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New report examines frequency with which intimate partner violence survivors are incarcerated and how they fare in California parole process

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New report recommends ways to open access to the legal profession for people with criminal records.

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Stanford Law’s Criminal Justice Center Report on Major Gaps in California Criminal Justice Data Spurs New Proposed California Law

The California Criminal Justice Data Gap highlights data needs in the largest criminal justice system in America.

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Don't Stop Now


California leads the nation in using public higher education to address mass incarceration. Will we continue?

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Report on Investigating and Prosecuting Police Shootings


A new report from the Stanford Criminal Justice Center – At Arm’s Length: Improving the Criminal Investigation of Police Shootings - recommends ways to improve the criminal investigation and prosecution of police shootings.

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Report on Electronic Control Weapons (ECWs)


At the commission of the Berkeley City Council, Stanford Law School 3Ls Jena Neuscheler and Akiva Freidlin, authored a major report on the use of electronic control weapons (aka tasers) by police departments.

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SLS Students Present Research on Emerging Issues in Police Use of Technology to National Experts

SLS Students Present Research on Emerging Issues in Police Use of Technology


Twenty-four national experts ranging from academics to law enforcement recently participated in a roundtable on emerging issues in police use of technology.

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Inside Justice


Starting in Fall 2015, the Stanford Criminal Justice Center is sponsoring a new series, Inside Justice, to give SLS students opportunities to get out of the classroom to experience the criminal justice system first-hand.

See a short video here

Learn about upcoming events here
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Project ReMADE


Project ReMADE is the pro bono entrepreneurship boot camp the Stanford Criminal Justice Center founded and helps run for formerly incarcerated entrepreneurs.

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Predicting Parole Grants: An Analysis of Suitability Hearings for California’s Lifer Inmates


What factors determine parole release for individuals serving life sentences with the possibility parole? The Stanford Criminal Justice Center reviewed over 700 Board of Parole Hearing transcripts to find out.

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About the Stanford Criminal Justice Center (SCJC)

Founded in 2005, the Stanford Criminal Justice Center (SCJC) serves as a research and policy institute on issues related to the criminal legal system. Our efforts are geared both towards generating policy research for the public sector, as well as providing pedagogical opportunities to Stanford Law School students with academic or careers in interests in criminal law and crime policy.
The Stanford Criminal Justice Center is led by Faculty Co-Directors Professors David Sklansky, and Robert Weisberg, and Executive Director Debbie Mukamal.

Contact Us

For further information, please contact:

Debbie Mukamal
Executive Director
dmukamal@law.stanford.edu
Crown Quadrangle
559 Nathan Abbott Way, Room 383
Stanford, CA 94305
650 724.5786

We work closely with other entities at the law school involved with criminal justice.  For more information, please view the Criminal Law page here:

Criminal Law @ SLS
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