Policy Topics

Criminal justice

Criminal justice

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Faculty Affiliates

Melissa Burch

Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Melissa Burch is an anthropologist whose research and community work focuses on the experiences of people with criminal convictions in the United States, with an emphasis on how social hierarchies and inequalities are maintained and reproduced throug...
Faculty Affiliates

Michael Mueller-Smith

Associate Professor of Economics, Director of the Criminal Justice Administrative Records System
Mike Mueller-Smith is an associate professor in the Department of Economics and faculty associate at the Population Studies Center. His research focuses on measuring the scope and prevalence of the criminal justice system in the U.S. as well as its b...
Faculty Affiliates

JJ Prescott

Henry King Ransom Professor of Law, Law School; Professor of Economics (courtesy); Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research; Co-Director, Empirical Legal Studies Center; Co-Director, Program in Law and Economics
JJ Prescott’s research interests revolve around criminal law, sentencing law and reform, employment law, and the dynamics of civil litigation, particularly settlement. He is trained in both law and economics, and much of his research is empirical in ...
Staff

John Bulat

Data and Policy Analyst
John Bulat is a data and policy analyst at Poverty Solutions. His work focuses primarily on the opioid crisis in Michigan and criminal justice-related topics. Prior to working at Poverty Solutions, Bulat spent eight years at the Center for Urban Stu...
Policy Briefs

Inequality in Crime Victim Compensation

September 18, 2024
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Jeremy Levine
Download PDF to view full issue brief  IntroductionIn the aftermath of crime, victims face considerable challenges. Survivors of gun violence rack up hospital bills. Rape victims seek mental health counseling and relocate to safer environments. Famil...
Policy Briefs

Disability in the Shadow of Mass Incarceration

March 11, 2022
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Reuben Jonathan Miller
Download PDF of full essay  IntroductionIt was April of 2009. The city of Chicago was just past the midpoint of its “10 year plan to end homelessness,” and it was only a few months before city officials admitted the depths of the city’s poverty, rena...