Contributors

Vera thanks all the participants of Justice in Focus: Crime Bill @ 20.


There at the Beginning

Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States 

Jeremy Travis, President, John Jay College, City University of New York 

Laurie Robinson, Clarence J. Robinson Professor of Criminology, Law & Society, George Mason University 

Adam Gelb, Director, Public Safety Performance Project, The Pew Charitable Trusts 

Ron Weich, Dean, University of Baltimore School of Law 

Bobby Scott, U.S. Representative, Virginia's 3rd District 

Kristen Mahoney, Deputy Director for Policy, Bureau of Justice Assistance


Perspectives on Punishment

Pat Nolan, Director, Center for Criminal Justice Reform, the American Conservative Union Foundation 

John Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections 

Stanley Richards, Senior Vice President, The Fortune Society

Glenn Loury, Professor, Brown University

Fred Patrick, Director, Pathways Project, Vera Institute of Justice

Mike Lee, U.S. Senator, Utah

Piper Kerman, Author, Orange is the New Black


Cops and Communities

Mitch Landrieu, Mayor, New Orleans

Bill Bratton, Commissioner, New York Police Department

Susan Shah, Project Director, Vera Institute of Justice

Richard Stanek, Sheriff, Hennepin County, Minnesota


Confronting Violence Against Women

Barbara A. Mikulski, U.S. Senator and Chairwoman, Senate Appropriations Committee and the Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Subcommittee 

Kim Gandy, President and CEO, National Network to End Domestic Violence  


The Bigger Picture

Gara LaMarche, President, Democracy Alliance

Alan Jenkins, Executive Director, The Opportunity Agenda

Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, PolicyLink

Marc Levin, Founder, Right on Crime

Robert E. Rubin, Co-Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations and Former Secretary of the U.S. Treasury

Rev. Dr. Gabriel Salguero, President, National Latino Evangelical Coalition

David Cloud, Senior Program Associate, Substance Use and Mental Health Program, Vera Institute of Justice

Craig DeRoche, President, Justice Fellowship

Jeanette Betancourt, Ed.D, Vice President, Outreach and Educational Practices, Sesame Workshop