Peter Tiersma (Loyola) and Lawrence M. Solan (Brooklyn): The Language of Crime. From the International Journal of Criminology and Sociological Theory, Kristine Levan (Plymouth State), Katherine Polzer (TCU), and Steven Downing (UOIT): Media and Prison Sexual Assault: How We Got to the “Don’t Drop the Soap” Culture. From In-Spire, Stephen Riley (Sheffield Hallam): Hegel and the Normative Foundations of Criminal Justice. From Tikkun, a series of articles on restorative justice, including Mikhail Lyubansky on how super is Superhero Justice? From The New Yorker, Adam Gopnik on the scandal of America’s teeming prisons. From Governing, how game theory is reinventing crime fighting: Elected officials across the nation from both political parties have begun to examine ways to replace a tough corrections policy with a smart one. A review of The Collapse of American Criminal Justice by William Stuntz. The Gray Box: An investigative look at solitary confinement. The end of the for-profit prison era? A nationwide campaign to stem investments in private corrections companies is gathering steam.
