So tonight is both a capstone to our project and an inaugural lecture in this new series. And we are grateful to Cornell's Center for the Study of Inequality directed by Kim Weeden.Īn important legacy of our project is an annual speakers series on mass incarceration and criminal justice that is co-sponsored with the Center for the Study of Inequality. We also thank Vice Provost Emmanuel Giannelis and the Office for the Vice Provost for Research for continued support of the Institute for the Social Sciences. At ISS, Anneliese Truame, Jackie Brett and Megan Pillar supported the project and helped organize tonight's event. This project was sponsored by Cornell's Institute for the Social Sciences, which is directed by Dan Lichter. The theme project team included myself, Maria Fitzpatrick in policy analysis and management, Annna Haskins in sociology, Julilly Kohler-Hausmann in history, and Christopher Wildeman in policy analysis and management. Tonight is a capstone event for a 3-year theme project on the causes, consequences, and future of mass incarceration in the United States. I'm a professor in the government department and director for the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at Cornell. PETER ENNS: I'm excited to see you all here tonight.
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