Below are some of the research publications I’ve written or co-authored.

Pew Research Center

• What the Data Says About Crime in the U.S. (April 24, 2024)
• Migrant Encounters at the U.S.-Mexico Border Hit a Record High at the End of 2023 (Feb. 15, 2024)
• Most of Biden’s Appointed Judges to Date Are Women, Racial or Ethnic Minorities – a First for Any President (Dec. 4, 2023)
• Americans and Affirmative Action: How the Public Sees the Consideration of Race in College Admissions, Hiring (June 16, 2023)
• Fewer Than 1% of Defendants in Federal Criminal Cases Were Acquitted in 2022 (June 14, 2023)
• What the Data Says About Gun Deaths in the U.S. (April 26, 2023)
• Gun Deaths Among U.S. Children and Teens Rose 50% in Two Years (April 6, 2023)
• Violent Crime is a Key Midterm Voting Issue, but What Does the Data Say? (Oct. 31, 2022)
• Safety Concerns Were Top of Mind for Many Black Americans Before Buffalo Shooting (May 20, 2022)
• Key Facts About Title 42, the Pandemic Policy That Has Reshaped Immigration Enforcement at U.S.-Mexico Border (April 27, 2022)
• Two Years Into the Pandemic, Americans Inch Closer to a New Normal (March 3, 2022)
• Black Women Account for a Small Fraction of the Federal Judges Who Have Served to Date (Feb. 2, 2022)
• Recent Surge in U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Has Hit Black Men the Hardest (Jan. 19, 2022)
• U.S. Public Divided Over Whether People Convicted of Crimes Spend Too Much or Too Little Time in Prison (Dec. 6, 2021)
• What’s Happening at the U.S.-Mexico Border in 7 Charts (Nov. 9, 2021)
• What We Know About the Increase in U.S. Murders in 2020 (Oct. 27, 2021)
• America’s Incarceration Rate Falls to Lowest Level Since 1995 (Aug. 16, 2021)
• A Year of U.S. Public Opinion on the Coronavirus Pandemic (March 5, 2021)
• Under Trump, the Federal Prison Population Continued its Recent Decline (Feb. 17, 2021)
• How America Changed During Donald Trump’s Presidency (Jan. 29, 2021)
• Trump Used His Clemency Power Sparingly Despite a Raft of Late Pardons and Commutations (Jan. 22, 2021)
• How Trump Compares With Other Recent Presidents in Appointing Federal Judges (Jan. 13, 2021)
• 2020 Election Reveals Two Broad Voting Coalitions Fundamentally At Odds (Nov. 6, 2020)
• What the 2020 Electorate Looks Like by Party, Race and Ethnicity, Age, Education and Religion (Oct. 26, 2020)
• Looking Back on Impeachment, a Quarter of Americans Say Trump Did Nothing Wrong (March 17, 2020)
• How Border Apprehensions, ICE Arrests and Deportations Have Changed Under Trump (March 2, 2020)
• Four-in-Ten U.S. Drug Arrests in 2018 Were for Marijuana Offenses – Mostly Possession (Jan. 22, 2020)
• Far More Immigration Cases Are Being Prosecuted Criminally Under Trump Administration (Sept. 27, 2019)
• Only 2% of Federal Criminal Defendants Go to Trial, and Most Who Do Are Found Guilty (June 11, 2019)
• From Police to Parole, Black and White Americans Differ Widely in Their Views of Criminal Justice System (May 21, 2019)
• The Gap Between the Number of Blacks and Whites in Prison is Shrinking (April 30, 2019)
• How Americans See Illegal Immigration, the Border Wall and Political Compromise (Jan. 11, 2019)
• Despite Recent Violence, Chicago is Far From the U.S. ‘Murder Capital’ (Nov. 13, 2018)
• Trump Has Appointed a Larger Share of Female Judges Than Other GOP Presidents, But Lags Obama (Oct. 2, 2018)
• Where the Public Stands on Key Issues That Could Come Before the Supreme Court (Aug. 30, 2018)
• With Another Supreme Court Pick, Trump Is Leaving His Mark on Higher Federal Courts (July 16, 2018)
• As Fatal Overdoses Rise, Many Americans See Drug Addiction as a Major Problem in Their Community (May 30, 2018)
• Federal Judicial Picks Have Become More Contentious, and Trump’s Are No Exception (March 7, 2018)
• Nearly Half of Americans Have a Family Member or Close Friend Who’s Been Addicted to Drugs (Oct. 26, 2017)
• Supporters of Stricter Gun Laws are Less Likely to Contact Elected Officials (Oct. 12, 2017)
• Jury Duty is Rare, but Most Americans See It as Part of Good Citizenship (Aug. 24, 2017)
• Immigration Offenses Make Up a Growing Share of Federal Arrests (April 10, 2017)
• Federal Criminal Prosecutions Fall to Lowest Level in Nearly Two Decades (March 28, 2017)
• Most Violent and Property Crimes in the U.S. Go Unsolved (March 1, 2017)
• Younger Supreme Court Appointees Stay on the Bench Longer, But There Are Plenty of Exceptions (Feb. 8, 2017)
• Most Officers Say the Media Treat Police Unfairly (Jan. 25, 2017)
• Black and White Officers See Many Key Aspects of Policing Differently (Jan. 12, 2017)
• Federal Prison Population Fell During Obama’s Term, Reversing Recent Trend (Jan. 5, 2017)
• Trump Voters Want to Build the Wall, But are More Divided on Other Immigration Questions (Nov. 29, 2016)

The Pew Charitable Trusts

• Number of Offenders on Federal Supervised Release Hits All-Time High (Jan. 24, 2017)
• Use of Electronic Offender-Tracking Devices Expands Sharply (Sept. 7, 2016)
• Missouri Policy Shortens Probation and Parole Terms, Protects Public Safety (Aug. 11, 2016)
• West Virginia’s 2015 Juvenile Justice Reform (May 12, 2016)
• The Effects of Changing State Theft Penalties (Feb. 23, 2016)
• Voters Want Changes in Federal Sentencing, Prison System (Feb. 12, 2016)
• South Dakota’s 2015 Juvenile Justice Reform (Jan. 29, 2016)
• Share of U.S. Adults Under Correctional Control Down 13 Percent Since 2007 (Jan. 25, 2016)
• More Prison, Less Probation for Federal Offenders (Jan. 12, 2016)
• Examining Electronic Monitoring Technologies (Nov. 20, 2015)
• Prison Time Surges for Federal Inmates (Nov. 18, 2015)
• Prosecutor Perspectives on Juvenile Justice (Nov. 9, 2015)
• Juvenile Commitment Rate Drops 53% (Nov. 9, 2015)
• Imprisonment and Crime Rates Fell in 30 States Over Five Years (Sept. 28, 2015)
• Public Safety Aspects of the Heroin Abuse Epidemic (June 30, 2015)
• Utah’s 2015 Criminal Justice Reforms (June 18, 2015)
• Federal Prison System Shows Dramatic Long-Term Growth (Feb. 27, 2015)
• Growth in Federal Prison System Exceeds States’ (Jan. 22, 2015)
• Public Opinion on Juvenile Justice in America (Dec. 11, 2014)
• States Project 3 Percent Increase in Prisoners by 2018 (Nov. 18, 2014)
• Oregon’s 2013 Public Safety Reforms (Nov. 17, 2014)
• Reducing Incarceration for Technical Violations in Louisiana (Nov. 6, 2014)
• Factors Contributing to the Crime Decline (Sept. 11, 2014)
• Weighing Imprisonment and Crime (Sept. 11, 2014)
• Prison and Crime: A Complex Link (Sept. 11, 2014)

National Conference of State Legislatures

• Making Sense of Sentencing: State Systems and Policies (July 9, 2015)