New posecutorial perspectives

August 18, 2016

Derek M. Cohen, Ph.D.

Derek M. Cohen, Ph.D, is the Foundation’s Chief Research Officer and Right on Crime Senior Fellow. Previously the Vice President of Policy and Director of Right on Crime, the Foundation’s criminal justice reform initiative, Cohen was instrumental in the passage of the First Step Act, federal legislation that borrowed from successful changes to prisons and sentencing that he had helped pass in conservative states. In addition to leading the Foundation’s work on criminal justice, he is also the lead researcher of firearms policy.

Susan Broderick

This report documents both common themes and interesting responses provided by some of the United States’ most
efficacious juvenile justice system personnel. While not exhaustive of all novel and promising strategies for processing
juvenile offenders, this document highlights evidence-supported practices that are being integrated across the country in
counties of all sizes.

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Derek M. Cohen, Ph.D.

Susan Broderick

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