John Pfaff - Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration... - John Jay Research Book Talk
Channel: John Jay Research
Date: 2018-01-09

Publisher site: http://bit.ly/2CVjwsS
Speaker bio: https://www.fordham.edu/info/23171/john_pfaff

Fordham University Law Professor John Pfaff presents a talk based on his 2016 book 'Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration and How to Achieve Real Reform' at John Jay College on November 7th, 2017.

"Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration and How to Achieve Real Reform" provides a groundbreaking examination of the US system of imprisonment, arguing that mid-1990s changes in prosecutor behavior play the largest role in our current crisis of mass incarceration. It urges us to think differently about prison reform.

John Pfaff is Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law. His research focuses primarily on the role of criminal sentencing policies and practices in contributing to mass incarceration. His recent work has illuminated the previously underappreciated role that prosecutorial discretion has played in driving up prison populations.