Criminal Justice

Events and Videos

• Law Enforcement Perspectives On Drug Prohibition (March 09, 2016)
• Are Current Drug Laws the New Jim Crow?, featuring Rev. Edwin Sanders (March 9, 2012)
• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, featuring Michelle Alexander (Jan. 17, 2011)
• Staying Alive on the Outside (April 26, 2016)
• Baker Institute Viewpoints — Civil Liberties (May 2013)
• The War on Drugs Has Failed. Is Legalization the Answer? — Law Enforcement Perspectives (March 9, 2012)

Research Papers and Issue Briefs

• Houston-Area Law Enforcement Leaders Favor Drug Policy Reform, compiled and edited by William Martin, Ph.D. (Dec. 8, 2017)
• A Second Chance For Drug Offenders, by Katharine A. Neill, Ph.D. (Sept. 28, 2015)
• Race And Imprisonment: Uneven Justice, by Katharine A. Neill, Ph.D. (Oct.13, 2014)

Newspapers and Magazines

• The Policy And Politics Of Drug Sentencing, by William Martin, Ph.D. (May 6, 2013)
• The War On Drugs: A New Paradigm, by Lawrence T. Jablecki (Oct. 28, 2008)

Op-eds, Blogs and Online Publications

• Baker Institute Viewpoints — Jury Nullification (Feb. 9, 2014)
• DOJ Inmate Release Plan Explained, by Katharine A. Neill, Ph.D. (Oct. 8, 2015)
• Jail diversion for drug arrests in Harris County, by Katharine A. Neill, Ph.D. (Oct. 6, 2015)
• D.A. Candidates Plan To Reform Marijuana Policy, by Katharine A. Neill, Ph.D. (Oct. 30, 2014)
• Texas Should Not Mandate Drug Tests For Unemployment Benefits, by Nathan P. Jones, Ph.D. (March 29, 2013)