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The Human Impact of Criminal Legal System Policy

Harvard University Professor Sandra Susan Smith talks to APPR & Justice Policy Consultants about the link between criminal legal system policy and the people affected by those policies in this two-part video series.

Sandra Susan Smith & Matt Alsdorf in Conversation

Dr. Smith and APPR Co-director Matt Alsdorf discuss what drives her to pursue her research, how criminal legal system policies are disconnected from the human experience, and ways that policymakers can engage people with lived experience to create systems that support success.

Sandra Susan Smith & CEPP Justice Policy Consultants in Conversation

Dr. Smith and Michael Beltran, Kyle Colleen Black, and Undrea “Gem” Jones,Justice Policy Consultants with the Center for Effective Public Policy (CEPP), speak about working to create policies that consider the experience of system-impacted people. They explore avoiding burnout, being authentic, tokenization, and meeting the current political climate.