Criminal Justice & Policing Reform

Issue 1:1

Summer 2020

Our first issue explores the problems in the Criminal Justice System in the United States. This issue, led by Maanas Sharma, includes essays, interviews, art, and poetry advocating for changes to the criminal justice system and providing unique understandings of #BlackLivesMatter.

For a more detailed breakdown of the contents, refer to this blog post. Read the entire publication and individual works below!

ESSAYS

Eliminating Mandatory Minimums: A Multidisciplinary Argument

Maanas Sharma

Justice Denied: The Rape Kit Backlog as a Failure of American Policy

Juhi Pandit

Predictive Prosecution: Part 1

Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, Featured Expert

COMMENTARY

Federal Agents Deployed in Portland: Policing, Federalism, and a Startling Pattern of Federal Overreach

JIPP Student Editorial Board

Another Point of View

Aydra Maki

Protest is Broken: An Interview with Micah White

Micah White, Featured Expert, with Maanas Sharma

ART + POETRY

Too Soon

Rohan Palavali

Again and Again. (and Again.)

Shruthi Dandamudi

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