Do Judges, In Fact, Judge Books By Their Cover? In this episode we speak with Professor Brian Johnson about his work on facial profiling and criminal punishment.
Brian is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland. He received his Ph.D. in Crime, Law & Justice in 2003 from the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Johnson is the recipient of the American Society of Criminology (ASC) Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award and the ASC Division on Corrections and Sentencing Distinguished New Scholar Award. He is a recent co-Editor of Criminology, the flagship academic journal in the discipline, and he is the gubernatorial-appointed Criminal Justice Policy Expert on the Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing. His current research interests include racial and ethnic inequalities in the justice system, court actor decision-making, and contextual variation in criminal punishment.
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Get in touch with Brian:
University of Maryland website // bjohnso2 AT umd.edu
This is the article authored by Brian and his colleague that was discussed in this episode of The Crim Academy:
Johnson, Brian D., and Ryan D. King. (2017). Facial profiling: Race, physical appearance, and punishment. Criminology, 55(3): 520-547. [Article link]