Dr. Johanna Lacoe, the research director at the California Policy Lab’s UC Berkeley site, speaks on the Everyday Injustice about a recent study that looked at the short-term impacts of bail policy on crime in Los Angeles. There has been an emergency bail schedule instituted twice in Los Angeles since 2020.
REPORT: The Short-Term Impacts of Bail Policy on Crime in Los Angeles
Dr. Lacoe has co-authored numerous reports on criminal justice reforms in California:
- Prop 36 (2024) Prison Data: Monthly Updates
- Reforming California’s Approach to Incarceration: The Role of Second Look Policies
- Retroactive Enhancement Resentencing under Senate Bill 483 (2022)