We analyze the disparate effects of a recent California sentencing reform on the arrest, booking, and incarceration rates experienced by California residents from different racial and ethnic groups. In November 2014 California voters passed state proposition 47 that redefined a series of felony...

This paper reviews some of the main research on drug law enforcement in Brazil since the 2006 Drug Law came into force, noting a clear and constant pattern of police and judicial focus directed at retail drug trafficking, decisively impacting current incarceration rates. It then examines the...

Recent research suggests that, by informing citizens about politicians’ corrupt behavior, the media plays an important role in promoting democratic accountability in Brazil. Yet most of this work assumes that media coverage is politically neutral, overlooking a long-established literature on...