We’re all super proud of lab member Justin Sola, who just accepted UNC Chapel Hill’s offer to become an assistant professor in fall 2024, jointly appointed in Sociology and the School of Data Science and Society. Justin will defend his dissertation this Spring. Congrats Justin!
Graduate Student Rebecca Tublitz Receives NIJ Graduate Research Fellowship!
Congratulations to graduate student Rebecca Tublitz who was awarded an NIJ Graduate Research Fellowship for her dissertation project titled, “Pretrial Policy Change and Place: Evaluating the Impacts of Bail Reform in Maryland.” Find out more about her project here:
Lab publication on criminal justice reform
How to Think about Criminal Justice Reform: Conceptual and Practical Considerations, by Charis E. Kubrin and Rebecca Tublitz
How can we improve the effectiveness of criminal justice reform efforts? Effective reform hinges on shared understandings of what the problem is and shared visions of what success looks like. But consensus is hard to come by, and there has long been a distinction between “policy talk” or how problems are defined and solutions are promoted, and “policy action” or the design and adoption of certain policies. In this essay, we seek to promote productive thinking and talking about, as well as designing of, effective and sustainable criminal justice reforms. To this end, we offer reflections on underlying conceptual and practical considerations relevant for both criminal justice policy talk and action.
Read the full article here: https://rdcu.be/c1ZJS
Graduate Student Rebecca Tublitz Defends her Dissertation Prospectus
Congratulations to graduate student Rebecca Tublitz who successfully defended her dissertation prospectus titled, “Pretrial Policy Change and Place: Evaluating the Impacts of Bail Reform in Maryland.”
Co-Director Charis Kubrin Elected Member of the Council on Criminal Justice
Co-Director Charis Kubrin was recently elected a member of the Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ), an independent, nonpartisan organization that works to advance understanding of the criminal justice policy choices facing the nation and build consensus for solutions that enhance safety and justice for all. CCJ is a catalyst for progress based on facts, evidence and fundamental principles of justice. Learn more at: https://counciloncj.org/