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Nazgol Ghandnoosh

  • Fewer Prisoners, Less Crime: A Tale of Three States

    "Although the pace of criminal justice reform has accelerated at both the federal and state levels in the past decade, current initiatives have had

  • Race and Punishment: Racial Perceptions of Crime and Support for Punitive Policies

    "To guide and give greater momentum to recent calls for reform, this report examines a key driving force of criminal justice outcomes: racial perce

  • Incorporating Racial Equality Into Criminal Justice Reform

    "There are few areas of American society where racial disparities are as profound and as troubling as in the criminal justice system.

  • U.S. Prison Population Trends 1999-2014: Broad Variation Among States in Recent Years

    "Our comparative analysis of U.S. prison population trends from 1999 to 2014 reveals significant variation across the country.