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Justice Tech – The Lowly Handcuff
Handcuffs are probably one of the most basic and ubiquitous pieces of police equipment around today. They’re carried used not only by thousands of police officers around the world, but by private...
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An Open Letter to Gun-Rights and Gun-Control Advocates
I recently posted the below on Medium.com, a blogging site with a ton of interesting and compelling content. You can check out some of my other submissions there by following this link. I’m a gun...
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Playing Politics with Prison Rape
In late March, Texas Governor Rick Perry sent a letter to the Department of Justice (PDF) bemoaning the fact that his state would have to comply with key provisions of federal legislation intended to...
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Shootout in a Philly Hotel (Video)
The Philadelphia Police Department released the below video of a gun battle that took place in the hallways of a motel last month in the Rhawnhurst neighborhood of the city. According to the Philly...
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The DOJ’s Scathing Review of the Albuquerque Police Department
Last week, the Department of Justice released its report about the Albuquerque Police Department’s use of force practices, which have been much in the news lately. Last month, APD officers shot and...
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Is Manipulating Confidential Informants Just the Lesser of Evils?
I spend a lot of time (maybe too much time) dwelling on the challenges and failings of our criminal justice system. I try to balance that out by highlighting some of the positives as well, but that...
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Police as Political Lackeys (Updated 4/23/14)
Blissfully unaware of the Streisand Effect, A thin-skinned Illinois mayor chose to sic his city’s police force on some local citizens last week over a parody account that poked fun at him on Twitter....
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One Woman’s Fight Against Police Misconduct
This kind of stuff just makes me sick. I try really hard to be objective when writing about police misconduct, but this one got right under my skin. Here are the details on this case, according to the...
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When Conspiracy Theorists Go Too Far
Conspiracy theories are nothing new, of course, and they can even be entertaining at times (I especially liked 7 and 8). Too often, though, conspiracy theorists take their silly ideas a step too far....
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Welcome to the Crime and Justice Blog
Welcome to this collection of original articles I’ve written over the last couple of years for students, practitioners, and anyone else interested in the criminal justice system in the United States....
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