At the 2022 Annual Meeting, members of The American Law Institute voted to approve Tentative Draft No. 4 of Principles of the Law, Policing. The vote marks the completion of this project.
Brandon Garrett Posts
Interacting With Vulnerable Populations
Brandon Garrett | May 12 2022 | Policing
The post contains black letter excerpted from Principles of the Law, Policing, Tentative Draft No. 4.
Virtual Criminal Courts
Brandon Garrett | Jan 13 2021 | Sentencing
As criminal courts around the United States suspended in-person proceedings, virtual hearings, where parties appear through videoconference or teleconference technology, have allowed courts to remain in session while reducing the danger to public health. Courts at all levels, from small municipal courts to the U.S. Supreme Court, have been hearing arguments remotely.
Life Without Parole Sentencing in North Carolina
Brandon Garrett | Nov 12 2020 | Sentencing
What explains the puzzle of life without parole (LWOP) sentencing in the United States? In the past two decades, LWOP sentences have reached record highs, with over 50,000 prisoners serving LWOP. Yet during this same period, homicide rates have steadily declined.
Changing the Law to Change Policing: Initial Steps
Brandon Garrett | Jun 10 2020 | Policing
Several law school faculty, each of whom runs or is associated with a center devoted to the practice of policing and the criminal justice system, released the report “Changing the Law to Change Policing: First Steps” to address enduring problems in American policing.
Federal Criminal Risk Assessment
Brandon Garrett | Feb 19 2020 | Sentencing
Risk assessments are a common feature of federal decisionmaking across a wide variety of areas of regulation. Perhaps the most widely used definition describes risk assessment as “the process of using risk factors to estimate the likelihood (i.e., probability) of an outcome occurring in a population.”
Risk and Resources: A Qualitative Perspective on Low-Level Sentencing in Virginia
Brandon Garrett | Aug 30 2019 | Sentencing
Virginia’s sentencing guidelines include alternative sanctions based on the use of a quantitative instrument called the Nonviolent Risk Assessment (NVRA) that identifies individuals convicted of drug and property crimes that are considered to be at lower risk of recidivism. In this study, the authors explore how judges make use of the NVRA instrument when sentencing individuals convicted of low‐level drug and property crimes.
Recording of Police Questioning
Brandon Garrett | May 15 2019 | Policing
The following entry is the Black Letter and Comments of Tentative Draft No. 2, 11.02. Recording of Police Questioning.
General Principles for Eyewitness Identification Procedures
Brandon Garrett | May 10 2019 | Policing
The following entry contains the Black Letter and Comments of Tentative Draft No. 2, Section 10.01. General Principles for Eyewitness Identification Procedures.
Just Science: Using Research to Inform Criminal Justice Reform
Brandon Garrett | Feb 28 2019 | Policing
In this presentation, Professor Brandon Garrett of Duke Law will provide an overview of new research projects seeking to make criminal justice more evidence based.