Christopher
Stone
Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Professor of the Practice of Criminal Justice
Faculty Director
Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations
Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management
Office Address
Belfer-114
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 143
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-495-4844
Fax: 617-495-0996
Email: chris_stone@harvard.edu
Assistant
Klara Kabadian (617-496-0831)
Belfer-117D
HKS Directory Info
Profile
Christopher Stone is Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Professor of the Practice of Criminal Justice. He serves as faculty chair of the Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management and as the faculty director of the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations. His work focuses on two distinct subjects: the improvement of criminal justice systems in the United States and worldwide, and the leadership and governance of nonprofit organizations. He also co-teaches the final-year seminar for students in the joint degree program between Harvard Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School.
Stone's current research focuses on countries engaged in sector-wide reform of their criminal justice systems. In one project, he is working with national and state officials in four developing countries (Jamaica, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, and Sierra Leone) to strengthen their design and use of indicators to guide justice-sector reform. In another project, he is examining the application in practice of the 2005 revision of the code of criminal procedure in Turkey. In a third project, he is identifying ways in which the work of the International Criminal Court can contribute to improvements in the domestic systems of justice of the countries in which it is conducting trials, investigations, or preliminary examinations. A fourth project aims to strengthen empirical research of China's criminal justice system, with particular attention to current efforts by the government to reform the application of the death penalty.
Stone's work on nonprofit organizations includes a continuing project to benchmark effective practices across the sector worldwide. He is also engaged in several efforts to strengthen the management, leadership, and governance of nonprofit organizations in China.
From 1994 to 2004, Stone served as director of the Vera Institute of Justice, having joined the Institute in 1986 as head of its London office. In 2006, he was awarded an honorary OBE for his contributions to criminal justice reform in the United Kingdom. He was the founding director of the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, a nonprofit, community-based public defender in New York City, and one of three founding directors of the New York State Capital Defender Office, created to provide legal representation to all persons charged with capital crimes when, in the 1990s, New York State revived its use of the death penalty. He was the founding chair of Altus, an alliance of nongovernmental organizations and academic centers in Russia, India, Nigeria, Chile, Brazil, and the United States that are jointly pursuing justice sector reform. In all, he has guided the start-up of eight nonprofit organizations pursuing justice from Johannesburg to Los Angeles and New York. Stone received his AB from Harvard, an MPhil. in criminology from the University of Cambridge, and his JD from the Yale Law School.
Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Professor of the Practice of Criminal Justice
Faculty Director
Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations
Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management
Office Address
Belfer-114
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 143
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-495-4844
Fax: 617-495-0996
Email: chris_stone@harvard.edu
Assistant
Klara Kabadian (617-496-0831)
Belfer-117D
HKS Directory Info
Profile
Christopher Stone is Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Professor of the Practice of Criminal Justice. He serves as faculty chair of the Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management and as the faculty director of the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations. His work focuses on two distinct subjects: the improvement of criminal justice systems in the United States and worldwide, and the leadership and governance of nonprofit organizations. He also co-teaches the final-year seminar for students in the joint degree program between Harvard Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School.
Stone's current research focuses on countries engaged in sector-wide reform of their criminal justice systems. In one project, he is working with national and state officials in four developing countries (Jamaica, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, and Sierra Leone) to strengthen their design and use of indicators to guide justice-sector reform. In another project, he is examining the application in practice of the 2005 revision of the code of criminal procedure in Turkey. In a third project, he is identifying ways in which the work of the International Criminal Court can contribute to improvements in the domestic systems of justice of the countries in which it is conducting trials, investigations, or preliminary examinations. A fourth project aims to strengthen empirical research of China's criminal justice system, with particular attention to current efforts by the government to reform the application of the death penalty.
Stone's work on nonprofit organizations includes a continuing project to benchmark effective practices across the sector worldwide. He is also engaged in several efforts to strengthen the management, leadership, and governance of nonprofit organizations in China.
From 1994 to 2004, Stone served as director of the Vera Institute of Justice, having joined the Institute in 1986 as head of its London office. In 2006, he was awarded an honorary OBE for his contributions to criminal justice reform in the United Kingdom. He was the founding director of the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, a nonprofit, community-based public defender in New York City, and one of three founding directors of the New York State Capital Defender Office, created to provide legal representation to all persons charged with capital crimes when, in the 1990s, New York State revived its use of the death penalty. He was the founding chair of Altus, an alliance of nongovernmental organizations and academic centers in Russia, India, Nigeria, Chile, Brazil, and the United States that are jointly pursuing justice sector reform. In all, he has guided the start-up of eight nonprofit organizations pursuing justice from Johannesburg to Los Angeles and New York. Stone received his AB from Harvard, an MPhil. in criminology from the University of Cambridge, and his JD from the Yale Law School.
