Criminology

Penn Medicine research finds Medicaid expansion helps increase access to medications for opioid use disorder, but limitations exist to broadening access.

From Penn Medicine News ・April 15, 2021

Data scientists at the Annenberg School for Communication are working with the Amistad Law Project to create an open access dashboard of data that can aid efforts to help the incarcerated communiy.

From Annenberg School for Communication, Ashton Yount ・February 18, 2021

Wharton’s Dean Knox discusses his research on racial bias in policing, and how retrospective data analysis can help inform future practices.

From Knowledge at Wharton ・October 30, 2020

For low-level offenses in New York City, text nudges and a redesigned summons form decreased failure-to-appear rates by about 20% and led to 30,000 fewer arrest warrants over a three-year period.

Michele W. Berger ・October 8, 2020

The Quattrone Center’s inaugural summer internship program allowed students respond to calls for community reform, accountability, and justice.

From Penn Carey Law ・October 7, 2020

Professor of law, business, and public policy David S. Abrams’ report, “COVID-19: An Early Empirical Look,” analyzes data from over 25 large cities in the U.S.

October 2, 2020

The Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice is pioneering a systemic, data-driven approach to criminal justice reform. Its executive director, John Hollway, started with the idea that the law should function more like science.

The Pennsylvania Gazette ・September 2, 2020

The second virtual event in its summer series, “A Path for Change: Policing in America” is part of a yearlong colloquium titled “Achieving Racial Justice.”

From Penn Carey Law ・July 14, 2020

Co-sponsored by LDI and the Penn Injury Science Center, a virtual seminar on Policing, Race and Health: Prospects for Reform kicks off what will be a continuing series of conversations on the topic over the next year.

Hoag Levins ・July 10, 2020

Criminologist and statistician Richard Berk, who worked on the report as a graduate student, explains the systemic racism and poverty found to underlie violent unrest in the 1960s and where COVID-19 and the economy fit today.

Michele W. Berger ・June 29, 2020