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Addendum to widening the lens 2008

12/01/2009
Rethinking educational neglect for teenagers: new strategies for New York State

11/25/2009
A multiagency collaborative effort to address parental language barriers and disproportionate minority contact

11/19/2009
Cost-Benefit Analysis Unit podcast with Michael Jacobson

10/15/2009
The Vera Institute in New Orleans: reinventing justice

10/10/2009

Current Thinking

Dec
08

"Evil people do evil things."

by Alison Shames

Sadly, the saga of Maurice Clemmons, who was released on parole from prison in Arkansas, released on bail in Washington, and is now accused of killing four Seattle-area police officers, is not an uncommon one. But with any luck, this time policymakers will react differently.
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Nov
23

Recent testimony on mandatory sentencing on drug possession

by Michael Jacobson
Nov
04

Vera researchers at American Society of Criminology annual meeting

by Michael Jacobson

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Michael P. Jacobson joined Vera as its fourth director in January 2005. Before then he was a professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. A PhD in sociology, he was the New York City Correction Commissioner from 1995 to 1998 and the City's Probation Commissioner from 1992 to 1996.