Main Content
If Addiction is a Disease, Why is It Criminal? Maia Szalavitz Envisions a Compassionate Drug Policy (podcast, 20 minutes)
26.4.2
https://podcastre.org/episode?id=ep316578
If we acknowledge that drug addiction is a brain problem and not a criminal act, is it fair to incarcerate people who relapse?
26.4.1
https://abovethelaw.com/2018/07/when-drug-addiction-is-a-crime-not-a-sickness/
Judge Jed Rakoff--Why Innocent People Plead Guilty
10.7
https://brooklaw.instructure.com/courses/3351/files/569161?module_item_id=119634
Judge Rules Breonna Taylor’s Boyfriend, Not the Police, Caused Her Death – Mother Jones
34
https://www.motherjones.com/criminal-justice/2024/08/judge-rules-breonna-taylors-boyfriend-not-the-police-caused-her-death/
Kitty Genovese Case -- Bystander Indifference
7.6
https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/08/nyregion/kitty-40-years-later.html
Mass Incarceration, Bruce Western video
1.1.2
https://vimeo.com/144766162
Materials Class 17
17.4
https://brooklaw.instructure.com/courses/3351/files/593644?module_item_id=125465
Materials on the death penalty
15.3
https://brooklaw.instructure.com/courses/3351/files/569181?module_item_id=119647
Melissa Gira Grant Article & Transgressive Policing Report
5.2
https://brooklaw.instructure.com/courses/3351/files/569157?module_item_id=119624
Michelle Alexander - Crash the System
10.6
https://brooklaw.instructure.com/courses/3351/files/569163?module_item_id=119635
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