Barry Krisberg quoted in The Wall Street Journal, September 12, 2012 (registration required)

Law professor Barry Krisberg, a criminal-justice expert, comments on the varying approaches California counties are taking toward easing overcrowding in jails. “The counties have distinct cultures,” he says.

Barry Krisberg quoted in junge Welt, September 6, 2012

While women in U.S. prisons are a minority, black (African-American) women and girls are the fastest growing group of prisoners…. A third of the convictions were “drug related.”… said Barry Krisberg.

Barry Krisberg quoted in Indianapolis Star, August 23, 2012

Drug rings in prisons likely are “more common than we would think,” said Barry Krisberg, who teaches corrections law at the University of California Berkeley School of Law, but there’s no way to tell exactly how prevalent. Criminal conduct in prisons isn’t included in national crime statistics. But put offenders together with nothing to do, and a prison can become a “hothouse” for crime, he said.

Barry Krisberg calls in to KQED-FM Forum with Michael Krasny, August 22, 2012

“The public safety measures we have are in the positive direction; the Department of Corrections has done a very responsible job of implementing it. My only quarrel is that I think we could go a little bit further, and I don’t think there’s a need to go above the court cap. Some relatively modest reforms within the spirit of what we’re already doing could get us there.”

Barry Krisberg quoted in San Francisco Chronicle, August 8, 2012

Krisberg also said the policing tactics that are new under Lee’s plan, specifically using crime data and computer modeling to try to predict future crime, are unproven. “Getting out and talking to neighbors, talking about what’s going on, that’s the essence of community policing,” Krisberg said. “Substituting software, I think that’s trendy. Some well-paid consultants will be paid more, but how that’s going to stop violence seems pretty far-fetched.”

Barry Krisberg quoted in San Francisco Chronicle, July 16, 2012

Barry Krisberg, a criminologist at UC Berkeley’s law school, said San Francisco is “showing how to make realignment work. Some counties are just building jail cells and hiring prosecutors. San Francisco is doing what people who conceptualized realignment envisioned―a fundamental shift in the way California handles nonviolent, nonserious offenders.”

Barry Krisberg writes for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books, July 2012

In States of Delinquency, Miroslava Chávez-García…. was able to mine thousands of case files of young black and brown children who were pulled into the California juvenile justice system. Unlike other histories that mostly tell a “top down” story of reform, she describes the role of the youth themselves, their families and their communities in opposing abusive practices and forcing governmental actions.

Barry Krisberg quoted in The Wall Street Journal, July 8, 2012

“I call it ‘justice by geography,’ depending on where you get arrested,” said Barry Krisberg, a criminal-justice expert at the University of California, Berkeley.

Barry Krisberg quoted in The Wall Street Journal (requires registration), July 4, 2012

About two-thirds of probation departments in California have begun using COMPAS or similar risk-assessment software, says University of California at Berkeley law professor and criminologist Barry Krisberg. But Ms. Still’s extensive use of that data sets San Francisco apart, since other departments don’t generally take such data into account for probation sentences, says Mr. Krisberg.

Barry Krisberg quoted in The Huffington Post, July 3, 2012

Barry Krisberg, a criminal-justice expert at the University of California at Berkeley School of Law, said he is more concerned now about the county facilities than the state institutions. “There could be whole wings where they could be spending days in confinement. Nobody knows,” said Krisberg, who has served as a monitor of court orders at state facilities.