Professor Crespo’s research focuses on the institutional design and administration of the criminal justice system, with a particular focus on the administrative role courts play in regulating law enforcement behavior. His recent article, Systemic Facts, was published in the Harvard Law Review and was honored by the AALS Criminal Justice Section as the best paper on criminal justice issues written by a tenure-track professor in 2015. An earlier article, Regaining Perspective, was featured in the New York Times, and his forthcoming paper, The Hidden Law of Plea Bargaining, will soon be published in the Columbia Law Review. Professor Crespo's writing also appears in The Boston Globe as well as online at Lawfare, Just Security and Take Care.