Bruce Western

Professor of sociology @Columbia and co-director of the Columbia University Justice Lab @CUJusticeLab

[Bruce Western @WesternBruce]

@Econ_Mike @umichECON @UM_PSC @umichLSA Congratulations Mike. This is a wonderful result!

[Bruce Western @WesternBruce]

@DrDesmondPatton Congratulations Desmond!

[Bruce Western @WesternBruce]

A great new report by Selen Perker and Lael Chester at @CUJusticeLab on emerging adults in the courts and incarceration. Emerging adult innovations point to a new paradigm geared towards human development and community investment rather than punishment.

https://t.co/yEWw8i83Es

[Council on Criminal Justice @CouncilonCJ]

@devah_pager @WesternBruce These findings suggest that reducing the use of fines and fees is unlikely to have a substantial impact on crime, nor is it likely to have a pronounced influence on the budgets of the governments that impose them: https://t.co/hLzfFCQPq5

[Bruce Western @WesternBruce]

@JTravis48 @Arnold_Ventures @CUJusticeLab @square1justice Congratulations on an amazing run Jeremy and welcome on board at the Justice Lab!

[Bruce Western @WesternBruce]

@theNASciences @Columbia Congratulations Mario!

[Bruce Western @WesternBruce]

@theNASciences @JLeeSoc @nyuniversity Congratulations Paul!!

[Bruce Western @WesternBruce]

@dsallentess @UChicagoPress This is fantastic Danielle. Congratulations

[Bruce Western @WesternBruce]

@csirois13 This is a wonderful and important and paper Cathy. We’ll done.

[Bruce Western @WesternBruce]

@jenniferdoleac What a fantastic appointment. Congratulations Jennifer!

[Columbia Justice Lab @CUJusticeLab]

The Columbia Justice Lab is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Scholar to work on the Raise the Age Research Project, the Punishment and Incarceration in NYC Project, and the Probation and Parole Reform Project! For more information and to apply, visit https://t.co/vC329PdzNf

[Harvard Ash Center @HarvardAsh]

TOMORROW: Don't miss out on an in-person discussion with @KhalilGMuhammad and @WesternBruce on the recent publication "Reducing Racial Inequality in Crime and Justice"

⏰ 11:30 AM-1:30 PM ET
📍Bell Hall, fifth floor, Belfer Building, HKS

Sign up here ⤵️
https://t.co/BzPLH97hng

[The New Press @thenewpress]

Tonight! Join @square1justice to celebrate the publication of PARSIMONY AND OTHER RADICAL IDEAS ABOUT JUSTICE with contributors @WesternBruce, @JTravis48, @Vivian_D_Nixon, @HuffmanKA, @mearest, @ngertner, and a spoken word performance by Aisha X. Elliott https://t.co/cQiv4fxDFt

[Arnold Ventures @Arnold_Ventures]

Full house last night at @busboysandpoets for the DC launch of "Parsimony and Other Radical Ideas about Justice" edited by AV Executive Vice President of Criminal Justice @JTravis48 and @WesternBruce.

Find out more about this new book: https://t.co/vG0J2gcnHA

[Michael McBride @impastormike_]

Gratitude for the opportunity to share during @TEDx Los Angeles the story of @LiveFreeUS AND lessons learned that convinced us we can have peace in our times! I appreciate your good thoughts & prayers #IAmAPeacemaker #LIVEFREE #FUNDPEACE #breakthecycleofviolence #endgunviolence

[Poverty Research IRP @IRP_UW]

"Court Fees Criminalize Low-Income Defendants" Rebecca Goldstein @BerkeleyLaw @HelenHoPhD @HKS_PeopleLab & @WesternBruce @Columbia @CUJusticeLab look at how court fees criminalize low-income defendants when they can't pay. In memory of co-author @devah_pager @HarvardSoc 5/6

[The Square One Project @square1justice]

Which policy solutions & approaches hold the most promise for reducing racial inequality in crime & justice?

A new report from @WesternBruce @KhalilGMuhammad & others helps answer this question and more. RSVP now for a webinar today to learn more: https://t.co/hqDaZMbVvN

[Columbia Justice Lab @CUJusticeLab]

We are pleased to welcome our new Senior Fellow, Jeremy Travis, to the Justice Lab at Columbia University. Jeremy's new role at the Lab will begin in July 2023. https://t.co/cBMaFIlJCC

[Andrew Leigh @ALeighMP]

Since the 1980s, imprisonment rates have more than doubled, while most crime rates have fallen. ⁦@Paul_Karp⁩ previews my speech to the Australian Institute of Criminology conference #aic2022 #auspol https://t.co/65DMIRQShD

[Bruce Western @WesternBruce]

I Spent Over 40 Years Working in Corrections. I Wasn’t Ready for Rikers. https://t.co/T0OHNQTSgt via @MarshallProj