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Vesla M. Weaver

Vesla M. Weaver, Assistant Professor of Political Science and African American Studies at Yale University, is coauthor of Arresting Citizenship.

Articles

Reform efforts can't succeed unless we understand the complex political forces that gave rise to the vast and unprecedented expansion in punishment and surveillance.

Vesla M. Weaver
Is policing a public good gone bad?
Tracey L. Meares, Vesla M. Weaver

How the criminal justice system degrades citizenship.

Vesla M. Weaver

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