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Another Perspective on Community Policing

By Ronald E. Hampton* Many African-Americans today believe that law and order is not being kept in their communities. The average African-American citizen is terribly dissatisfied with the police and their services in his/her neighborhood. However, in some parts of America, there is an ongoing effort to dramatically reshape the roles of both police officers and the communities they serve. This effort has been led by a handful of police officers, chiefs, criminal justice experts and community …

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HLPR 2016 Symposium Day 4: Prof. Katherine Beckett: Toward Harm Reduction Policing

Speaker Katherine Beckett, Clarence and Elissa M. ("Lee") Schrag Faculty Fellow at the University of Washington   By Isaac Saidel-Goley Summary Prof. Beckett discussed some of the problematic uses of police discretion, while also arguing that there are ways to channel police discretion to promote social and racial justice. As a case study, Prof. Beckett outlined an innovative diversionary program in Seattle called the Law Enforcement Diversion Program. Discussion To …

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HLPR 2016 Symposium Day 3: Prof. Franklin Zimring on International Comparisons of Killings of and by Police

Panelists: Franklin Zimring, William G Simon Professor of Law at U.C. Berkeley Philip Heymann, James Barr Ames Professor of Law at Harvard Law School   By Kate Epstein “Every year there are dozens of articles in law reviews about capital punishment, and there are none about the use of lethal force,” said Prof. Frank Zimring. The third day of the HLPR Symposium focused on that lethal force, centering on a discussion of police killings in the United States through a comparative …

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HLPR 2016 Symposium Day 2: The Evolution of Policing & Police Militarization: A Conversation with Chief Edward Flynn and Kara Dansky

  By HLPR Staff When we talk about “the police,” what do we mean? On February 9, the second day of the 2016 HLPR Symposium, the focus was on the evolution of American policing. Moderated by Christine Cole, Vice President of Community Resources for Justice, the panel featured  Milwaukee Chief of Police Edward Flynn and Kara Dansky, founder of 1,000 Arms and former ACLU Senior Counsel. “The police” is not one singular entity, according to Milwaukee Chief of Police Edward Flynn. Chief …

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HLPR 2016 Symposium Day 1: Prof. Elizabeth Joh on Big Data and Policing

  Panelists: Elizabeth Joh, UC Davis School of Law Professor Thomas Abt, Harvard Kennedy School Adjunct Lecturer and Program in Criminal Justice Senior Research Fellow Vivek Krishnamurthy, Harvard Law School Cyberlaw Clinical Instructor   By Ana Choi On Monday, the Harvard Law and Policy Review kicked off its annual symposium featuring the articles in our forthcoming Volume 10.1, with this year’s theme being “Policing in America 50 Years After Miranda.” The opening …

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