Ron Levi

TL;DR: In this article, the authors demonstrate the importance of contextualizing research on crime and immigration as part of a broader sociological analysis of the state and argue that studies of immigration must be attuned equally to the dynamics of emigration that lead to it, including the challenges they experience, the "capital of origin" they bring with them, and their ability to convert or reproduce that capital successfully in these new locales.

TL;DR: This article used Bourdieu's extension of Weber's analysis of law to develop a perspective on fields of practice, the juridical field and the force of law at The Hague Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the ways in which concepts of risk and community are mutually constitutive, and how the adjudication of community notification statutes relies on particular visions of 'community' to engage particular ways of conceiving of 'risk', much of which relies on a rejection of expertise and a focus on 'common sense'.

TL;DR: In this paper, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTF) has been studied, and a conflict approach for studying the field of international criminal law has been developed to determine how external political changes affect the work of international legal institutions.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on two areas of law and contextualize their development from the perspective of police science, and document the ways in which contemporary police science authorizes a common knowledge, which is not to be confused with lay knowledge, or even trade knowledge.