Tag: Criminal Justice

  • Nation & World

    Looking at role of prosecutors, politics in mass incarceration

    Research by a Harvard doctoral student found that district attorneys push harder for convictions and sentences in election years.

    3–5 minutes
    Chika Okafor
  • Nation & World

    Just a misdemeanor? Think again

    Criminal justice expert Alexandra Natapoff wrote a book about how the misdemeanor system punishes the poor and people of color. The book has inspired a documentary film, which will be released on March 11.

    10–15 minutes
    Professor Alexandra Natapoff
  • Campus & Community

    A justice reformer

    Dominique Erney witnessed criminal justice too close to her family, and graduates prepared to fight for reform in the system.

    4–6 minutes
    Dominique Erney looking up from behind glass
  • Nation & World

    How Michael slipped away

    Danielle Allen talks about her latest book, “Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A.,” a memoir of her cousin’s troubled life and death, and an indictment of mass incarceration and the war on drugs.

    10–15 minutes
    Danielle Allen talks about her latest book, “Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A.,” a memoir of her cousin’s short, troubled life.
  • Campus & Community

    Few turning to civilians’ police board

    The report was conducted by a team of researchers led by Christopher E. Stone, a professor of criminal justice at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Stone said the review board and the police department’s internal affairs system are suffering for a variety of reasons, some of them quite simple: They are not keeping…

    1–2 minutes