The conditions for progressive rights to bring about social change

Liu, Lin

doi:10.1080/10282580.2020.1783254

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“…Within a social group, members share experiences, sentiments, norms, and goals (Hamilton & Sherman, 1996; Smith et al, 2007). Upon the clustering of social groups, people favor in-group members in terms of evaluations, allocation of resources, and social support (Dovidio et al, 2005; Liu, 2020). Intergroup communication is characterized by a higher likelihood of mutual understanding, agreement, convergence, and accommodation.…”

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“…Currently, 95% of criminal cases are pled out. Prosecutors decide whether to dismiss cases, file charges, drop/increase charges, and engage in plea bargaining as cases move toward trial (Liu et al, 2020;Piehl & Bushway, 2007;Shermer & Johnson, 2010;Ulmer et al, 2007). In plea negotiations, prosecutors have broad discretion over the type of plea offer to be delivered to defendants (Kutateladze, Andiloro, et al, 2014;Kutateladze et al, 2020).…”

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Shared Race/Ethnicities of Prosecutor and Defendant: A Test of Competing Hypotheses Predicting Case Outcomes

Liu

2022

Criminal Justice Policy Review

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Diversifying prosecutors’ offices and hiring more minority prosecutors have been touted as promising initiatives to address racial disparities in prosecution. However, two theoretical perspectives—social identity and internalized racism—delineate contradictory predictions on the punitiveness of minority prosecutors. The social identity perspective maintains that minority prosecutors are likely to seek better outcomes for defendants of their own race/ethnicity, whereas internalized racism proposes that minority prosecutors will be punitive to defendants of their own race/ethnicity. The present study uses the most recent data from a large urban jurisdiction to test whether the effect of shared minority identities between prosecutors and defendants on case outcomes is consistent with the social identity or internalized racism perspectives. Results suggest that minority prosecutors tend to show leniency to defendants of their own race/ethnicity; however, they are punitive toward minority defendants of a different race/ethnicity. Policy implications and directions for future research are also discussed.

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Shared Race/Ethnicities of Prosecutor and Defendant: A Test of Competing Hypotheses Predicting Case Outcomes

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2022

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“…First and foremost, the question of the ability to promise a real change through the utilization of legal tools arises. Given the infamous nickname the law earned following some of the most important social struggles of the 20th century, that is, "the hollow hope"-it is clear that the power of the juridical system is substantially limited in its ability to bring about real change and social justice (Davy, 2019;Liu, 2020;Rosenberg, 1991Rosenberg, [2008). We need to skip over this hurdle in believing that every system, including the judicial one, must do its best to strive for justice; and that although the tools of law are limited by the fact that the legal system is constructed along capitalist lines-it must use them.…”

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“Place Making” and “Place Attachment” as Key Concepts in Understanding and Confronting Contemporary Urban Evictions: The Case of Givat-Amal, Tel Aviv

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2021

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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This article expands on the usability of the concepts of “place making” and “place attachment” as recently developed in urban studies research in the context of housing insecurity of marginalized communities in today’s neo-liberal city. Particularly, against the growing threat of urban evictions, the article utilizes a transdisciplinary approach, showing the relevance of both concepts for (a) a better understanding of bottom-up processes of spatial production and attempts to create a sense of place on the part of such communities, and (b) offering an innovative legal strategy for doing justice to these communities in terms of their compensation rights, especially where a title to land has not been registered on a private basis. These issues are critically examined on the site-related case of the Givat-Amal quarter in Tel Aviv, Israel. This district is now under actual final threat of forced evictions following seven conflicted decades with the state, municipal authorities and private entrepreneurs. Our transdisciplinary study is based on qualitative methodologies in human geography such as fieldwork, visual evidence, and interviews, with a glimpse into philosophy. It is equally based on revisiting “traditional” legal property rights through the lens of post-liberal human rights analysis. The argument can apply to many situations of forced evictions across Africa, Latin America, and the West itself.

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The conditions for progressive rights to bring about social change

Cited by 2 publications

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Shared Race/Ethnicities of Prosecutor and Defendant: A Test of Competing Hypotheses Predicting Case Outcomes

Shared Race/Ethnicities of Prosecutor and Defendant: A Test of Competing Hypotheses Predicting Case Outcomes

“Place Making” and “Place Attachment” as Key Concepts in Understanding and Confronting Contemporary Urban Evictions: The Case of Givat-Amal, Tel Aviv

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