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"Encouraging Desistance Using Second Chance Mechanisms"

Sentencing Law & Policy - Thu, 03/27/2025 - 13:20
The title of this post is the title of this forthcoming book chapter authored by Isabella Polito and Colleen M. Berryessa. Here is its abstract: High rates of recidivism in the age of mass incarceration have prompted efforts for more... Douglas A. Berman Prisons and prisoners Purposes of Punishment and Sentencing Sentences Reconsidered

Rounding up lots of different criminal justice pieces catching my eye

Sentencing Law & Policy - Wed, 03/26/2025 - 21:28
I am going to be off-line more than usual in the coming days, and so a round-up of some piece catching my eye that I won't have time to cover in distinct posts seems in order. And so: From Bolts,... Douglas A. Berman Recommended reading

"Disenfranchisement Creep"

Sentencing Law & Policy - Wed, 03/26/2025 - 17:54
The title of this post is the title of this new article now available via SSRN and authored by Bryna Godar. Here is its abstract: Under federal law, states decide whether people lose their voting rights as a result of... Douglas A. Berman Collateral consequences Who Sentences

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