Classifying Crimes as Violent and What it Means for Justice

Classifying Crimes as Violent and What it Means for Justice

Author: Stanford Law School April 1, 2021 Duration: 28:26
In this episode David Sklansky, a criminal law expert and former federal prosecutor, discusses his new book A Pattern of Violence: How the Law Classifies Crime and What It Means for Justice, which traces central failures of criminal justice, including mass incarceration and high rates of police violence, to legal ideas about violence—its definition, its causes, and its moral significance. David also discusses the criminal investigations of former president Donald Trump in New York and Georgia.

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