Kay L. Levine

Emory University School of Law

Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Law

1301 Clifton Road

Atlanta, GA 30322

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (31)

1.

No Penis, No Problem

Fordham Urban Law Journal, 2006, Emory Public Law Research Paper No. 05-37
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 08 Dec 2005
Kay L. Levine
Emory University School of Law
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statutory rape, gender

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The Cure for Young Prosecutors' Syndrome

Arizona Law Review, Vol. 56, No. 1065, 2014, Emory Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-277, Wake Forest Univ. Legal Studies Paper No. 2405137
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 07 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 24 Dec 2014
Ronald F. Wright and Kay L. Levine
Wake Forest University - School of Law and Emory University School of Law
Downloads 427 (148,982)
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The Unconstitutional Conditions Vacuum in Criminal Procedure

Yale Law Journal, Vol. 133, No. 5, Emory Legal Studies Research Paper No. 23-2, San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 23-011
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 02 Mar 2023
Emory University School of Law, Emory University School of Law and University of San Diego School of Law
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constitutional law, criminal procedure, vulnerable populations, rights of accused, Bill of Rights, plea bargaining, search and seizure, unconstitutional conditions

Models of Prosecutor-Led Diversion Programs in the United States and Beyond

Annual Review of Criminology, Vol. 4, pp. 331-351, 2021, Vol. 4, pp. 331-351
Posted: 03 Feb 2021
Ronald F. Wright and Kay L. Levine
Wake Forest University - School of Law and Emory University School of Law

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Models of Prosecutor-Led Diversion Programs in the United States and Beyond

Emory Legal Studies Research Paper 20-2, Annual Review of Criminology (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 29 May 2020 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2020
Kay L. Levine and Ronald F. Wright
Emory University School of Law and Wake Forest University - School of Law
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Diversion, net widening, recidivism, cost savings, pretrial services

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Evidence Laundering in a Post-Herring World

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Vol. 106, No. 4, 2017, Emory Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-328, SMU Dedman School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 181
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 02 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 17 May 2017
Emory University School of Law, Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law and Wake Forest University - School of Law
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exclusionary rule, evidence, criminal procedure, Herring v. United States, Fourth Amendment, good faith, comparative criminal procedure, balancing

6.

The Public Voice of the Defender

75 Alabama Law Review 157 (2023), U of Alabama Legal Studies Research Paper #4416723, Emory Legal Studies Research Paper No. 23-4
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 27 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 07 Mar 2024
Russell M. Gold and Kay L. Levine
University of Alabama - School of Law and Emory University School of Law
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public defenders, indigent defense, social media, collective action, criminal legal system, social change

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Prosecutor Risk, Maturation, and Wrongful Conviction Practice

Law and Social Inquiry, Volume 42, Issue 3, 648-676, Summer 2017, Emory Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-373
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 20 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 08 Jul 2020
Kay L. Levine and Ronald F. Wright
Emory University School of Law and Wake Forest University - School of Law
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The Intimacy Discount: Prosecutorial Discretion, Privacy, and Equality in the Statutory Rape Caseload

Emory Law Journal, Vol. 55, p. 691, 2006, Emory Public Law Research Paper No. 06-25
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 29 Sep 2006
Kay L. Levine
Emory University School of Law
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prosecutorial discretion, sex crimes, statutory rape

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Prosecution in 3-D

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Forthcoming, Emory Public Law Research Paper No. 12-187, Wake Forest Univ. Legal Studies Paper No. 2013540
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 04 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 25 Sep 2012
Kay L. Levine and Ronald F. Wright
Emory University School of Law and Wake Forest University - School of Law
Downloads 291 (227,310)
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The External Evolution of Criminal Law

American Criminal Law Review, Vol. 45, No. 1039, 2008, Emory Public Law Research Paper No. 07-17
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 03 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2020
Kay L. Levine
Emory University School of Law
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When Gender Meets Sex: An Exploratory Study of Women Who Seduce Adolescent Boys

William and Mary Journal of Women and the Law, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2009, Emory Public Law Research Paper No. 09-63
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 26 Aug 2009
Kay L. Levine
Emory University School of Law
Downloads 281 (235,729)

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statutory rape, criminal law. emperical evidence, female offenders, male victims

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The Law is Not the Case: Incorporating Empirical Methods into the Culture of Case Analysis

Journal of Law and Public Policy, 2006, Emory Public Law Research Paper No. 05-39
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 13 Dec 2005
Kay L. Levine
Emory University School of Law
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The New Prosecution

Wake Forest Law Review, Vol. 40, p. 1125, 2005, Emory Public Law Research Paper No. 05-38
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 13 Dec 2005
Kay L. Levine
Emory University School of Law
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The Strategic Use of Alibi Defenses

Emory Legal Studies Research Paper No. 21-1
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 08 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2021
Kay L. Levine and Colin Miller
Emory University School of Law and University of South Carolina School of Law
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Alibi, criminal defense, defense attorney, defense strategy

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The Many Faces of Prosecution

Emory Legal Studies Research Paper, STANFORD JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW & POLICY, Vol. 1:27
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 07 Feb 2020
Kay L. Levine, Ronald F. Wright and Marc L. Miller
Emory University School of Law, Wake Forest University - School of Law and University of Arizona College of Law
Downloads 217 (304,710)
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criminal prosecutors, prosecutors, criminal law, policy, defense

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Can Prosecutors Be Social Workers?

THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE AMERICAN PROSECUTOR, John Worrall, ed., SUNY Press, 2007, Emory Public Law Research Paper No. 05-41
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 13 Dec 2005
Kay L. Levine
Emory University School of Law
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Getting beyond Superheroes versus Trojan Horses: Career Motivations of State Court Prosecutors

Wake Forest Univ. Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Aug 2017
Ronald F. Wright and Kay L. Levine
Wake Forest University - School of Law and Emory University School of Law
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Prosecutors, Legal Profession, Community Prosecution

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Are State Constitutional Rights for Sale? Protecting State Constitutional Rights from Unconstitutional Conditions

UC Davis Law Review, 2022, Emory Legal Studies Research Paper 22-22, San Diego Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 10 May 2022 Last Revised: 23 Aug 2022
Emory University School of Law, Emory University School of Law and University of San Diego School of Law
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constitutional law, state constitutional law, unconstitutional conditions doctrine, constitutional rights, criminal law, criminal procedure

19.

Career Motivations of State Prosecutors

THE GEORGE WASHINGTON LAW REVIEW [Vol. 86:1667]
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 14 May 2019
Ronald F. Wright and Kay L. Levine
Wake Forest University - School of Law and Emory University School of Law
Downloads 111 (537,813)
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criminal law, criminal defense, wrongful convictions, incarceration, racial injustice, prosecutors, prosecutions.

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Victims’ Rights in the Diversion Landscape

Emory Legal Studies Research Paper No. 21-15
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 20 May 2021 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2021
Kay L. Levine
Emory University School of Law
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Victims’ Rights, Restitution, Retribution, Diversion Process, Marsy’s Laws, Prosecution, Behavioral Expectations

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Images and Allusions in Prosecutors’ Morality Tales

Virginia Journal of Criminal Law, Volume 5, Issue 1, Number 38, Emory Legal Studies Research Paper No. 17-433, Wake Forest Univ. Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 03 May 2017
Kay L. Levine and Ronald F. Wright
Emory University School of Law and Wake Forest University - School of Law
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Criminal Law and Procedure

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Place Matters in Prosecution

Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, Vol. 14, No. 675, 2017, Emory Legal Studies Research Paper No. 17-432, Wake Forest Univ. Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 03 May 2017 Last Revised: 22 May 2017
Ronald F. Wright and Kay L. Levine
Wake Forest University - School of Law and Emory University School of Law
Downloads 99 (584,583)

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Criminal Law and Procedure

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Between Cooperation and Conflict in Second Look Sentence Review

Emory Legal Studies Research Paper Forthcoming, Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution (volume 25)
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 23 Mar 2024
Kay L. Levine and Ronald F. Wright
Emory University School of Law and Wake Forest University - School of Law
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Prosecutors, Defense Counsel, Adversary Process, Sentencing, Mass Incarceration

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Legislatures and Localized Resentencing

Emory Legal Studies Research Paper Forthcoming, Wake Forest University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (forthcoming), Wake Forest Univ. Legal Studies Paper No. 4930072
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 22 Aug 2024
Ronald F. Wright and Kay L. Levine
Wake Forest University - School of Law and Emory University School of Law
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Sentencing, Prosecutors, Crime Politics, Parole

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Process as Intergenerational Punishment: Are Children Casualties of Parental Court Experiences?

Emory Legal Studies Research Paper No. 16-394
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 01 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2016
Kay L. Levine and Volkan Topalli
Emory University School of Law and Georgia State University
Downloads 79 (671,736)

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Sharkfests and Databases: Crowdsourcing Plea Bargains

6 Texas A&M Law Review 653 (Forthcoming 2019), Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 19-11
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 22 May 2019 Last Revised: 02 Aug 2019
Emory University School of Law, Wake Forest University - School of Law, Vanderbilt University - Law School and University of Arizona College of Law
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Plea Bargains, Sharkfest, Crowdsourcing, Defense Lawyers, Prosecutors

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Should Consistency Be Part of the Reform Prosecutor’s Playbook?

1 Hastings J. Crime & Punish. 169 (2020), Emory Legal Studies Research Paper 20-9
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 15 May 2020 Last Revised: 11 Jun 2020
Kay L. Levine
Emory University School of Law
Downloads 67 (736,350)
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Exoneration Finance

U of Alabama Legal Studies Research Paper No. 4785711, Emory Legal Studies Research Paper No. 4785711, 99 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 298 (2024)
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 08 Apr 2024 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2024
Kay L. Levine and Russell M. Gold
Emory University School of Law and University of Alabama - School of Law
Downloads 61 (773,612)

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wrongful conviction, exoneration, litigation finance, criminal law, access to justice

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Making Deflection the New Diversion for Drug Offenders

Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2022, Emory Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 06 May 2022
Kay L. Levine, Joshua Hinkle and Elizabeth Griffiths
Emory University School of Law, Georgia State University and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - School of Criminal Justice
Downloads 53 (830,013)

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drug policy, drug enforcement, prosecutor decision-making, harm reduction approaches

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Victims' Rights in the Diversion Landscape

SMU Law Review, Vol. 74, No. 3, 2021, Emory Legal Studies Research Paper 22-19
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 06 May 2022 Last Revised: 23 Aug 2022
Kay L. Levine
Emory University School of Law
Downloads 46 (886,779)

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crime victims, diversion

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The Empirical Double Standard: Opinion Surveys Across the Civil-Criminal Divide

forthcoming in volume 111 of the Iowa Law Review , U Denver Legal Studies Research Paper No. 25-09, Emory Legal Studies Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 04 Mar 2025 Last Revised: 01 May 2025
Kay L. Levine and Bernard Chao
Emory University School of Law and University of Denver Sturm College of Law
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Evidence, Surveys, Judges, Decision-making