Promoting Prosocial Identity: A New Pathway for Positive Youth Development We’re thrilled to share our latest paper titled “Getting Traction on Positive Youth Justice: Prosocial Identity as a Promising Target for Intervention,” authored by our team members Luyi Jian and…
Celebrating Luyi: Berkeley’s Latest Computational Research for Equity in the Legal System (CRELS) Fellow! We are beyond thrilled to share that one of our outstanding lab members, Luyi, has been accepted into the esteemed UC Berkeley Computational Research for Equity…
Place Matters: Racial Disparities in Pretrial Detention Recommendations Across the U.S. (2023) Abstract: Federal pretrial services officers assess defendants and make influential recommendations that defendants be either released or detained, based on their threat to community safety and risk of…
Understanding Racial Disparities in Pretrial Detention Recommendations to Shape Policy Reform (2022) Abstract: Research Summary: Federal pretrial services and probation officers assess defendants and make influential recommendations that defendants be either released or detained, based on their threat to community…
A Fresh Perspective on Juvenile Justice: Luyi Jian’s Brief on Prosocial Identity and Youth Reoffending Fresh off the press! Our team member Luyi Jian has just published a start-of-project brief that offers a deep-dive into prosocial identities and their role…
Dr. Skeem & Dr. Montoya reveal criminal history, not bias, drives racial disparities in pretrial detention, calling for policy reform. Dr. Jennifer Skeem & Dr. Lina Montoya’s latest study, ‘Understanding racial disparities in pretrial detention recommendations to shape policy reform’,…
Dr. Skeem and Dr. Manchak’s Analysis of a Promising Probation Program for Those with Mental Illness in Texas The research study, led by Dr. Jennifer Skeem and Dr. Sarah Manchak, focused on the Specialty Mental Health Probation program in Texas.…
From Student to Professor: Celebrating Dr. Stephania Hayes’ Incredible Journey! We are beyond thrilled to announce that our esteemed alumnus, Dr. Stephania Hayes, has made a remarkable stride in her career! Now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry…
