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Save to My PortfolioThe Consolidation of Judicial Reform in Latin America: Fantasy or Reality?

Thursday, April 24, 2008
12:30 PM to 2:00PM
Washington, DC

The Transparency and Accountability Project hosted Diana Villiers Negroponte, Brookings Nonresident Senior Fellow, to discuss the elements necessary for effective judicial reform in Latin America and the obstacles thrown into its path. Read More

Global Governance, Courts, Latin America, Justice and Law, Crime

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioTackling Transnational Crime: Adapting U.S. National Security Policy

Vanda Felbab-Brown, Spring 2008, National Strategy Forum Review

Vanda Felbab-Brown notes that the absence of traditional security threats eminating from Latin America have elevated crime to the top of the national security agenda in the Southern Hemisphere.  She argues that crime threats on the local level should get as much attention as transnational activity because it addresses the root of the issue.  Read More

Transnational Security Threats, Colombia, Latin America, Crime

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioWhat Happens If the Supreme Court Recognizes Individual Gun Rights? Not Much.

Benjamin Wittes, March 21, 2008, The New Republic

A decision recognizing an individual right to gun ownership will put a limit on how far gun control can go, writes Ben Wittes.  Those who dream of a gun-free society will have to dream of ratifying a new constitutional amendment. Read More

Courts, U.S. Judiciary, Justice and Law, Crime, Governance

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Death Clock: Don't Count Out the Death Penalty Yet

Benjamin Wittes, January 07, 2008, The New Republic

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Merida Initiative: Time for a Healthy Public Debate

Diana Villiers Negroponte, November 06, 2007, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioVirginia Tech and Our Impoverished Language for Evil

Gregg Easterbrook, April 30, 2007, The New Republic

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioMore COPS

Jens Ludwig and John J. Donohue III, March 2007, Policy Brief #158: ""More COPS"" By John J. Donohue III and Jens Ludwig

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Save to My PortfolioWhat Should Be the Future of the Death Penalty?

Tuesday, September 05, 2006
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Washington, DC

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioGive Illegal Immigrants Licenses and Obligations

Peter Skerry, August 20, 2006, Los Angeles Times

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioTo Take a Bite Out of Crime: Safeguard the Census

Andrew Reamer, June 26, 2006, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioTransitioning Ex-Offenders into Jobs and Society

Hugh B. Price, April 10, 2006, washingtonpost.com

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Save to My PortfolioGoverning Gotham: Lessons from Rudolph Giuliani's Successes and Failures

Wednesday, July 13, 2005
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Washington, DC

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioDo Police Reduce Crime?

Thursday, October 07, 2004
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Washington, DC

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioDo Police Reduce Crime? Estimates Using the Allocation of Police Forces After a Terrorist Attack

Ernesto Schargrodsky and Rafael Di Tella, October 2004, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioFederal Prison Industries: Fair to business, vital to society

Larry D. Thompson, 1-Mar-04, Federal Times

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioTerrorism and the U.S. Criminal Justice System

Larry D. Thompson, 12-Oct-03, Keynote Address, American Board of Criminal Lawyers, 25th Annual Dinner

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioCriminal Justice Reform

Larry D. Thompson, October 10, 2003, Symposium Keynote Address, The Joseph E. Lowery Institute for Justice & Human Rights

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Save to My PortfolioEvaluating Gun Policy

Jens Ludwig and Philip I. Cook, February 18, 2003

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Jens Ludwig

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Economic Studies

Jens Ludwig focuses on poverty; low-income families; criminal justice, and schooling intervention. A professor at the University of Chicago, he has conducted research on federal programs aimed at reducing dependence on public housing.
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Research ProjectLatin America Initiative

The Latin America Initiative provides high-quality, in-depth, and independent research across a range of economic and political issues, and offers policy recommendations aimed at U.S. and Latin American policymakers. Read More

ExpertBenjamin Wittes

Benjamin Wittes, a New Republic online columnist, focuses on the Supreme Court; judicial nominations and confirmations; and legal issues surrounding the war on terrorism.

Policy CenterEngelberg Center for Health Care Reform

The Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform provides practical solutions to achieve high-quality, innovative, affordable health care with particular emphasis on identifying opportunities on the national, state and local levels.

ProgramGovernance Studies

Governance Studies explores political institutions of the United States and other democracies to assess how they govern, how their practices compare and how citizens and public servants can advance sound governance.

ExpertSuzanne Maloney

Suzanne Maloney studies Iran, the political economy of the Persian Gulf and Middle East energy policy. A former U.S. State Department policy advisor, she has also counseled private companies on Middle East issues.

ExpertMartin Neil Baily

Martin Baily, a former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, focuses on issues of globalization, productivity and competitiveness, Social Security reform and U.S. economic policy.

ExpertSarah A. Binder

Sarah Binder is an expert on Congress and legislative politics.  Her current projects focus on the politics of federal judicial selection and the consequences of partisan polarization.

ExpertRebecca Blank

Rebecca Blank is an expert on the interaction between the macroeconomy, government anti-poverty programs, and the behavior and well being of low-income families. She has just been named the Robert V. Kerr senior fellow at Brookings.

Policy CenterWolfensohn Center for Development

The Wolfensohn Center seeks effective solutions to key development challenges in order to create a more prosperous and stable world with a focus on aid effectiveness, early childhood development and Middle East youth.

ExpertAlice M. Rivlin

Alice Rivlin, the first director of the Congressional Budget Office, is an expert on urban issues as well as fiscal, monetary and social policy. She directs the Greater Washington Research project. 

ExpertDavid B. Sandalow

A former assistant secretary of state and White House staffer, Sandalow is author of "Freedom from Oil" and an expert on energy policy and global warming.

ExpertWilliam Galston

Bill Galston, the Ezra K. Zilkha Chair in Governance Studies, is an expert on domestic policy, political campaigns and elections. His research focuses on designing a new social contract and the implications of political polarization.

ExpertBruce Katz

Bruce Katz, vice president and founding director of the Metropolitan Policy Program, regularly advises national, state, regional and municipal leaders on policy reforms that advance the competitiveness of metropolitan areas.

ExpertWarwick J. McKibbin

An international economics expert based in Australia, Warwick McKibbin focuses his research on global climate change; the emergence of China and India into the world economy; and global economic modeling.

Research ProjectManaging Global Insecurity

MGI provides recommendations to the next U.S. president, the UN and key international partners to launch a strategic effort to build global partnerships and international institutions to meet twenty-first century trans-border challenges.

ExpertHugh B. Price

Former president and chief executive officer of the National Urban League, Hugh Price is an expert on education, civil rights, equal opportunity and criminal justice. His 40-year career spans journalism, philanthropy, the law, and social advocacy.