Criminal Law

Is education the best way to fight crime And why aren't these topics linked more in political discourse
Over at The Faculty Lounge, Dan Filler has this great new post titled "Education In A Crime Control Frame." Here are snippets: A national organization called Fight Crime: Invest in Kids is pushing a new study showing that a ten...

Loan Forgiveness Program for Prosecutors and Public Defenders
President Bush signed into law the Higher Education Opportunity Act, H.R.4137, P.L. 110-315, last week. [Thomas Resources] Along with making higher education more accessible and affordable, the bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42...

The Color of Crime: Brown or Black, Mayors still find Governing through Crime Works
As Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa prepares to make his case for a second term in office, it is clear that governing through crime remains the path of least resistance, even for the city's first Latino mayor in over a century...

Criminalizing Risky Sexual Behavior: Some More Evidence
The cornerstone of the argument against treating unprotected sex as a crime is that the frame is simply inapposite. Yes, it?s logical; one can easily fit sexual behavior with an HIV risk into the same syllogisms as brawling with a knife, but as I?m sure old OWH would say at just this point, the sex life of law has not been logic but experience...

Hesselink on the EU Common Frame of Reference
Martijn W. Hesselink (Centre for the Study of European Contract Law) has posted Common Frame of Reference & Social Justice on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This paper evaluates the draft Common Frame of Reference (DCFR) in terms of social...

Poor need access to birth control, education: World Bank
AFP reports: “Giving women in poor nations better access to birth control and education would help to slash the number of unwanted births in the developing world, the World Bank said Thursday...

Missing Children
Databases and organizations

Ortho Evra Patch Risk
Ortho Evra Side Effects

Have you or a loved one suffered from Ortho Evra side effects?
Ortho Evra Side Effects

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Law & Order Depicts Police Procedures and Criminal Justice
Accuracy of Criminal Justice Depiction on Television

Sex Offender Lists
Registries by State and County

Internet/Technology
involving cyber law, consumer protection, internet crime, internet fraud, online gambling, e-commerce.

Ford Recalls
alleging cruise control switches are defective.

Polaris All-Terrain Vehicles
Defective Electronic Control Modules

Department of Education Fraud
$4.25 million settlement to be paid in whistleblower lawsuit.

Mongoose Youth ATVs
Recalled By KYMCO Due to Loss of Speed Control

Racist Voicemail
Stamford Board of Education pays student $37,500 settlement after failing to protect her from racial discrimination.