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In a recent interview in the Law and Political Economy Blog , PCJ faculty affiliate discusses the complex history of the end of slavery and the rise of mass incarceration.

Sandra Susan Smith writes about courtroom observers as an accountability tool in tracking policy changes aimed at increasing equity.

New research by Sharad Goel looks at disparate impact in a dataset of 2.2 million pedestrian stop-and-frisk decisions recorded by the NYPD.

New PCJ research looks at the many perils of being released from jail in the middle of the night, an all-too-common practice.

It’s not just the absence of crime that impacts the way youth are able to live their lives—it’s the presence of safety.

Sandra Susan Smith explores the ways in which pretrial incarceration affects job retention, job-seeking, and relative confidence in the ability to succeed in getting a job.

Harvard Law Professor Alexandra Natapoff explains the stark inequalities between the top and bottom of the criminal justice system in a lecture to celebrate her appointment as the Lee S. Kreindler Professor of Law.

Interview with Sandra Susan Smith, Katy Naples-Mitchell and Haruka Margaret Braun on their research brief on jury exclusion in Massachusetts, Inequitable and Undemocratic.

New by Marcella Alsan and   shows that the IGNITE education program in the Flint, MI county jail reduces misconduct and recidivism. 

New PCJ research reveals large racial disparities in trust in law enforcement and a strong association between experiences of police harassment and self-reported chronic health conditions.

New research by Harvard doctoral student Michael Zanger-Tishler looks at algorithmic racial bias in the risk assessment instruments (RAIs) used in the criminal legal system. 

, executive director of Harvard Law’s Institute to End Mass Incarceration, discusses her new anthology on transforming the criminal system, .

New PCJ report seeks to understand how Boston residents conceptualize healthy, safe, and thriving communities.