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2012 Barrock Lecture
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2013 Barrock Lecture
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"Once a Criminal…"? Recidivism and Punishment in the 21st Century Nancy J. King Lee S. and Charles A. Speir Professor of Law Vanderbilt University
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2014 Barrock Lecture
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The Perils and Promise of Law and Neuroscience
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2015 Barrock Lecture
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Nicola Lacey London School of Economics School Professor of Law, Gender, and Social Policy Most accounts of criminal responsibility depend on the claim that the features characterizing responsible agents can be clearly distinguished from features of their situation, environment, history, or circumstances—that the latter features, while operating causally on responsible agents in various ways, do not define them as subjects. This lecture will argue that this distinction is more problematic than it at first appears. Cases where "implicit bias" or "miscognition" shaped by environment or socialization affects the judgment of the individual subject pose a real challenge to the very concept of responsibility on which legal discourse depends—and thus to the role of criminalization as we generally conceive it. The clue to meeting this challenge, Professor Lacey will argue, is to recognize that the criteria for criminal responsibility must be articulated with an understanding of the role and functions of criminal law. This in turn underlines an important distinction between responsibility in legal and in moral contexts.
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2017 Barrock Lecture
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Gabriel J. Chin University of California, Davis School of Law Criminal Justice’s Collateral Consequences What is really at stake in criminal cases? Criminal charges sometimes result in imprisonment or even execution, to be sure, but the vast majority of the 75 million Americans with a criminal record spend most of their lives in free society. The major effect of a criminal conviction is to subject individuals to collateral consequences—the tens of thousands of statutes, regulations, ordinances, and policies imposed by all levels of government curtailing civil rights, employment, licenses and permits, and other public benefits, often for life. This lecture will explore how the legal system regulates collateral consequences—spoiler alert: hardly at all—and how it might do better in the future.
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2018 Barrock Lecture
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HOW COURTS IN CRIMINAL CASES RESPOND TO CHILDHOOD TRAUMA Childhood trauma often has lasting effects. Neurobiological and epidemiological research suggests that abuse and adverse experiences during childhood can heighten the likelihood that an individual will suffer from brain dysfunction, which can, in turn, be associated with disorders related to criminality and violence. Yet much of this research is based on psychological studies of children and attempts to predict their behavior. Few studies have also included a focus on how or whether indicators of childhood trauma are examined in prosecutions of adults—i.e., criminal proceedings. Taking cases from an original, large-scale, empirical research project, this lecture will assess the extent to which, and the methods whereby, courts in criminal cases weigh and respond to trauma experienced by defendants, in their past, as children. Deborah W. Denno is the Arthur A. McGivney Professor of Law and founding director of the Neuroscience and Law Center at Fordham University School of Law. In addition to degrees from the University of Virginia and University of Toronto, she received a Ph.D. in sociology and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Prof. Denno, who has visited as a faculty member at the London School of Economics, Columbia Law School, and Princeton University, is a widely recognized teacher and scholar in the criminal law generally and in law and neuroscience.
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2019 Barrock Lecture
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THE DILEMMA OF DISCRETION: WHICH OFFENSES SHOULD PROSECUTORS CHARGE? Darryl K. Brown University of Virginia School of Law
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2011 Barrock Lecture
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2010 Barrock Lecture
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2009 Barrock Lecture
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