Expertise: Criminal Procedure
Faculty
| Group Index | Group | Image | Profile | Title | Expertise | News |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Faculty |  | Tokson, Matthew | Associate Professor | Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure | |
| 0 | Faculty |  | Cassell, Paul | Professor | Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Judicial Process, Victims' Rights | |
| 0 | Faculty |  | Baradaran, Shima | Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development | Counterterrorism, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, International Law |
News and Events
University of Utah researchers identify link between Chicago homicide spike and decline in stop-and-frisk policing
A crushing wave of homicides swept through Chicago in 2016, leading to intense discussion over how to stop the bloodshed. As broader discussion over how to curb gun violence continues across the nation, a pair of University of Utah researchers have found a link between the 2016 spike in Chicago homicides and a decline in […]
Baughman article on cost of pretrial detention published in Boston University Law Review
University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Professor Shima Baradaran Baughman contributed to Boston University’s Law Review. Her article discusses the cost of pretrial detention. View the full article here »
Baughman publishes new book on criminal law
University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Professor Shima Baughman has published a new textbook along with co-authors Paul H. Robinson of the University of Pennsylvania and Michael T. Cahill of Rutgers University. The book, Criminal Law Case Studies & Controversies, 4E, according to its description from the publisher’s web site, “eschews traditional reliance […]
Baughman publishes “Pretrial Practice: Building a National Research Agenda for the Front End of the Criminal Justice System”
S.J. Quinney College of Law Professor Shima Baradaran Baughman collaborated on a new report titled, “Pretrial Practice: Building a National Research Agenda for the Front End of the Criminal Justice System.” The report recaps the second Roundtable on Pretrial Practice, held at John Jay College of Criminal Justice on October 26-27, 2015. An earlier Roundtable in March 2015 focused […]
Law students’ efforts on behalf of teen defendant mentioned in Salt Lake Tribune
A law professor and team of students from the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law who petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to take on the case of Robert Cameron Houston were mentioned in The Salt Lake Tribune on Tuesday. Professor Michael Teter on Nov. 20 filed a petition for a Writ of Certiorari […]
Baughman comments on alternatives to cash bail and pretrial detention
S.J. Quinney College of Law Professor Shima Baradaran Baughman commented on pretrial detention for a March 24, 2016 story in NextCity titled, “U.S. Cities Are Looking for Alternatives to Cash Bail.” In March the Department of Justice set its sights on what Attorney General Loretta Lynch calls the “consequences of the criminalization of poverty.” “Until about the […]
Baughman article published in Behavioral Science and Policy Journal
Shima Baughman, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, co-wrote an article titled, “Blinding prosecutors to defendants’ race: A policy proposal to reduce unconscious bias in the criminal justice system.” This article was recently published in the Behavioral Science and Policy Journal. Read the full article here »
Hessick Quoted on Controversy Surrounding Shaken Baby Syndrome Diagnosis
September 15, 2015, Professor Carissa Hessick was interview by Fox13 News about the controversy surrounding the changing diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome and the impacts on prosecutions. “Shaken Baby Syndrome has become very controversial in the legal field,” said Carissa Byrne Hassick, a law professor at the University of Utah. “There’s no doubt that child abuse is […]