Criminology

Newkirk Alumni Center
5:00 pm Program

5:00 – 5:15 Introduction
Simon A. Cole, Director, Newkirk Center for Science & Society

5:15 – 5:30 Research
David Bjerk, Russell S. Bock Chair of Public Economics and Taxation, Claremont McKenna College, “Race and Wrongful Convictions”

5:30 – 6:15 Storytelling
Edward Humes, Pulitzer Prize and PEN award-winning author will talk about his new book BURNED: A Story of Murder and the Crime that Wasn’t (Dutton: January 8, 2019), a chilling and vivid narrative
of a 30-year-old arson-murder conviction now being reopened as the science behind it is challenged as mere guesswork
Click here for more information on "Burned" and Edward Humes.

6:15 – 7:00 Exoneration
Exonerees Anna Vazquez and Elizabeth Ramirez, two of the “San Antonio Four,” will answer questions about Southwest of Salem.

"The case against Larry Nassar: A survivor and trial attorney’s perspective," featuring a discussion with John Manly, partner at Manly, Stewart and Finaldi, and Jeanette Antolin, a former American artistic gymnast and member of the US national team from 1995-2000. You can read more about the speakers here.

Within the last year, multiple states have moved to limit or even abolish the use of long-term solitary confinement in prison, the federal government has piloted programs to restore Pell grants to prisoners to provide financial support for education, and Congress passed the First Step Act to reform federal sentencing laws. What motivated these reforms, what do they actually mean for people in prison, and, most importantly, how will they affect us as citizens, neighbors, and taxpayers?

Join the Social Ecology ChangeMakers and Professor Keramet Reiter as she discusses prison reform in the United States, and California especially.

The Center for Psychology and Law is pleased to co-sponsor the upcoming presentation with the Department of Criminology, Law and Society and the Center in Law, Society and Culture.

Featuring Brian D. Johnson, University of Maryland

BIO: Brian D. Johnson is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland. His
areas of expertise involve social inequality in the justice system, with a particular focus on racial disparities in criminal case processing and sentencing. Dr. Johnson is currently serving as co-Editor of Criminology and he was recently appointed to the Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy (MSCCSP). His published research appears in journals such as the American Journal of Sociology, Criminology, Journal of Quantitative Criminology and Justice Quarterly.

Light refreshments will be served.

RSVP by Friday, February 1

Join us for a review of the National Registry of Exoneration‘s first year at UCI. The evening program will focus on how the Registry has been used for research, counting, learning, communicating and advocacy.

Speakers include Kelly Loudenberg, Director of the acclaimed Netflix series The Confession Tapes and Bruce Lisker, who was exonerated in 2009 after serving 24 years in prison for murder.

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When it comes to immigration and crime, the current political zeitgeist and public sentiment suggest immigrants are far more likely to engage in illegal acts than those who are American born. But is this narrative based in fact or is it merely fiction? Join the ChangeMakers and Professor Charis Kubrin as she reveals her compelling research, along with the latest data, regarding our newest neighbors from around the globe.

The Center for Psychology and Law will be hosting a film screening of Birthright: A War Story and Q&A with director Civia Tamarkin, and UCI Professor of Law Michelle Goodwin.