Policing “Bad” Mothers
Vol. 136 No. 8
Introduction Jessamine Chan’s The School for Good Mothers is not a great book. I don’t mean that in the sense the writer Judith Newman...
Policing
Pessimistic Police Abolition
Vol. 136 No. 4
Introduction: Abolition’s Second Premise The movement for police abolition seeks to eliminate, or massively downsize, American policing. Mariame Kaba’s Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish...
The Most Dangerous Moment of My Life: Reducing Police Killings During Mental Health Crises
“You need to get on the gurney now,” the police officer said, leaning toward me. This was a pivotal moment in my life —...
Violence and Nondelegation
Vol. 135 No. 8
Introduction Debates over delegation are experiencing a renaissance. These debates presuppose an initial distribution of constitutional authority between actors that cannot be redistributed, or...
Governing Through Gun Crime: How Chicago Funded Police After the 2020 BLM Protests
Vol. 135 No. 8
Gun violence is the number one issue plaguing the city in this moment. — Mayor Lori Lightfoot, July 15, 2021 There can be no...
Policing Mass Incarceration
Vol. 135 No. 7
In Presumed Guilty: How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights, Dean Erwin Chemerinsky issues an indictment of the Supreme Court,...
Torres v. Madrid
Vol. 135 No. 1
Police misconduct is not a new phenomenon, nor is the shelter that law enforcement officers enjoy in the courts. As police officers “rarely face...
Policing the Emergency Room
Vol. 134 No. 8
The problems of policing extend beyond the street and into areas of our lives that are often hidden from view. This Article focuses on...
Geofence Warrants and the Fourth Amendment
Vol. 134 No. 7
Introduction: If You Build It, They Will Come For months, Zachary McCoy tracked the distance of his bike rides around his neighborhood in Gainesville,...
Prosecuting in the Police-less City: Police Abolition’s Impact on Local Prosecutors
Vol. 134 No. 5
What good is a prosecutor without police? On June 26, 2020, that question gained unexpected importance when the Minneapolis City Council unanimously approved a...