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Criminal Justice

Mike Massoglia Co-authors Book on Prisons and Health

Posted on September 26, 2022

The book Prisons and Health in the Age of Mass Incarceration will be published on September 30 and is described by its publisher, Oxford University Press, as being “the first comprehensive and empirical book focused …

Posted in NewsTagged Criminal Justice, Faculty, News, public health

Mike Light’s Research on Criminal Justice Reform Featured in “The Washington Post”

Posted on March 31, 2021

Associate Professor Mike Light’s study demonstrating the decline of racial inequality in federal drug-crime sentencing was recently published in “Social Forces” and is highlighted in Charles Lane’s editorial column in “The Washington Post.”  Lane writes, …

Posted in NewsTagged Criminal Justice, Faculty, News

Opinion piece in Newsweek: John Eason States Need to Vaccinate the Prison Population

Posted on December 18, 2020

Eason, who wrote this article with 3 colleagues who also research criminal justice, points out how some of the counties in the U.S. that are most affected by COVID-19 are those where correctional facilities are …

Posted in Faculty & Lecturers, NewsTagged Criminal Justice, Inequality, News

Study by Michael Light Demonstrates Low Crime Rates among Undocumented Immigrants Compared to U.S. Citizens

Posted on December 8, 2020

Associate Professor Michael Light, and UW-Madison graduate student co-authors Jingying He and Jason Robey, had their research published in an article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that compares crime rates between …

Posted in Faculty & Lecturers, Grants & Research Findings, News, Student & AlumniTagged Criminal Justice, Faculty, News

John Eason Interviewed on COVID-19 in Wisconsin Prisons

Posted on September 4, 2020

Wisconsin Public Radio presented a news story on the rate of COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin prisons on Thursday, September 3.  John Eason, Associate Professor of Sociology and director of the University of Wisconsin Justice Lab, …

Posted in Faculty & Lecturers, NewsTagged Criminal Justice, News

Reduction of Inmates at Dane County Jail Flattened the COVID-19 Curve

Posted on August 3, 2020

John Eason, Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the UW-Madison Justice Lab, has presented early results from a research project that suggest that efforts to reduce the jail population in the months of January, …

Posted in Faculty & Lecturers, Grants & Research Findings, NewsTagged Criminal Justice, Inequality, News

Money Bail System Treats Rich and Poor Differently

Posted on July 30, 2020

A guest column by Professor Emerita Pamela Oliver was published in the July 25 edition of the Wisconsin State Journal that describes how the money bail system unfairly affects decisions on guilt and punishment in our …

Posted in Faculty & Lecturers, NewsTagged Criminal Justice, Inequality, News

John Eason Receives NSF Funding for Research on COVID-19

Posted on July 27, 2020

Associate Professor John Eason has received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to research the extent of the reciprocal relationship of infections and deaths from COVID-19 among prisoners, correctional staff and the larger …

Posted in Faculty & Lecturers, Grants & Research Findings, NewsTagged Criminal Justice, Faculty, News

John Eason Researching Mitigation of Spread of COVID-19 in Dane County Jail

Posted on June 30, 2020

On June 3 the Dane County Criminal Justice Council announced a new research partnership with John Eason, Associate Professor of Sociology, to determine the impact of jail population reduction on the incidence of COVID-19 in the …

Posted in Faculty & Lecturers, NewsTagged Criminal Justice, Faculty, Inequality, public health

Research by Pam Oliver on History of Protests against Police Brutality

Posted on June 16, 2020

Pam Oliver recently provided comment about current and historical protests against police brutality in an interview with Madison’s NBC 15 news.  She is working on a research project analyzing how racism and black protests against …

Posted in Faculty & Lecturers, NewsTagged Criminal Justice, Inequality, News
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