Synergy were created to advance the understanding and adoption of insights from cognitive psychology... MORE
Writing for the Supreme Court in McCleskey v. Kemp, Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. authored a maximalist decision that transcended capital practice and... MORE
The future of police reform might be best predicted by looking to the recent past, where we find countless proposals for change. But merely looking... MORE
