The Politics of Prison Expansion
Examination of the political and legal processes of prison expansion; proposal for how important decisions should be made by key stakeholders
The Review: Volume 12
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Issue 2
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Issue 3
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- Psychological Parenting vs. Attachment Theory: The Child's Best Interests and the Risks in Doing the Right Things for the Wrong Reasons
- The Political and Legal Implications of the Psychological Parenting Theory
- Interview with Joseph Goldstein
- Public School Sex Education: Does it Violate Parents Rights?
In Depth Reading
Volume 12 Issue 1
Response to The Question of Appropriate Sentences: Responding to Prison Overcrowding Through Sentencing Policy
Response to Richard Singer's paper Desert Sentencing and Prison Overcrowding: Some Doubts and Tentative Answers.
Closing Address
Reflection on other professors' thoughts during the colloquium on how to reform the criminal justice system.
Discussion on Institutional Responses to Overcrowding
Discussion on panel, paper and responses on institutional responses to overcrowding.
Volume 12 Issue 2
Title I and Union Democracy
Examines ways the law can ensure democratic governance in the internal affairs of unions
Selective Incapacitation and the Justifications for Imprisonment
Tracks the development of selective incapacitation as an alternative sentencing procedure; argues for rejection because its impossible to predict dangerousness.
Differentiating Sex from Sex: The Male Irresistible Impulse
The male sexual impulse is a means for courts to find that men and women are not similarly situated; application of this principle in different areas of the law.
Volume 12 Issue 3
Interview with Joseph Goldstein
Responses by professor of child welfare and family law related to the role that the law should play in affecting family bonds and child placement
Psychological Parenting vs. Attachment Theory: The Child's Best Interests and the Risks in Doing the Right Things for the Wrong Reasons
Discussion of the controversial nature of psychoanalytic view of parent-child relationships; suggests it is an incorrect theory that generates proper outcomes
The Political and Legal Implications of the Psychological Parenting Theory
Disparate treatment of child welfare laws and the impact of the psychological parenting theory on poor nonwhite families.
Solnit/Fanshel Discussion
Critical exchange between Drs. Solnit and Fanshel regarding theoretical underpinnings of child welfare law