Johanna Wald, The Crime Report
March 22, 2018
In this article the author reports on research conducted by the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute into what Fordham University Professor John Pfaff calls the “prosecutorial black box.” Pfaff has written:
“If you are going to reduce the prison population, prosecutors are going to be the ones who have to lead the way.”
In this research reported here involved in depth interviews with current and former prosecutors who “had tried to enact reforms from the inside.” The findings are instructive and the article is rich in detail but the author concludes:
Read ArticleThese interviews represent just a first step.
Johanna Wald
We need more data—both quantitative and qualitative—to more fully understand how changes to prosecutorial culture and incentives can accelerate the movement to create a more equitable and humane justice system.
