JC in the News
You can access the latest roundup of JC members in the news, appearing in outlets such as The Washington Post, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, NBC News, and The New York Times.
Scholar
- Baskin-Sommers 3
- Bell 10
- Betts 15
- Bozic 1
- Camacho 11
- Canales 1
- Doherty 3
- Forman Jr 21
- Goff 38
- Gohara 7
- Gripp 1
- Hinton 24
- Jackson 1
- Justice 1
- Justice Collaboratory 1
- Katsaros 3
- Kohler-Hausmann 6
- Meares 39
- Orihuela 1
- Papachristos 10
- Peyton 1
- Richeson 8
- Sarnoff 4
- Sierra-Arévalo 3
- Stanley 6
- Thomas 1
- Tyler 15
- Venkatesh 5
- Wang 7
- Weaver 8
- Yaffe 2
The myth of ‘a good guy with a gun’ relies upon people believing the worst about humanity
Daily Kos | Weaver is quoted on how "tough on crime" rhetoric served as a way to chip away at gains from the civil rights era.
When are police aggressive — and when are they respectful — toward Black Lives Matter protesters?
The Washington Post | This article references Vesla Weaver's 2017 study that used the term "race-class subjugated" to describe economically disadvantaged communities of color.
How broken policing is breaking our democracy
VOX | This article references Vesla Weaver's 2014 book Arresting Citizenship that examines the consequences of the carceral state for American democracy.
What the Police really believe
Vox | Justice Collaboratory members Phillip Atiba Goff and Vesla Weaver are featured in Vox about the largely unknown ideology of American policing — and how it justifies racist violence.
How Overpoliced Communities Become Politically Engaged
Niskanen Center Podcast | Justice Collaboratory member Professor Vesla Weaver (Johns Hopkins University) speaks with The Niskanen Center's podcast about The Portals Project, which finds that people in overpoliced neighborhoods have complicated attitudes toward police.
A history of police funding
Financial Times | Justice Collaboratory member Vesla Weaver speaks with the podcast Behind The Money about the role the federal government, and federal funding, have played in transforming policing in the US.
What the protesters want and why they might not get it
Vox | Justice Collaboratory member Professor Vesla Weaver of Johns Hopkins University spoke to Vox about the policy suggestions of the Kerner Commission.
The Lasting Effects of Stop-and-Frisk in Bloomberg's New York
New York Times | Justice Collaboratory member Professor Vesla Weaver’s (Johns Hopkins University) research on how aggressive stop-and-frisk tactics can impact voting is featured in the New York Times.