Author Q&A with Justin Brooks
“With issues like bad lawyering, bad science, and inadequate investigations, it’s easy to draw the line between the cause and effect of a wrongful conviction.”
Read More >“With issues like bad lawyering, bad science, and inadequate investigations, it’s easy to draw the line between the cause and effect of a wrongful conviction.”
Read More >We’re thrilled to have so many authors presenting at this year’s Law & Society Association’s annual conference. See below for our list of acclaimed authors and where and when to catch them …
Read More >Recognizing and honoring the unique and different aspects of being a mother in 2023 While Mother’s Day is a time for mothers across the globe to be celebrated, it is equally important …
Read More >Bizarro is a page-turning tale of the unprecedented prosecution of Burton Ritchie and Ben Galecki, the Florida-based founders of a sprawling “spice” (synthetic cannabinoid) operation. With this book, journalist and former New York …
Read More >UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are several of our March 2023 award winners. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing the …
Read More >By Susan Sered, author of Can’t Catch a Break: Gender, Jail, Drugs, and the Limits of Personal Responsibility The following blog is reposted from the author’s ongoing blog about updates from the women of Can’t Catch …
Read More >By Daniel Hatcher, author of Injustice, Inc.: How America’s Justice System Commodifies Children and the Poor I’ve been an advocate for impoverished children and adults for over twenty-five years. In my first …
Read More >By Leigh Goodmark, author of Imperfect Victims: Criminalized Survivors and the Promise of Abolition Feminism Sally McNeil, like many of the people featured in my new book, Imperfect Victims: Criminalized Survivors and …
Read More >By Shelly Clevenger and Jordana N. Navarro, authors of Gendering Criminology: Crime and Justice Today In Gendering Criminology, we take readers on an exploration of how gender informs major criminological perspectives and …
Read More >Stolen Wealth, Hidden Power is a staggering account of the destruction wrought by mass incarceration. Finding that the economic value of the damages to Black individuals, families, and communities totals $7.16 trillion—roughly …
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