The Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management

"Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Social Costs of Pretrial Electronic Monitoring in San Francisco," a new paper by Sandra Susan Smith & Cierra Robson, examines the harms of pretrial electronic monitoring.

New research by Yanilda González and Lindsay Mayka looks at the  mechanisms through which democratic participation can reproduce, rather than ameliorate, inequality in citizenship and policing.

Arnold Ventures has published a new discussion paper by Sandra Susan Smith that looks at the evidence that pretrial release does not increase crime and actually increases public safety.

Chris Winship's chapter in The New Pragmatist Sociology looks at the partnership between Boston police and Black clergy during a period of rising gun violence in Boston.

Felix Owusu examines the Suffolk County DA misdemeanor declination and diversion policy which significantly reduced prosecution rates with no increase in recidivism.

"How the Shift Toward Presumptive Nonprosecution of Misdemeanor Offenses Affects Racial Disparities in Current and Future Penal System Outcomes."

New policy brief by Chris Herring and Sandra Susan Smith hopes to inform policies aimed at increasing employment opportunities for justice-involved individuals.

Rob Sampson argues that a neighborhood’s well-being depends  on the conditions of neighborhoods that its residents visit and are visited by.

Isabella Jorgensen and Sandra Susan Smith provide key considerations for jurisdictions interested in implementing bail reforms.

This policy brief  highlights some promising paths forward for decriminalization that also lead to reductions in racial disparities. 

This new study by Joscha Legewie and Nino José Cricco explores the consequences of policing for the educational outcomes of minority youth.

New research by Will Dobbie and colleagues looks at the pathways of racial disparities in judicial bail decisions.

New research by Sharad Goel analyzing driving data in 10 major US cities shows that speeding enforcement was more concentrated in non-White neighborhoods.

"No Justice, No Pleas: Subverting Mass Incarceration Through Defendant Collective Action" by Andrew Manuel Crespo takes a look at "plea bargain unions" as an act of resistance that could upend the system of coercive plea bargaining.