May/June 2009

Crime & punishment

In our crime & punishment issue, Briarpatch brings you a variety of ethically engaged perspectives on questions of crime, punishment, and the justice system, from policing mental health to securing the Olympics, from the fathers’ rights movement in Canada to the drive for prison reform in Ghana — plus some killer investment advice.

Inside This Issue

Letter from the editor

by Dave Oswald Mitchell May 1, 2009 3 min read
The detestable solution

by Chris Benjamin May 1, 2009 11 min read
Anger in action

by Deanna Ogle May 1, 2009 14 min read
Class-war games

by Alissa Westergard-Thorpe and May 1, 2009 17 min read
Between home and a hard place

by Matthew Behrens May 1, 2009 13 min read
Policing mental health

by Calvin White May 1, 2009 5 min read
Examining the past honestly

by Ruth Latta May 1, 2009 3 min read
Law & order

by Reuel Amdur May 1, 2009 2 min read
Dark days

by Lorne Brown May 1, 2009 8 min read
Modest investments, immodest returns

by Anna Reitman May 1, 2009 3 min read