Prof Jane Mitchell @jane-mitchell.bsky.social · 19/11/2025papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comThe Limits of "Punishment"“Punishment” is an all-important category in criminal legal thought. Conventional scholarship adopts a narrow definition and focuses on justifying penal s 010
Prof Jane Mitchell @jane-mitchell.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Thought-provoking article from @hashtagblevin.bsky.social "Limits of Punishment" -- arguing that our obsession with the way criminal justice "punishes" has blinded us to the broader machinery of criminal "governance." What does this mean for leaders on the ground working in this space? 010
Prof Jane Mitchell @jane-mitchell.bsky.social · 13/10/2025"The Psychology of a Favor" papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... - argues that people receiving a benefit (e.g., witnesses being paid) feel obligated to reciprocate and behave favorably towards the person who gave the benefit (e.g., prosecutor)papers.ssrn.comThe Psychology of a Favor: Why Hidden Witness Payments Demand a New Brady RulePolice and prosecutors regularly pay money to informants and other witnesses in criminal cases. These payments can be in the form of rewards, relocation expense 040
Prof Jane Mitchell @jane-mitchell.bsky.social · 13/10/2025fascinating new article by @adamgershowitz.bsky.social — discussing psychology’s “reciprocity effect” on payments to witnesses in criminal cases. But reciprocity is significantly weakened when the benefit is expected or part of an explicit exchange. To what extent does that factor in here? 010
Prof Jane Mitchell @jane-mitchell.bsky.social · 06/10/2025How can law students become better leaders, not just learn about leadership? My new article explores how transformative learning theory can reshape how students think, feel, and act: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... Thanks to all my leadership students + the Santa Clara Law Review! 011
Reposted by Prof Jane MitchellJohn Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 22/09/2025I mean, we are living in two different realities now, and this really hasn't always been the case. 28540157
Prof Jane Mitchell @jane-mitchell.bsky.social · 03/09/2025I loved reading @eileen.sunriseparabellum.org 's "Prisoners and Choice" essay. We need more participatory scholarship like this! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comPrisoners and ChoiceThis Essay considers how eliminating meaningful choices inside prisons harms individuals and obstructs reintegration efforts. While any individual restriction o 020
Prof Jane Mitchell @jane-mitchell.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Loved reading Laura Appleman’s most recent drug decriminalization essay @lawandlitprof.bsky.social. I just finished a draft of a drug policy paper myself, and wish I had read this sooner! Thank you Laura for your clarity and comprehensiveness papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comDrug Decriminalization & Recriminalization in the 21st Century : Predicting the Future in Uncertain TimesThe shifting legal landscape of drug regulation in the United States has been marked by a growing divergence between state and federal approaches to cannabis an 101
Reposted by Prof Jane MitchellJohn Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Why are Americans so afraid of crime, even as it plummets? Because this is the second paragraph of the CBS News take on it. SECOND PARAGRAPH starts with a “but” that defies comprehension (what does “every 25.9 seconds” mean in a nation of 320M?), but seems scary! SECOND PARAGRAPH. 925889
Reposted by Prof Jane Mitchellpdx law grrrl @pdxlawgrrrl.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Research has found that college-educated officers tend to use less force, have fewer complaints against them, and write better reports. But there is a trend of cities cutting education requirements for police in hopes of attracting more applicants.usatoday.comCities hope to attract more police officers by cutting education requirementsSome cities hope that relaxing education hiring standards may solve lingering staffing shortages. Is that a good idea? 1916671
Prof Jane Mitchell @jane-mitchell.bsky.social · 04/08/2025I enjoyed reading through @cbhessick.bsky.social's latest "Prosecutors and Politics" study. Surprising to learn that most media coverage about prosecutors is neutral in tone (only 6% of 2020 coverage about prosecutors was negative). Is that still true in 2025, in today's era of weaponized justice? 141
Reposted by Prof Jane MitchellQuinn Yeargain @yeargain.bsky.social · 21/06/2025this is an extremely important point. “everything is up for debate” is moral rot. I am emphatic about telling my students that there are not always two defensible sides to an issue. sometimes there are! but sometimes there are more than two. and sometimes there’s just one. 026457
Prof Jane Mitchell @jane-mitchell.bsky.social · 16/06/2025I enjoyed reading this interesting piece from @profrgold.bsky.social. Reminds me of Dr. Becky Kennedy's "good inside" framework 000
Prof Jane Mitchell @jane-mitchell.bsky.social · 09/06/2025@profmelaniebjacobs.bsky.social thanks for all your work putting on the #AALSNLT AALS New Teachers Conf this past weekend! By far the most useful academic conference I've attended. Thanks for being so intentional with all the programming 110
