Ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act—better known as the 1994 Crime Bill—Fordham Law Professor John Pfaff joins journalist and Vera Institute of Justice podcast host Josie Duffy Rice on “The 30 Year Project” to look at the legislation’s impact and examine where mass incarceration in America is today.
- Listen to Episode 1, “Power,” in which Pfaff examines the bill and its impact on mass incarceration.
- Listen to Episode 2, “People,” in which Pfaff notes the public and media’s perception of people who have been convicted of crimes due in part to the 1994 Crime Bill.
- Listen to Episode 3, “Place,” in which Pfaff discusses the geographic trends in incarceration as well as the effects of discriminatory policy of prison gerrymandering.
- Listen to Episode 4, “Progress,” in which Pfaff argues prison is not a “one-size-fits-all solution for crime.”
