The Conversation

Wed Jan 30

Congress's First Step Act reflects a new criminal justice consensus, but will it reduce mass incarceration?

Written by Michelle S Phelps, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Law, University of Minnesota

When Donald Trump was elected president, many people feared his “law and order” campaign rhetoric would mean the end of criminal justice reform.

Trump confirmed this impression by appointing Jeff Sessions, an aggressive supporter of the “wars” on crime and drugs, to lead the Justice Department. Sessions quickly reversed a...

Congress's First Step Act reflects a new criminal justice consensus, but will it reduce mass incarceration?

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