criminal law reform
Facts Over Fears (2018): The benefits of declining to prosecute misdemeanor and low-level felony offenses
The War on Marijuana in Black and White: A Massachusetts Update (2016): Marijuana law enforcement in Massachusetts before and after decriminalization (appendix)
Racial justice
Black, Brown, and Targeted (2014): Racially discriminatory stop-and-frisk practices by the Boston Police Department (report summary)
Arrested Futures: The Criminalization of School Discipline in Massachusetts' Three Largest School Districts (2012): School-based arrests in Boston, Springfield and Worcester
Locking Up Our Children (2008): Pretrial juvenile lockup and its disproportionate impact on youth of color
A Looming Crisis (2008): Detention of youth after arrest and before arraignment
Disproportionate Minority Confinement (2003): Failures in assessing and addressing the overrepresentation of minorities in the Massachusetts juvenile justice system
Police accountability
No Tape, No Testimony (2016): How courts can ensure the responsible use of body cameras
Cops in the Commonwealth (2016): Militarized, federalized policing in Massachusetts
Mass Impact: The Domestic War on Terrorism (2004): What the war on terrorism has meant for people and institutions in Massachusetts
Less Lethal Force (2015): Proposed standards for Massachustts law enforcement agencies
Our Homes are Not Battlefields (2014): Militarization of local law enforcement, disproportionately targeting the poor and people of color
IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS
Protected: Beyond Sanctuary: Local Strategies for Defending Civil Liberties (2018): A roadmap for cities to "build a wall" to protect residents from attacks by the Trump administration
Detention and Deportation in the Age of ICE (2008): Jail conditions and due process issues for immigrants detained in Massachusetts
Privacy & Surveillance
Social Media Monitoring in Boston: Free Speech in the Crosshairs (2018): Revealing Boston Police's social media surveillance over three years
Inside Orders: Secrecy and Warrantless Surveillance in Massachusetts (2017): The secret world of administrative subpoenas in Massachusetts
Back to the Drawing Board: Student Privacy in Massachusetts K-12 Schools (2015): The state of digital privacy in Massachusetts schools
When We Are All Suspects (2010): Background on government surveillance in Massachusetts