Press/Op-Eds
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March 2, 2020This Philadelphia Inquirer op-ed by Quattrone Center Academic Director Paul Heaton argues that measures that threaten public defender independence harm the overall criminal justice system. -
November 25, 2019In this Q&A, Quattrone Center faculty affiliate John MacDonald discusses his new book, grounded in years of research on the positive public safety effects of remediation like fixing up abandoned lots and houses. -
November 12, 2019In this article in the Washington Post, Quattrone Center Assistant Director Marissa Bluestine describes the center’s efforts to promote conviction integrity -
March 28, 2018In this op-ed, Quattrone Center researchers Amanda Woog and Paul Heaton describe how event reviews can be used to address the problem of police shootings -
February 24, 2018This article in the Austin American-Statesman highlights a root cause analysis (RCA) being performed by the Quattrone Center for the city. The RCA will examine the Austin Police Department’s DNA lab, which was closed in 2016 after experiencing widespread problems handling and analyzing DNA evidence from crime scenes. -
February 1, 2018This article for The Crime Report discusses recent research by Quattrone Center Executive Director John Hollway and Calvin Lee and Sean Smoot that demonstrating how root cause analysis (RCA) can be applied to the problem of officer-involved shootings -
January 25, 2018This article describes recent research by Quattrone Center faculty affiliate John MacDonald demonstrating that California’s Prop. 47, which downgraded several nonviolent felonies, reduced racial disparities in the state’s criminal justice system. -
January 19, 2018In this episode of the Good Law | Bad Law podcast, Quattrone Center faculty affiliate David Rudovsky discusses how common practices related to pretrial detention, sentencing, and arrest contribute to racial and socioeconomic disparities in the U.S. criminal justice system -
September 20, 2017In this video, Quattrone Center faculty affiliate David Rudovsky shares research about problems with the U.S. bail system with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and leaders of the NFL players’ movement calling for criminal justice reform. -
July 31, 2017This article in The Atlantic discusses John Hollway’s research for the Quattrone Center identifying best practices for conviction review units. -
June 12, 2017In this article in Regulation magazine, Quattrone Center faculty affiliate Jon Klick describes how economic theory demonstrates that compensating exonerees can reduce wrongful convictions -
June 9, 2017In this response to a DoJ request for public comment, Quattrone Center Executive Director John Hollway outlines principles that the federal government should adhere to in order to continue to advance forensic science following the non-renewal of the National Commission on Forensic Science (NCFS). -
June 6, 2017In this edition of NPR Pittsburgh’s Criminal Injustice podcast, Quattrone Center Executive Director John Hollway discusses the scientific basis for forensic testimony -
April 26, 2017This article in The Crime Report highlights best practices surrounding eyewitness identification procedures identified in a Quattrone Center Spring Symposium panel on improving eyewitness accuracy. -
April 19, 2017In this op-ed for The Crime Report, John Hollway discusses the recent decision by the Attorney General to shutter the National Commission on Forensic Science. -
February 16, 2017In this article, Quattrone Center Academic Director Paul Heaton argues that an independent agency patterned after the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) could identify and mitigate systemic factors that result in unwanted violent encounters between police and citizens. -
February 15, 2017In this article, Quattrone Center Executive Director John Hollway describes how root cause analysis can be used to learn from cases involving police use of force. -
February 8, 2017This Philly.com news article discusses work to revamp and improve the Conviction Review Unit (CRU) of the Philadelphia District Attorney, reforms that were informed by work on CRU best practices authored by John Hollway, Quattrone Center Executive Director. -
September 23, 2016This article in the News Journal discusses recent research by Quattrone Center affiliate John MacDonald and Ellen Donnelly which analyzes Delware criminal justice records to identify points in the adjudication process in which Black/White disparities in incarceration emerge -
September 9, 2016This op-ed by Megan Stevenson, a Quattrone Center Fellow, discusses the implications of the Center’s recent work on bail for Philadelphia -
August 26, 2016This article in the Inquirer discusses recent Quattrone Center research on pretrial detention and its effects -
August 22, 2016This public media report discusses the Quattrone Center’s work on bail reform and its potential implications for Philadelphia -
August 18, 2016In this op-ed in the Houston Chronicle, Quattrone Center researchers discuss the implications of their recent research on misdemeanor bail for citizens and policymakers in Harris County, Texas -
August 4, 2016Quattrone Center Academic Director Paul Heaton discussed his research with Sandra Mayson and Megan Stevenson analyzing Harris County’s bail system with the Houston Press. -
July 24, 2016The Atlantic sat down with Quattrone Fellow Megan Stevenson to discuss her recent research on the effects of pretrial detention on case outcomes -
July 4, 2016In this op-ed, Quattrone Center Executive Director John Hollway discusses ways to reduce prosecutor misconduct by enabling enable good prosecutors to more easily follow ethical and constitutional standards -
May 10, 2016Kathy Brown, a Practice Associate Professor of Nursing at Penn and affiliated faculty member of the Quattrone Center, has been leading successful efforts focused on improving the commutation process in Pennsylvania. Her work was recently profiled in the article in the Philadelphia Inquirer. -
November 18, 2015Paul Heaton, the Academic Director of the Quattrone Center, joined a number of legal experts in issuing an open letter to the U.S. Department of Justice calling for an investigation of potential concerns related to prosecutorial suppression of evidence in Orange County, California. -
November 6, 2015News article describing the Philadelphia Event Review Team, a new Quattrone Center initiative funded by the National Institute for Justice that seeks to institutionalize the process of error review in order to identify ways to improve the Philadelphia criminal justice system -
September 16, 2015Stephanos Bibas, an affiliated faculty member of the Quattrone Center, published an op-ed in the National Review discussing ways to address America’s mass incarceration challenge.