This fall, a new Harvard course has helped students become part of the effort to reform the nation’s criminal justice system.... Read more about Hard time gets a hard look

In a new study, published in the current issue of the American Sociological Review, I investigate how publicized cases of police violence against unarmed black men — most prominently the 2004 beating of Frank Jude by white police officers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin — affected 911 calls in Milwaukee. Coauthored with fellow...

Doctoral candidate Asad L. Asad was one of three graduate students selected to be a Radcliffe Institute Graduate Student Fellow for 2016-17.... Read more about Asad L. Asad selected as Radcliffe Fellow

Discrimination in hiring continues to limit the opportunities available to racial minorities. How do job seekers respond to this reality? Some argue that job seekers tailor their searches in ways that allow them to avoid discrimination. Others suggest that job seekers adapt by casting a wider net in their search. Until now, we have known little about this process, largely because no existing data source has closely followed individuals through their job search.... Read more about Race, Self-Selection, and the Job Search Process

We are delighted to announce that Bruce Western has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences... Read more about Bruce Western elected to the National Academy of Sciences

Gun Violence is at the Root of Michael Brown's Death, an opinion piece by Devah Pager and ...

"How can we understand the demonstrations that erupted around the country after the grand juries in Missouri and New York declined to indict white police officers in the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, two unarmed African-American men?... Read more about Protests Shine Light on Deeper Issues with Modern Justice

In urging criminal justice reforms, a committee co-chaired by Bruce Western, Professor of Sociology and Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Professor of Criminal Justice, drew from detailed data on the rise of U.S. prison populations from 1973 to 2009.... Read more about 'Prisons are part of a poverty trap'