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How New York City Reduced Mass Incarceration

A Model for Change?

Over the past two decades, New York became one of the first states to significantly reduce its entire correctional population. A report co-authored by Vera President and Director Michael Jacobson contends that a shift in New York City’s policing practices in the 1990s—away from felony arrests and towards arrests for low-level offenses—was largely r ...

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Michael Jacobson

January 31, 2013

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Michael Jacobson Testimony on "Ending the School-to-Prison Pipeline" to U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Configure

Vera Institute of Justice President and Director Michael Jacobson submitted written testimony to a hearing titled “Ending the School-to-Prison Pipeline,” held on December 12, 2012 by the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights, chaired by Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois. Jacobson discusse ...

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Michael Jacobson

December 12, 2012

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Michael Jacobson Testimony

National Institute of Corrections Advisory Board Public Hearing, Aug. 22, 2012

Michael Jacobson, president and director of the Vera Institute of Justice, reported on Vera’s evidence-based research into the effectiveness and efficiency of existing corrections policies. He described findings from a number of studies, the use of cost-benefit analysis as a tool for assessing and reforming policy, and results of Vera-designed init ...

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Michael Jacobson

August 21, 2012

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Michael Jacobson Testimony on Reassessing Solitary Confinement to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, June 19, 2012

Vera Institute of Justice Director Michael Jacobson submitted written testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights on the occasion of its first-ever hearing on solitary confinement, in which he describes the work of Vera’s Segregation Reduction Project (SRP). Launched in 20 ...

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Michael Jacobson

June 19, 2012

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Vera examines ''sentencing within sentencing'' in new Federal Sentencing Reporter issue

Even if you have never read the journal Federal Sentencing Reporter (FSR), I urge you to have a look at the October issue. Earlier this year, the journal’s editors invited Vera to plan and coordinate a special edition—serendipitously, the invitation came just as we began celebrating our 50th anniversary. As guest editor, Alison Shames, of the Cent ...

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Michael Jacobson

October 05, 2011

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A former budget official's perspective on cost-benefit analysis

When I was a New York City budget official, I frequently heard from economists who would criticize budget makers, and me, in particular, for not using cost-benefit analysis as part of our decision-making process. While the idea made sense in principle, the prevailing cost-benefit models were either too academic or too skewed by their presupposition ...

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Michael Jacobson

April 18, 2011

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Recent testimony on mandatory sentencing for drug possession

I testified last week before Canada's Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, which is considering a legislative package requiring mandatory sentences for a host of drug possession and drug sale crimes. This is an unfortunate piece of legislation, especially for Canada, which has long had a progressive prison system and has ...

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Michael Jacobson

November 23, 2009

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Vera researchers at American Society of Criminology annual meeting

Many Vera researchers will be presenting their work at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, which begins today and continues through Saturday in Philadelphia. They will be covering a range of topics, including juvenile corrections, immigration, and cost-benefit analysis. Below is a complete list of Vera presenters and their to ...

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Michael Jacobson

November 04, 2009

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Remembering Neil Weiner

It's been only a week since we learned the tragic and shocking news that Neil Weiner, our research director and senior fellow, passed away. Neil joined Vera in 2006 to lead our research efforts. He commuted from Philadelphia every day and was on his way to work last Thursday when he died. His death was so sudden; I'm sure it leaves us all looking f ...

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Michael Jacobson

July 09, 2009

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