John Pfaff’s book on mass incarceration was mentioned in a Florida Times-Union article.
Fordham law professor John Pfaff, whose 2017 book “Locked In” argued that prosecutors were the driving factor behind increased incarceration, said this type of data will allow elected leaders to understand the impact of their policies. “When a [prosecutor’s] office implements a certain policy, one question is how does that affect individual cases, but also how does this affect macro-level outcomes like community respect?”
He said it remains to be seen if voters, who have been hearing about crime and conviction rates for decades, will buy into more nuanced data.