The Macro Political System and Its Implications for Criminal Justice Policy in the United States

Systems Conversation with Peter Enns, Associate Professor in the Department of Government and Executive Director of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, Cornell University

Discussing the macro political system in the U.S. and how that system helps explain the rise of the carceral state. Particular attention will focus on the relationships between crime, news media, shifting public opinion, and criminal justice policy. The talk builds on his recent book Incarceration Nation.

Peter K. Enns is Associate Professor in the Department of Government and Executive Director of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at Cornell University. He is also team leader of the Institute for Social Science theme project on the Causes, Consequences, and Future of Mass Incarceration in the United States.