Professor
Criminology, Law & Society
School of Law
Director, LIFTED
Co-Founder, PrisonPandemic
Contact:
(949) 824-9201
reiterk@uci.edu
3373 Social Ecology II
Department:
Criminology, Law and Society
Education:
Ph.D., Department of Jurisprudence & Social Policy, University of California, Berkeley
J.D., University of California, Berkeley
M.A., John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY)
Specializations:
prisons, legal history, criminal justice policy, criminal and civil rights law, law and society
Bio:
Keramet Reiter studies prisons, prisoners’ rights, and the impact of prison and punishment policy on individuals, communities, and legal systems. She uses a variety of methods in her work — including interviewing, archival and legal analysis, and quantitative data analysis — in order to understand both the history and impact of criminal justice policies, from medical experimentation on prisoners and record clearing programs to gun control laws and the use of long-term solitary confinement in the United States and internationally.