Meda Chesney-Lind

Meda Chesney-Lind is a professor emerita of Women’s Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She is also a past president of the American Society of Criminology.
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Habitual Offender Laws Are More Political Theater Than Crime Control Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Habitual Offender Laws Are More Political Theater Than Crime Control

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Punitive approaches to minor offenses will only exacerbate the challenges faced by Hawaii’s criminal justice system.

The University Of Hawaii Needs A Criminal Justice Department Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

The University Of Hawaii Needs A Criminal Justice Department

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A degree program would give us better policing, better prisons and better policy.

Nick Ochs And Hawaii: A Harbinger Of Local, Right-Wing Politics In Our State? Screenshot

Nick Ochs And Hawaii: A Harbinger Of Local, Right-Wing Politics In Our State?

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Is the Proud Boy an anomaly or a sign of something deeper?

Let’s All Pitch In To A New Community Bail Fund Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Let’s All Pitch In To A New Community Bail Fund

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Legislators passed some reform measures this session, but poor defendants are still discriminated against. A new nonprofit effort will help.

Despite Progress, It’s Still Not A Post-Feminist World Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Despite Progress, It’s Still Not A Post-Feminist World

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We must continue to think about greater gender equity for future generations.

Honolulu Police Are Using Lethal Force Far Too Often Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

Honolulu Police Are Using Lethal Force Far Too Often

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A high percentage of officer-involved shootings by the Honolulu Police Department involve circumstances that pose little threat to cops.

We Need Police Accountability in Honolulu PF Bentley/Civil Beat

We Need Police Accountability in Honolulu

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The city’s police department shouldn’t act as if it is above the law or as though cops are the law. Real oversight is necessary.