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  • Hadar Aviram

Hadar Aviram is a Professor of Law at UC Hastings College of the Law and the co-director of the Hastings Institute for Criminal Justice. Her research examines the criminal process and the correctional system through social science, empirical and experimental perspectives. She also studies social movements, particularly polyamory and other alternative family structures. She edits two criminal justice blogs, California Correctional Crisis (on prisons and corrections) and Iron in War (on policing and law enforcement), and is a frequent commentator on criminal justice matters in the media. Her book Cheap on Crime: Recession-Era Politics and the Transformation of American Punishment, which examines the impact of the financial crisis on the American correctional landscape, is forthcoming from UC Press.

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Massive Excitement and Farcical Rationale – SCOTUS 2015

by Hadar Aviram

  • June 29, 2015

It has certainly been a momentous week of Supreme Court decisions, and in the massive excitement about upholding the Affordable Care Act and legalizing same-sex marriage, the mixed news in the criminal justice field may…

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No Way for Anyone to Live: Pathology, Materialism and Hoarders

by Hadar Aviram

  • January 20, 2015

The reality show Hoarders, now in its sixth season, reflects back to us who we are—our social classes, our assumptions about pathology, and our willingness to fight back.

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The Sad Plausibility of Conspiracy Theories

by Hadar Aviram

  • December 10, 2014

Conspiracy theories abound and did before the release of the torture report. Hadar Aviram reflects on what they mean, and why they matter.

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Who Owns the Soccer Field? A Parable of Gentrification, Law and Economics

by Hadar Aviram

  • October 17, 2014

This past week, the following fascinating video made the rounds on social networks: Here’s what happens. The Mission soccer field in San Francisco is run by a long tradition of pick-up soccer, by which teams of…

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Smart Stuff: What Nonmonogamous Relationship Activists Can Learn from Same-Sex Marriage Success

by Hadar Aviram

  • October 15, 2014

On October 6, the Supreme Court denied review, without comment, of all seven petitions addressing state court decisions to overturn same-sex marriage bans. The practical implication of these decisions is that same-sex marriage will become…

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