Debbie Mukamal

- Executive Director, Stanford Criminal Justice Center
- Lecturer in Law
- Room 383, Crown Quadrangle
Expertise
- Criminology/Criminal Law Policymaking
- Sentencing & Corrections
Biography
Debbie Mukamal is the Executive Director of the Stanford Criminal Justice Center at Stanford Law School. During her 25-year career she has launched and managed several major projects and initiatives related to improving the criminal justice system. Her current portfolio of work includes directing the Regilla Project, an effort to study the frequency with which women in the United States are imprisoned for killing their abusers, and the Center’s efforts to examine the move to virtual technology for criminal proceedings. Previous projects have included leading the Center’s efforts to address the admission bars to law school and the State Bar for people with criminal records; co-founding and running Project ReMADE, an entrepreneurship bootcamp for people with criminal records; and co-directing Renewing Communities (www.correctionstocollegeca.
Related Organizations
Courses
- Directed Research
- Policy Practicum: COVID-19 and the Effect of Video Technology on Indigent Defense Services
- Policy Practicum: Creating a National Census of Women Imprisoned for Murdering their Abusers
- Policy Practicum: Moving Forward from Dobbs
- Policy Practicum: Selective De-Policing: Operationalizing Concrete Reforms
In the News
A San Francisco Housing Complex Gives Domestic Abuse Victims a New Start
The New York Times
The number of Rosemary Dyers still behind bars is unknown. About 12,000 women are currently incarcerated for homicide offenses nationally, said Debbie Mukamal, the executive director of the Stanford Criminal Justice Center at Stanford Law School and the director of the Regilla Project, a three-year effort to study the frequency with which…
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