Policy Briefs
Examining Racial Disparities in California Criminal Record Clearance
The Persistence of Racial Disparities Following State Prison Reform
Violence, Management, and Correctional Officer Mental Health
The Effects of College Behind Bars
Best Practices in Prison Higher Education
Connecting Families to their Stimulus Payments
Data Sets
Alliance for Higher Education in Prison: National Directory
California Policy Lab: Department of Social Services Data
Vera Institute of Justice: Incarceration Trends
University of California Berkeley: Campus Policing Survey
University of California Santa Cruz: Campus Policing Survey
Kaiser Family Foundation: Health Insurance Coverage
California Correctional Officer Survey: Baseline
California Correctional Officer Survey: Mental Health
California Correctional Officer Survey: COVID-19
Research Reports
UC Berkeley Community Policing Survey
UC Santa Cruz Community Policing Survey
Prison University Project Program Evaluation Progress Report
The Prison University Project: Qualitative Evidence on the Impact of Prison Higher Education
Officer Health and Wellness: Results from the California Correctional Officer Survey
Violence and Safety Report: Experiences of California Correctional Officers
California State Prisons During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Understanding the Landscape of Prison Higher Education
Working Papers
Beyond Pell Restoration: Addressing Persistent Funding Challenges in Prison Higher Education Toward Racial and Economic Justice. Working Paper. Erin Castro, Caisa Royer, Amy Lerman, and Mary Gould.
Racial Threat, Demographic Change, and Police Calls for Service. Working Paper. Amy Lerman, Alyssa Mooney, and Alexander Sahn.
The Impacts of Implementation: Local Variation in State Policy Reform. Working Paper. Amy Lerman and Alyssa Mooney.
How Hinging Eligibility for Reforms on Criminal History Favors White Americans: The Case of California’s Public Safety Realignment. Working paper. Alyssa Skog, Alissa Mooney, and Amy Lerman.
Racial Equity in Eligibility for a Clean Slate under Automatic Criminal Record Relief Laws. Working Paper. Alyssa Mooney, Alissa Skog, and Amy Lerman.
Reimagining (Measurement of) Public Safety: Defining “Community” in Participatory Research. Working Paper. Naomi Levy, Amy Lerman, Peter Dixon, and Karalyn Lacey.
Race, Place, and Policy Change: Variation in the Effects of Urban Criminal Justice Reform. Working Paper. Amy Lerman and Alyssa Mooney.
Academic Papers
The Effects of Post-release Community Supervision Reform
Lerman AE, Sadin M, Morrison W, Wieselthier J. 2022. Journal of Experimental Criminology .
Transformational learning and identity shift: Evidence from a campus behind bars
Lerman AE and Sadin M. 2022. Punishment & Society.
Pleading for Justice: Bullpen Therapy, Pre-Trial Detention, and Plea Bargains in American Courts
Lerman AE, Green AL, & Dominguez P. March 2021. Crime & Delinquency.
The Downside of Downsizing: Persistence of Racial Disparities Following State Prison Reform
Lerman AE and Mooney AC. April 2021. Punishment & Society.
Clarifying the Role of Officer Coping on Turnover in Corrections Harney, J. and Lerman, A. 2021. Criminal Justice Studies.
Prisons and Mental Health: Violence, Organizational Support, and the Effects of Correctional Work Lerman, AE, Harney, J. & Sadin, M. 2021. Criminal Justice & Behavior 49(2):191-199.
The Pandemic in Prison: Implications for California Politics and Policymaking
Lerman, AE and Harney, J. 2020. California Journal of Politics and Policy, 12(1).
Where Policies and Politics Diverge: Awareness, Assessments, and Attribution in The ACA
Lerman, AE & Trachtman, S. 2020. Public Opinion Quarterly, 84(2):419–445.
Good Enough for Government Work: The Public Reputation Crisis in America (And What We Can Do To Fix It) Lerman, A.E. 2019. The University of Chicago Press.
Policy Uptake as Political Behavior: Evidence from the Affordable Care Act
Lerman, A., Sadin, M., & Trachtman, S. 2017. American Political Science Review, 111(4):755-770.
Does the Front Line Reflect the Party Line? The Politicization of Punishment and Prison Officers’ Perspectives Towards Incarceration Lerman, A. and Page, J. 2015. The British Journal of Criminology 56(3): 578–601.
Arresting Citizenship: The Democratic Consequences of American Crime Control. Lerman, AE. 2014. The University of Chicago Press.
The Modern Prison Paradox: Politics, Punishment, and Social Community
Lerman, AE. 2014. Cambridge University Press.
The State of the Job: An Embedded Work Role Perspective on Prison Officer Attitudes Lerman, AE. and Page, J. 2012. Punishment & Society .