Crime and Punishment | Lester Spence

Bambi Crackheads Make Me Sick

by admin | Jun 17, 2008 | Crime and Punishment, Neoliberalism, Urban Politics | 2 comments

Hmph.

Former Crack Dealer Out Early

by admin | Jun 3, 2008 | Black Power, Crime and Punishment, Urban Politics | 3 comments

In Congress, then-House Speaker Tip O’Neill, a Democrat whose Boston constituents couldn’t stop talking about Bias’s death, saw a political opportunity. Throughout the 1980s, the federal government had waded deeper into the war on drugs, part of a...

What did you expect would happen?

by admin | May 31, 2008 | Crime and Punishment, Neoliberalism, Public Policy, Urban Politics | 4 comments

Located 31 miles from Detroit in Oakland County, Michigan, Pontiac’s unemployment rate is high at 17.6%. Wealth levels within the city are low, as per capita income is 45% of the county, 65% of the state, and 63% of the national averages. GM concentration is...

The National Black Police Association weighs in on the Sean Bell case

by admin | Apr 27, 2008 | Black Power, Crime and Punishment, Racial Politics, Urban Politics | 2 comments

THE NATIONAL BLACK POLICE ASSOCIATION: THE SEAN BELL VERDICT EMBOLDENS LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN JUDGES © April 26, 2008. All rights reserved to NBPA By Christopher C. Cooper Saint Xavier University Chicago, IL cooper@sxu.edu The acquittals of the three New York City...