Kathy Harris
Biographic Data
| ID | 5575510 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathy Harris |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathy |
| FAMILY NAME | Harris |
| SIGNATURE | HARRIS K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northern Illinois University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Issues and Misconceptions in Prisoner Litigation
In the past quarter‐century, the number of suits filed by prisoners in federal courts has substantially increased. Critics have borrowed metaphors from ballistics or pathologv to describe this increase as an “epidemic” of “legal pollution” or an “explosion.” The causes of this “hyperlexis,” or excessive litigation, are often attributed to prisoners' attempts to retry their cases once they have lost, or to some psychological attribute of plaintiff…
Issues and Misconceptions in Prisoner Litigation
In the past quarter‐century, the number of suits filed by prisoners in federal courts has substantially increased. Critics have borrowed metaphors from ballistics or pathologv to describe this increase as an “epidemic” of “legal pollution” or an “explosion.” The causes of this “hyperlexis,” or excessive litigation, are often attributed to prisoners' attempts to retry their cases once they have lost, or to some psychological attribute of plaintiff…
Issues and Misconceptions in Prisoner Litigation
In the past quarter‐century, the number of suits filed by prisoners in federal courts has substantially increased. Critics have borrowed metaphors from ballistics or pathologv to describe this increase as an “epidemic” of “legal pollution” or an “explosion.” The causes of this “hyperlexis,” or excessive litigation, are often attributed to prisoners' attempts to retry their cases once they have lost, or to some psychological attribute of plaintiff…
Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (1 works) · Criminology (1 works) · History (1 works) · History (1 works) · Judicial and Constitutional Studies (1 works) · Law (1 works) · Law (1 works) · Legal Education and Practice Innovations (1 works) · Plaintiff (1 works) · Political science (1 works)