The article explores the ways in which pretrial incarceration affects job retention, job-seeking, and relative confidence or lack of…
Reducing Racial Inequality in Crime and Justice: Science, Practice, and Policy synthesizes the evidence on community-based solutions,…
Segmented pricing would benefit lower-income residents and ease costly enforcement measures.
The leaders of America’s cities could take a…
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Social Costs of Pretrial Electronic Monitoring in San Francisco
In the year following Humphrey, a judicial decision mandating that judges consider both defendants' ability to pay cash bail and non-…
This paper documents the impact of popular media on racial hate by examining the first American blockbuster: 1915’s The Birth of a Nation…
For too long the federal policymaking process has been mysterious and inaccessible to everyone but the most sophisticated, elite…
What are the downstream political consequences of state activity explicitly targeting an ethnic minority group? This question is well…
Does personal and family history influence legislative behavior in democracies? Linking members of Congress to the census, we observe…
Nationwide, 36 states and over 150 cities and counties have adopted what is widely known as “Ban the Box” (BtB). These policies require…
Benefits of legislation meant to help all veterans were routinely denied to Black veterans.