Neil Weiner, Vera’s former research director and senior fellow for research, evaluation, and policy, passed away in July 2009. Shortly before his passing, Neil helped create a research speaker series that has been named in his honor. The Neil A. Weiner Research Speaker Series invites prominent researchers to speak about their work on justice issues. For more information, please call 212-376-3115 or e-mail msanjuan@vera.org.

Friday, June 21 2013 | 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

Bruce Western
Professor of Sociology and Director of the Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality and Social Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

Todd Clear
Dean of the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University

"Is the Great American Punishment Experiment Over?"

Gregg Barak
Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Eastern Michigan University and the former Visiting Distinguished Professor in the College of Justice & Safety at Eastern Kentucky University

"Theft of a Nation: Why the Biggest Financial Crime in History was not Criminally Prosecuted by the United States"

Richard Gartner
Founding director of the Sexual Abuse Service at the William Alanson White Psychoanalytic Institute

"Betrayed as Boys: Understanding the Aftereffects of Boyhood Sexual Abuse"

Tom Tyler
Macklin Fleming Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology 
Yale Law School

"Fairness or Toughness: How Should Societies Deal with Terrorism?"

Paul Anthony Braga
Professor at the School of Criminal Justice
RutgersUniversity

"Reviewing the Evidence on the Effects of Focused Deterrence Strategies on Crime"