Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books

PRISONS AND HEALTH IN THE AGE OF MASS INCARCERATION (from @OxUniPress) Read @DrNovisky's (@CLE_State) review of the latest from Jason Schnittker (@SociologyatPenn), Michael Massoglia (@UWSoc) & Christopher Uggen (@UMNSociology). clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/prisons-…

CONSENT IN THE PRESENCE OF FORCE: SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND BLACK WOMEN’S SURVIVAL IN ANTEBELLUM NEW ORLEANS (from @UNC_Press) Open up Brianne Posey's (@CSUN_CSBS, @csunorthridge) review of Emily Owens' (@CogutInstitute, @BrownHist) latest book. clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/consent-…

ALIBIS AND CORROBORATORS: PSYCHOLOGICAL, CRIMINOLOGICAL, AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVES (from @SpringerNature) Start the week with @ShiriPortnoy's (@TeesPsych) review of the latest from @JoshuaBehl (@FlaglerCollege) & Megan Kienzle (@austinpeay). clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/alibis-a…

FREE JOAN LITTLE: THE POLITICS OF RACE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, AND IMPRISONMENT (from @UNC_Press) Cap the week with @elizabethbphd's (@HistStudiesNU, @NorthwesternU) review of Christina Greene's (@UWHistoryDept) monograph. clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/free-joa…

THE FEAR OF TOO MUCH JUSTICE: HOW RACE AND POVERTY UNDERMINE FAIRNESS IN THE CRIMINAL COURTS (from @thenewpress) Check out Marc Bookman's (@Atlantic_Ctr) review of the latest from Stephen Bright (@YaleLawSch) & @jamesykwak (@southerncenter). clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/the-fear…

AMERICAN ROULETTE: THE SOCIAL LOGIC OF DEATH PENALTY SENTENCING TRIALS (from @ucpress) Open Matthew West's (@SIUC) review of @SkaufmanBeth's (@Trinity_U) recent book. clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/american…

THE LAST HONEST MAN: THE CIA, THE FBI, THE MAFIA, AND THE KENNEDYS – AND ONE SENATOR’S FIGHT TO SAVE DEMOCRACY (from @littlebrown) Delve into Frederick Marten's (@GI_TOC, @TheVidocq) review of @JamesRisen1's (@theintercept) latest book. clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/the-last…

WAYWARD DRAGON: WHITE-COLLAR AND CORPORATE CRIME IN CHINA (from @SpringerNature) Start the week with Hong Lu (@unlv) & Shujing Shi's (@CamCriminology) review of the latest from Adam Ghazi-Tehrani (@CJatUA) & Henry Pontell (@JohnJayResearch). clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/wayward-…

DEATH BY PRISON: THE EMERGENCE OF LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE AND PERPETUAL CONFINEMENT (from @ucpress) Cap the week with @Stu_Kokkalera's (@CJCSamHouston) review of Christopher Seeds' (@Social_Ecology) latest book. clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/death-by…

POLICING PROTEST: THE POST-DEMOCRATIC STATE AND THE FIGURE OF BLACK INSURRECTION (from @DukePress) Open up Heidi Reynolds-Stenson's (@CSUPueblo) review of @PPassavant's (@HWSColleges) recent book. clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/policing…

ACHIEVING CONSISTENCY IN SENTENCING (from @OxUniPress) Read @RobCanton1's (@dmuleicester) review of @Lyndon_Harris' (@6KBW) recent book. clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/achievin…

FEMINIST JUDGMENTS: REWRITTEN CRIMINAL LAW OPINIONS (from @OxUniPress) Start the week with Kimberly Bailey's (@ChicagoKentLaw) review of this volume from @BennettCapers (@FordhamLawNYC), @SarahDeer72 (@UnivOfKansas) & @CoreyRYung (@kulawschool). clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/feminist…

THE INSANITY DEFENCE: INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES (from @OxUniPress) Open up @ProfLeaJohnston's (@UFLaw) review of this volume from Ronnie Mackay (@dmuleicester) & Warren Brookbanks (@AUTUniLaw, @AUTuni). clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/the-insa…

“BEYOND THE LAW”: THE POLITICS OF ENDING THE DEATH PENALTY FOR SODOMY IN BRITAIN (from @TempleUnivPress) Check out Richard Ward's (@exeterclio, @UniofExeter) review of Charles Upchurch's (@History_FSU, @floridastate) recent book. clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/beyond-t…

STOP & FRISK AND THE POLITICS OF CRIME IN CHICAGO (from @OxUniPress) Delve into @DrBleaks' (@UNewHaven, @HCriminology) review of Wesley Skogan's (@PoliSciatNU, @WeinbergCollege) latest book. clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/stop-and…

GIDEON’S PROMISE: A PUBLIC DEFENDER MOVEMENT TO TRANSFORM CRIMINAL JUSTICE (from @BeaconPressBks) Don't miss @TigranEldred's (@newenglandlaw) review of @JRapping's (@AtlantaJMLS) recent book. clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/gideons-…

@ariezrawaldman @ProfMMurray @alahav @NgoziOkidegbe @cynthia_godsoe Love these issues!

Reviews by the great @ProfMMurray @alahav @NgoziOkidegbe @cynthia_godsoe Paul Butler, and others! I want all the books!

The @michlawreview Book Review issue is out, and it’s a banger! I reviewed @Anna_Lvovsky’s “Vice Patrol”, exploring its lessons for today’s queer spaces. Vice Patrol is a great book for anyone interested in queer history, policing, expertise, and more! repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol121/iss…

"Chinese Courts and Criminal Procedure is a deliciously dense book. It provides a rich, satisfying exploration of key criminal procedure reforms as well as a broader view of Chinese courts that spans far beyond criminal justice." clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/chinese-…

You've been kidnapped! Your rescuers are the characters from the last TV show you watched. Who's coming? All the way from The Good Place... 🙂

@Ideas_History @KGinLum @Harvard_Press A fantastic book!

🏆 We’re honored to announce that our #USIH Annual Book Prize has been awarded to @KGinLum for “Heathen: Religion and Race in American History” (@Harvard_Press). Congrats! #twitterstorians s-usih.org/2023/06/announ…