Rachel Harmon

University of Virginia School of Law

580 Massie Road

Charlottesville, VA 22903

United States

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1.

When is Police Violence Justified?

Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 102, No. 3, 2008
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 12 May 2008 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2010
Rachel Harmon
University of Virginia School of Law
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police, self-defense, criminal procedure, Fourth Amendment, Scott v. Harris, excessive force, police brutality, justification defenses, imminence, necessity, proportionality

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Why Arrest?

Rachel A. Harmon, Why Arrest?, 115 Mich. L. Rev. 307 (2016). , Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper Series 2016-55
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 13 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 20 Dec 2016
Rachel Harmon
University of Virginia School of Law
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arrest, use of force, police, policing, law enforcement, summons, citations, trial in absentia, risk assessment, order maintenance

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The Problem of Policing

Michigan Law Review, Vol. 110, p. 761, 2012
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 10 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2013
Rachel Harmon
University of Virginia School of Law
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policing, 1983, exclusionary rule, Fourth Amendment, police misconduct, Miranda, criminal procedure

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Legal Remedies for Police Misconduct

Rachel A. Harmon, Legal Remedies for Police Misconduct, in Academy for Justice, a Report on Scholarship and Criminal Justice Reform (Erik Luna ed., 2017) (Forthcoming), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2017-40
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 10 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2017
Rachel Harmon
University of Virginia School of Law
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police, police accountability, remedies, 1983, 14141, pattern and practice, exclusionary rule, decertification, internal affairs, police reform, police misconduct, Fourth Amendment, qualified immunity, Lyons, structural reform, civil rights

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Reconsidering Criminal Procedure: Teaching the Law of the Police

60 St. Louis University Law Journal 391 (2016) , Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2016-54
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 14 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 21 Sep 2016
Rachel Harmon
University of Virginia School of Law
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policing, regulation, criminal procedure, teaching

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Federal Programs and the Real Costs of Policing

90 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 870 (2015), Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 14, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 27
Number of pages: 91 Posted: 30 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 07 Jul 2015
Rachel Harmon
University of Virginia School of Law
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policing. coercion, federal programs, COPS, JAG, asset forfeiture, militarism, cost-benefit analysis, arrests, federalism, police departments, civil rights, costs of crime, grants, 1033 program, Homeland Security grants, 287(g), Secure Communities, fear of police, police accountability, task forces

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Limited Leverage: Federal Remedies and Policing Reform

Rachel Harmon, Limited Leverage: Federal Remedies and Policing Reform, 32 St. Louis U. Pub. L. Rev. 33 (2012), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2013-27
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 11 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 09 Sep 2013
Rachel Harmon
University of Virginia School of Law
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civil rights, police misconduct, exclusionary rule, 1983, 14141, policing, remedies, federal remedies, police reform

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Promoting Civil Rights Through Proactive Policing Reform

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Promoting Civil Rights Through Proactive Policing Reform

Stanford Law Review, Vol. 62, 2009, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2010-15
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 10 Mar 2010
Rachel Harmon
University of Virginia School of Law
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misconduct, policing, 14141, structural reform litigation, Justice Department, civil rights, safe harbor, civil rights enforcement

Promoting Civil Rights Through Proactive Policing Reform

Stanford Law Review, Vol. 62, No. 1, 2009 , Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 28 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2010
Rachel Harmon
University of Virginia School of Law
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police misconduct, policing, 14141, structural reform litigation, Justice Department, civil rights, safe harbor, civil rights enforcement

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Why Do We (Still) Lack Data on Policing?

Marquette Law Review, Vol. 96, No. 4, 2014, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2014-40
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 29 Jul 2014
Rachel Harmon
University of Virginia School of Law
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The Law of the Police

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2021-12
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 22 Feb 2021
Rachel Harmon
University of Virginia School of Law
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policing; civil rights; law of the police; police departments; police reform; arrests; use of force; deadly force; police shootings; police pursuits; contempt of cop; protests; First Amendment; recording the police; vagueness; policing federalism; policing homelessness; policing domestic violence; i

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Proactive Policing and the Legacy of Terry

Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, Forthcoming, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2017-59
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 10 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2017
Rachel Harmon and Andrew Manns
University of Virginia School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law, J.D. 2017
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proactive policing, policing, Fourth Amendment, Terry, Terry v. Ohio, Equal Protection, Fourteenth Amendment, local policing, criminal procedure, Floyd v. City of New York, stop and frisk, SQF, Problem-Oriented Policing, Broken Windows, Hot Spots policing, new policing, Whren v. United States

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Policing, Protesting, and the Insignificance of Hostile Audiences

Rachel A. Harmon, Policing, Protesting, and the Insignificance of Hostile Audiences, Knight First Amend. Inst. (Nov 2, 2017), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2018-46
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 07 Aug 2018
Rachel Harmon
University of Virginia School of Law
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Charlottesville, First Amendment, hostile audiences, policing, protest, free speech, negotiated management, strategic incapacitation, escalated force

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Legal Control of the Police

in 6 Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice 2898 (Gerben Bruinsma & David Weisburd eds., 2014)
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 20 Sep 2016
Rachel Harmon
University of Virginia School of Law
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1983, civil rights litigation, police misconduct, Fourth Amendment, use of force,

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Law and Orders

Rachel Harmon, Law and Orders, 123 Colum. L. Rev. 1 (2023). , Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2023-42
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 10 May 2023
Rachel Harmon
University of Virginia School of Law
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policing, law of the police, commands, use of force, police use of force, Fourth Amendment, lawful orders