The Ethos of Female Prisons
A philosopher breaks down the debate over how to treat male criminals who self-identity as women.
Holly Lawford-Smith
· 12 min read
Criminal Justice
A collection of 6 posts
Weekly Roundup and a Legal Scholar's Response to the Rittenhouse Trial
Sometimes, what we are taught, and then either by mistake or by force, integrate into our thinking, is contrary to the conditions of human life.
Claire Lehmann
· 7 min read
The Rittenhouse Trial: A Legal Scholar Responds
Our society cannot and will not survive a polity that permits armed children to walk the streets and kill with impunity.
Ronald S. Sullivan Jr.
· 16 min read
Punishing the Crime vs. Blacklisting the Soul
In a society that distinguishes the sin from the sinner, on the other hand, recitals of past misdeeds and impure thoughts are tolerated, and even encouraged.
Jonathan Kay
· 9 min read
The Folly of a Racialized Criminal Justice Reform Debate
America has the highest rate of incarceration in the world and—in state prisons—blacks are incarcerated at five times the rate of whites."
Joshua Hunter
· 7 min read
Is There a Biological Case for Criminal Justice Reform?
“We’ve successfully banished the notion of punishment in that realm,” Sapolsky writes. “It may take centuries, but we can do the same in all our current arenas of punishment.”
Hal Conick
· 6 min read