American Criminal Law Review articles

Recent articles from American Criminal Law Review

Collateral damage? Juvenile snitches in America's "wars" on drugs, crime, and gangs.
June 22, 2009... INTRODUCTION: WHERE'S WALLACE? I. OPERATING OFF THE RADAR: THE REGIMENT OF JUVENILE INFORMANTS A. Mission Defined B. Recruitment Efforts C. Deployment Levels D. Operating Procedures II. BORDER CONFLICT: PARENS PATRIAE, POLICE POWER,...

Criminal responsibility in the age of "mind-reading".
June 22, 2009... While academics debate whether advances in the neurosciences eviscerate notions of guilt and innocence precipitating the demise of the criminal justice system as we know it, in the courtroom practitioners on both sides are busy exploiting the novelty and ambiguities of emerging research to...

Crawford at its limits: hearsay and forfeiture in child abuse cases.
June 22, 2009... INTRODUCTION Child abuse cases present some of the most challenging issues in criminal justice. Judges are often in a position where they must balance a defendant's fight to confront her accusers in court, the practical difficulties of forcing a young child to testify, and the state's...

Bright lines on the road: the Fourth Amendment, the automatic companion rule, the "automatic container" rule, and a new rule for drug- or firearm-related traffic stop companion searches incident to lawful arrest.
June 22, 2009... INTRODUCTION I. CURRENT LAW, HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT, AND UNRESOLVED QUESTIONS A. The State of the Law B. History & Development of the Fourth Amendment as It Applies to Automobiles 1. What is a Search? 2. Searches & Seizures: The...

Reviving hope for domestic violence prosecutions: Giles v. California.
June 22, 2009... INTRODUCTION On June 10, 2004, Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Eric Sandoval visited the home of Rickey Glen Luster and his wife, Barbara. (1) The Deputy Sheriff visited the Luster home because Barbara's psychologist asked the police to check on her after she missed an appointment she...