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An Interview with Judge Norma Shapiro

By Judge Stephanie Domitrovich

Judge Norma Shapiro was the first woman to be appointed to the federal district court in the federal Third Circuit, the eighth female judge in the United States in 1978, and only the 12th female judge in the history of the United States.

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Courts & Judiciary

Proportionality, Disparity, and Recidivism

By Judge Patti Saris

In February, 2012, the U.S. Sentencing Commission held a hearing on the state of federal sentencing seven years after the landmark Supreme Court opinion in United States v. Booker.

Courts & Judiciary

Divergent Paths to Federal and Pennsylvania Sentencing Guideline Reforms

By John H. Kramer

While sentencing reforms came out of a social movement intended to rationalize sentencing and constrain judicial discretion, their creators viewed the problem very differently.

Courts & Judiciary

We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us, or Move Over, Sisyphus

By Judge Brenda P. Murray

People are generally unsympathetic to incarcerated people and policymakers do not want to deal with the issue even though it makes economic sense to do so.

Courts & Judiciary

The Justice Department and Reentry Policy Building Engagement, Improving Outcomes

By James M. Cole

To be truly effective in finding comprehensive solutions to address crime in our communities, we also need to prevent crime—and here reentry plays an integral role.

Courts & Judiciary

Inside Rikers: The Social Impact of Mass Incarceration in the Twenty-First Century

By Jennifer R. Wynn

Mass incarceration and the get-tough policies that fuel it have wreaked havoc on the lives of prisoners and the communities to which they return, as evidenced by Rikers Island and the demographics of this exiled population.

Courts & Judiciary

Teaching Law Students, Judges, and the Community Rational Sentencing Policies

By Robert J. Levy

During the last 10 years of my tenure at the University of Minnesota Law School, I led a course called the Sentencing Workshop.

Technology Column

Courts & Judiciary

Cybersecurity...How Important Is it?

By Judge Herbert B. Dixon Jr.

Judge Dixon discusses the importance of cybersecurity as a priority of the United States and the American Bar Association, tells the story of a prominent technology writer who was the victim of malicious computer hacking, and gives practical suggestions of steps people can take to strengthen their defenses to a cyber attack. By Judge Herbert B. Dixon Jr.

Ethics Column

Courts & Judiciary

Ethical Boundaries for Judges Working with Correctional Facilities

By Marla N. Greenstein

Judges should stay informed of corrections institutions’ practices by engaging in dialogue with corrections officers in official settings and touring the facilities to which they sentence offenders.

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Incarceration

To Incarcerate or Not to Incarcerate Is the Question: Our Judicial Role in Resolving the Mass Incarceration Dilemma

Waymaker

An Interview with Judge Norma Shapiro

Features

Proportionality, Disparity, and Recidivism

Divergent Paths to Federal and Pennsylvania Sentencing Guideline Reforms

We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us, or Move Over, Sisyphus

The Justice Department and Reentry Policy Building Engagement, Improving Outcomes

Inside Rikers: The Social Impact of Mass Incarceration in the Twenty-First Century

Teaching Law Students, Judges, and the Community Rational Sentencing Policies

Technology Column

Cybersecurity...How Important Is it?

Ethics Column

Ethical Boundaries for Judges Working with Correctional Facilities