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
- Nobo 4
- Orihuela 1
- Papachristos 10
- Peyton 1
- Richeson 8
- Sierra-Arévalo 3
- Stanley 6
- Thomas 1
- Tyler 15
- Venkatesh 5
- Wang 7
- Weaver 8
- Yaffe 2

Connecticut Hasn't Commuted A Single Prisoner's Sentence Since Before The Pandemic
WBUR | Miriam Gohara calls for Connecticut's Board of Pardons and Paroles to commute sentences for certain prisoners.
Why Kamala Harris and Joe Biden inspire hope, according to a legal scholar
Fast Company | Justice Collaboratory member and Million Book Project Director Reginald Dwayne Betts ’16 spoke with Fast Company about his optimism for the future.
Across the Country, Voters Approve More Civilian Oversight of Police
NPR | Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law Tracey Meares was interviewed on NPR about police reform measures that were approved by communities across the country in last week’s election.
Kamala Harris, Mass Incarceration, and Me - A Commentary by Reginald Dwayne Betts
New York Times Magazine | Reginald Dwayne Betts ’16 is Director of the Million Book Project, hosted by the Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School.
The Dystopian Police State the Trump Administration Wants
The New York Times | Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law and Founding Director of The Justice Collaboratory Tracey L. Meares is quoted in a New York Times commentary about possible changes to policing.
The Complicated Role of Black Leaders in Shaping the Criminal Justice System
NPR | J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law Professor James Forman Jr., ’92 speaks with NPR’s Code Switch about Sen. Kamala Harris’s past as a prosecutor and his book Locking Up Our Own.
Can Politics Handle Police Reform in 2020? An Expert Roundtable
Politico | Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law and Founding Director of The Justice Collaboratory Tracey Meares took part in a Politico roundtable discussion about police reform.
What works to reduce police brutality
APA Monitor | Macklin Fleming Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology Tom Tyler and Justice Collaboratory member Phillip Atiba Goff’s research is cited in this article in the October issue of the APA Monitor on Psychology.
Americans don't support the idea of defunding the police
Washington Post | Justice Collaboratory researchers Kyle Peyton and Paige Vaughn write for the Washington Post that the defund the police slogan may undermine support for the movement against police violence.
Elizabeth Alexander's Fierce Vision of Social Justice
The Wall Street Journal | The Million Book Project, Professor of Law Elizabeth Hinton, and Reginald Dwayne Betts ’16 are mentioned in a Wall Street Journal story about Elizabeth Alexander’s initiatives at the Mellon Foundation.
The Confidence in Police is at Record Low, Gallup Survey Finds
The New York Times | Justice Collaboratory member Professor Phillip Atiba Goff spoke with The New York Times about the downward trend in police confidence.
Americans are Determined to Believe in Black Progress - A Commentary by Jennifer Richeson
The Atlantic | Jennifer A. Richeson is Philip R. Allen Professor of Psychology at Yale University and a member of the Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School.
Freedom libraries designed to liberate the minds of prisoners
MPR News | Million Book Project Director Dwayne Betts ’16 speaks with Minnesota Public Radio about the project and the curation of books.
How to confront racism in policing
CBS This Morning | Professor Phillip Atiba Goff speaks about rethinking in the definition of racism can lead to big changes in racial bias in policing.
The murder spike in big US cities, explained
Vox | Walton Hale Hamilton Professor Tracey Meares is quoted in a Vox article about the spike in murders in large US cities.
We train police to be warriors - and then send them out to be social workers
Vox | Professors Tracey L. Meares and Tom Tyler, Founding Directors of The Justice Collaborator, are quoted in a Vox article about police training.
Spotlight on Criminal Justice Reform During National Conversation on Race
WNPR | Million Book Project Director Dwayne Betts ’16 was interviewed on WNPR’s “Where We Live” to talk about the project.
Few Americans want to abolish police, Gallup survey finds
The Washington Post | Justice Collaboratory member Phillip Atiba Goff speaks with The Washington Post about a new nationwide survey asking about defunding the police.