Realigning Research: A Proposed (Partial) Agenda for Sociolegal Scholars

6 Pages Posted: 19 May 2013 Last revised: 11 Apr 2022

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Mona Lynch

University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society

Date Written: May 17, 2013

Abstract

In light of the potential paradigm-shifting nature of AB 109, California’s Realignment policy, which was instituted in the wake of Brown v. Plata, this article delineates several key research trajectories that might be pursued in order to understand its sociolegal impacts on the county criminal justice systems responsible for implementation. It outlines the major trajectories of scholarship that have already emerged or that are likely to emerge concerning the development, passage, and implementation of Realignment. It then focuses in on the potential for robust sociolegal scholarship on its transformation from policy to practice, making the case for two areas of research that should be pursued: transformations of local courts under Realignment, and the role of local jails as increasingly important places of punishment.

Keywords: Realignment, Plata, jails, courts

Suggested Citation

Lynch, Mona, Realigning Research: A Proposed (Partial) Agenda for Sociolegal Scholars (May 17, 2013). Federal Sentencing Reporter, Vol. 25, No. 4, 2013, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2013-110, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2266263

Mona Lynch (Contact Author)

University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society ( email )

2340 Social Ecology 2, RM
Irvine, CA 92697
United States

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