Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Lau on Interrupting Gun Violence
Christopher Lau (Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law) has posted an abstract of Interrupting Gun Violence (104 Boston University Law Review (Forthcoming April 2024)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Against the backdrop of declining crime rates, gun violence and gun-related homicides have only risen over the last three years. Just as it historically has, the brunt of that violence has been borne by poor Black and Brown communities. These communities are especially impacted: they are not only far more likely to be the victims of gun violence but are the primary targets of police surveillance and harassment. People of color are disproportionately prosecuted for gun crimes, which, in part prompted the Black Public Defenders Amicus Brief in support of expanding gun rights in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen.
Recognizing that the carceral approach of policing and prosecution has failed to prevent gun violence and has harmed Black and Brown communities, this Article sets forth community violence interruption groups as a promising decarceral alternative.
Recognizing that the carceral approach of policing and prosecution has failed to prevent gun violence and has harmed Black and Brown communities, this Article sets forth community violence interruption groups as a promising decarceral alternative.
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blog/2023/03/lau-on-interrupting-gun-violence.html