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Criminal justice

Lady Justice against a background of coronavirus particles
A carceral crisis
Published Oct 15, 2020
A new report published by Johns Hopkins provides recommendations for preventing the spread of COVID-19 in the criminal justice system
Hanna Pickard
Philosophy
Hanna Pickard, an expert in moral psychology, named 45th BDP
Published July 10, 2019
Her research centers on the nature of mental disorders and how society ought to respond to maladaptive behaviors like crime and addiction
Handcuffs
Political science
Generational divides in crime and punishment
Published April 29, 2019
Study finds that millennials are arrested more often than previous generations, even when they report committing fewer crimes
Prison cell
Incarcerated Women
Landmark study compiles data on pregnant women in prisons
Published April 11, 2019
Groundbreaking study calculates prevalence of pregnancy in prisons and tracks health outcomes of incarcerated mothers and their babies
Brett Kavanaugh
Commentary
A pattern of 'maximum tolerance'
Published Oct 1, 2018
Kavanaugh hearings reveal a discrepancy in how affluent white offenders experience criminal justice system in America, sociologist Vesla Weaver writes / Vox.com
A cartoon illustration shows a figure throwing paper into a trashcan
When the abuser is a child, too
Published Spring 2018
The criminal justice system is failing children convicted of child sex abuse, Hopkins researchers say / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Vesla Weaver
Interdisciplinary scholars
Trailblazing social scientist joins JHU
Published Nov 6, 2017
Vesla Weaver is a leading scholar on racial inequality, criminal justice issues
Activism is the new black
Published Feb 11, 2016
'Orange Is the New Black' author Piper Kerman discusses prison reform
Dawn Porter speaks at podium
Race in America
A broken system
Published Dec 2, 2015
America's broken criminal justice system is our 'greatest civil rights challenge,' filmmaker says