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In 1996, Richard E. Nisbett and Dov Cohen published a short book, in which they attempted to explain why violent crime (specifically homicide) was more prevalent in the South than elsewhere in the United States. See Culture of Honor: the psychology of violence in the...

Beginning around 1985, Texas lawmakers sought to address “computer crimes.” Today, Chapter 33 of the Texas Penal Code (aka, our laws) covers “Computer Crimes.” Early on, the principle evil of “computer crimes” was perceived as a threat to security—specifically, that...

Suppose you live in an apartment, and you invite a friend over for dinner. Your friend arrives, and you begin eating. Moments later, there is a knock at your apartment door. It is the apartment manager, and the police. They tell you that your friend was issued a...

  The standard for school searches of students, backpacks, and such was discussed last time. Recall that the Fourth Amendment bars “unreasonable” searches and seizures, so the critical inquiry is what constitutes “reasonable” searches at school. In order to be...

  A large number of juvenile offenses happen at school. I recall once telling a prosecutor who seemed particularly disturbed by the fact that my 14 year-old client had graffiti’d, of all places, a school—A SCHOOL!!—that his chosen location seemed perfectly...