The Systems Fallacy: From Operations Research to Contemporary Cost-Benefit Analysis: The Perils of Systems Analysis, Past and Present

Abstract

, and Carol Steiker for their insightful and rich comments and guidance on earlier drafts; and participants in the Columbia Faculty Workshop and the Fordham Public Law Workshop for exceptional comments. I would like to thank Todd Ito for assistance with the data searches, and Daniel Henry for exceptional research assistance.

Juvenile Facility Staff Contestations of Change

“…This article mines the perceptions of frontline staff about juvenile justice reforms in order to better understand the relationship that workers may play in revealing the shape of (Garland, 2013, Goodman et al, 2017, Harcourt, 2014. Recent work has pointed to the role of state actors in their responses to and within systems of punishment and social control (Garland, 2013, Cheliotis, 2006.…”

“…This article mines the perceptions of frontline staff about juvenile justice reforms in order to better understand the relationship that workers may play in revealing the shape of punishment in a context where rehabilitation is leveraged as an ideal by those doing the reforms. Sociology of punishment scholars have increasingly recognized that mass imprisonment is a highly localized issue and that we must begin to challenge narratives and ideas about grand ‘systems’ of punishment (Garland, 2013; Goodman et al, 2017; Harcourt, 2014). Recent work has pointed to the role of state actors in their responses to and within systems of punishment and social control (Cheliotis, 2006; Garland, 2013).…”

Mercy towards decarceration: Examining the legal constraints on early release from prison

“… 1. In determining what the criminal justice system in America suggests about the desires of its citizens, we must concede that the United States’ approach to punishment is not actually one that involves a single ‘system’ or grand strategy (Harcourt, 2014; Mayeux, 2018). …”