Anne Joseph O’Connell quoted in The Daily Californian, Sept. 3, 2015
“Incredibly important policy positions are often not filled,” O’Connell said. “I’m worried about the functioning of modern government, which relies heavily on administrative agencies to do its work.”
Barry Krisberg quoted in San Francisco Chronicle (registration required), Sept. 2, 2015
The falling numbers are a good indication that police-community relations are improving, according to Barry Krisberg, a UC Berkeley criminologist. “Oakland has been pretty quiet compared to the 600 bullets fired in Stockton, or some pretty horrendous lethal-force incidents in San Jose,” he said.
john a. powell and Katie Nelson cited in San Jose Mercury News, Sept. 2, 2015
The Oakland community and city staff are receiving training from the Local and Regional Alliance on Race and Equity, housed at UC Berkeley’s Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society. The alliance, headed by professors Katie Nelson and john powell, have conducted trainings across the country.
Franklin Zimring cited in Daily Commercial, August 29, 2015
Almost two decades ago, Franklin Zimring, a longtime researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, and a colleague, Gordon Hawkins, showed that the U.S. doesn’t have an especially high crime rate relative to other developed nations. But the U.S. is far more violent. Every conflict, from the mundane to the serious — not just domestic disputes and robberies, but traffic altercations and bar fights — is more deadly in the U.S. because of the presence of guns.
Peter Menell cited in The Recorder (registration required), August 27, 2015
“There is serious risk that failure to engage this issue at this juncture could set the patent system on a dire course,” say UC-Berkeley Law professor Peter Menell and UC-Hastings’ Jeffrey Lefstin in an amicus curiae brief filed Thursday.
Kim Thuy Seelinger quoted in New Vision, August 26, 2015
“Most gender desks in police stations are manned by unqualified personnel who in most cases are reassigned to other duties, leaving gender violence cases unattended.” she said.
Kim Thuy Seelinger quoted in The Guardian, August 26, 2015
“There is so much focus on what the international criminal court (ICC) is or is not doing about sexual violence committed as a war crime, crime against humanity, or act of genocide,” said Kim Thuy Seelinger, director of the sexual violence programme. “But it’s the nurse at the county clinic or the rural police officer who can actually play a central role in the pursuit of justice, even when the crime violates international law.”
Alan Auerbach interviewed on KQED-FM, August 26, 2015
“The government of China is in a funny position. On the one hand, China has a very rapidly growing economy, and in many respects, a very capitalist economy, and yet it has a government trying to maintain control as the old Communist government did.… And sometimes that comes in conflict with a normal working of an economy.”
John Yoo quoted in The College Fix, August 25, 2015
“The constitutional text flatly states that children born in the U.S. are citizens, without reference to whether their parents are aliens or not.”
Jeffrey Selbin and Stephanie Campos-Bui in The Daily Californian, August 24, 2015
Faculty director Jeffrey Selbin wanted to address larger, systemic issues that trickle down to many of the clinic’s clients by providing students with opportunities to research and advocate for marginalized communities.
“A lot of people or families with youth involved in the juvenile justice system are more often than not people of color or living in poverty,” Campos-Bui said. “So handing bills over to kids and their parents (make them) stuck with a huge amount of debt.”