Interesting new working paper on community supervision reforms. Looking forward to reading this!

'Abolish or Reform? An Analysis of Post-Release Supervision for Low-Level Offenders' by Ryan T. Sakoda

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In The Architecture of Discretion, Iowa Law Prof. Ryan T. Sakoda analyzes the implications of swift and certain sanctions in statewide probation reform. His empirical analysis examines key elements of discretion structure and their impact on racial disparities. (1/2)

NULR is thrilled to publish Vol. 117.5, its sixth annual issue dedicated to empirical legal scholarship! We’ll share more about the pieces over the coming days. However, we’re excited to post them here in case you can’t wait to read them. northwesternlawreview.org

Happy that the Upjohn Institute has uploaded our policy brief version of this working paper: research.upjohn.org/up_policybrief…. Thanks to Brad Hershbein and other helpful editors, and co-authors Ryan T. Sakoda and Shayak Sarkar

🚨🚨🚨New working paper examines whether students interested in for-profit colleges changed enrollment patterns after losing access to CA state aid. Short answer: not much! Really looking for feedback to improve the work. Long tweetstorm /1
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