Juvenile Justice Information Exchange Discusses Two Symposium Articles
The Juvenile Justice Information Exchange discusses two articles from our most recent symposium here: .
UCLA Law Review Scholar Forum: “Prosecutors Hide, Defendants Seek: The Erosion of Brady Through the Defendant Due Diligence Rule”
On Thursday, October 18, at 12:15 pm, the UCLA Law Review will host its first Scholar Forum for the 2012–13 academic year. The Scholar Forum will feature a public lecture by Professor Kate Weisburd of U.C. Berkeley School of Law. The title of the...
Justice for Girls: Are We Making Progress?
Over the course of more than a century, structural gender bias has been a remarkably durable feature of U.S. juvenile justice systems. Consequently, as these systems have developed over the years, reducing gender bias and addressing girls in...
The New Racially Restrictive Covenant: Race, Welfare, and the Policing of Black Women in Subsidized Housing
This Article explores the race, gender, and class dynamics that render poor Black women vulnerable to racial surveillance and harassment in predominately white communities. In particular, this Article interrogates the recent phenomenon of police...
Blind Discretion: Girls of Color & Delinquency in the Juvenile Justice System
The juvenile justice system was designed to empower its decisionmakers with a wide grant of discretion in hopes of better addressing youth in a more individualistic and holistic, and therefore more effective, manner. Unfortunately for girls of color...
Prison, Foster Care, and the Systemic Punishment of Black Mothers
This Article analyzes how the U.S. prison and foster care systems work together to punish black mothers in the service of preserving race, gender, and class inequality in a neoliberal age. The intersection of these systems is only one example of...