The Process of Policy Seminar Series: Criminal Justice

Criminal justice has garnered widespread public and policymaker attention in recent years as communities and policymakers consider the implications of privatizing prisons, racial biases in policing, decriminalization of marijuana, and alternative policing models, among a host of other issues. These issues have elicited broad participation by community, public, nonprofit and other stakeholders. This panel convenes a set of academics and practitioners that will discuss key policy issues in criminal justice and how governments have sought to convene different stakeholders in the criminal justice policymaking process and the implications of diverse stakeholder engagement on policy design.

Moderators: 

Saba Siddiki, Professor and Director of the Center for Policy Design and Governance, Syracuse University

Ryan Suto, Interim Director of Government Affairs, FairVote

Panelists:

Gabriela Kirk-Werner, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Syracuse University

Trelaine Ito, Senior Advisor, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice

Maha Jweied, Chief Executive Officer, Responsible Business Initiative for Justice

Michael Sisitzky, Assistant Policy Director, New York Civil Liberties Union