Dr. Jeffrey Fagan

Biography

Jeffrey Fagan is the Isidor Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law at Columbia Law School and a professor of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health. He directs the Columbia Center for Violence Research and Prevention and has a strong focus on the intersection of crime, law, and social policy, with a particular emphasis on racial disparities. His current research delves into capital punishment, policing, gun violence, and injury epidemiology. Fagan has served on various committees, including as vice chair of the Committee on Law and Justice for the National Academy of Sciences from 2000 to 2006. He was also a member of the MacArthur Foundation’s Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice. As a founding member of the National Consortium on Violence Research, he has contributed significantly to various working groups and panels related to criminology. He received the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Health Policy Investigator Award and the Soros Senior Justice Fellowship. Fagan's extensive background also includes editorial roles in criminology journals and he is recognized as an elected fellow of the American Society of Criminology. His notable publications include the book 'Changing Borders of Juvenile Justice' which was acknowledged as a significant contribution to social policy.

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