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Assessing the Dangerousness of Redball Criminals: Two Israel Examples

July 15, 2019 / Hadar Aviram
My forthcoming book Yesterday’s Monsters examines the parole hearings of the Manson Family, who have been consistently denied parole for decades. A key issue in the book is the notoriety

Residence Requirements for Sex Offenders Struck Down

March 2, 2015 / Hadar Aviram
This morning, in re William Taylor et al., the California Supreme Court struck down the provisions of Jessica’s Law that restricted registered sex offenders from residing within 2000 feet of

Nail Polish, or Why Left Realism Fights Rape Culture Better than Radical Demagogy

September 2, 2014 / Hadar Aviram
An interesting invention is making the rounds on social media website: four college students have invented nail polish that would allow its wearer, by inserting their finger into their drink,

Patricia Krenwinkel Speaks Up

August 6, 2014 / Hadar Aviram
A few years ago we reported on Patricia Krenwinkel’s parole denial. Today’s New York Times includes an emotional opinion piece by Krenwinkel, looking back on her life and speaking about

Bail: Freedom, Capitalized

October 20, 2013 / Hadar Aviram
This video, produced by the ACLU and Beyond Bars, was posted in a story that appeared this week on The Nation, titled, Should It Cost Less to Get Out of

Regulating Public Space: Excluding BART Offenders from Trains

August 20, 2013 / Hadar Aviram
Photo credit Rhett Aultman. The picture on the left is of a public ad found in many BART cars recently. The text reads: A new state law allows BART to

Crime, Incarceration, and the Human Spirit: On Billy Sell and the Escape from Alcatraz

July 28, 2013 / Hadar Aviram
Frank Morris, Clarence Anglin, and John Anglin, courtesythe BBC UK. Billy Sell’s tragic death yesterday, ruled a suicide by CDCR, raises some disturbing and urgent questions. How many such casualties

Redball Crimes and Criminalization: Why Gun Control Makes Sense

January 17, 2013 / Hadar Aviram
The last few days have seen abundant web commentary for and against President Obama’s gun control legislation plan, as well as some localized efforts in that direction. Critiques based on

Guns, Pediatricians, and Framing Violence Risks

January 4, 2013 / Hadar Aviram
Joey, 11, killed his first deer when he was 7. He lives withhis family in Kentucky.Image from New York Times “Where Children Sleep“photo essay. Is it within a pediatrician’s authority

On Sandy Hook, Moral Panic, and Legitimate Fear

December 17, 2012 / Hadar Aviram
Map of shooting incidents courtesy Mother Jones;interactive version on the website. Much of the commentary on Sandy Hook has highlighted the rise in the number of public shooting incidents in