Projects

Criminal justice

Explaining Death and Atrocity in Darfur: Authors: John Hagan, Alberto Palloni, Updated Jan 23, 2008; Drawing on a unique set of data - interviews with refugees - this project is examining empirically the claims of genocide in the Darfur region of the Sudan. It will provide an objective and…
Parental Incarceration and Intergenerational Social Exclusion: “The Long Arm of the Law”: Authors: John Hagan, Holly Foster, Updated Jan 23, 2008; This study is designed to better understand the difference that parental incarceration makes in the life of an adolescent. American incarceration is four times larger than in the 1970s, six to ten…

A Peace Corps for Lawyers: From Legal Services to the Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative: Authors: John Hagan, Ron Levi, Updated Jan 23, 2008; This project is an historical and empirical study of the Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative (CEELI) and its life course implications for its voluntary lawyer participants. It represents…
Early Post-Law School Careers of Women and Men Lawyers in U.S. and German Cities: Authors: John Hagan, Gabriele Plickert, Patricia Parker, Hans Merkens, Updated Nov 26, 2008; This research is expanding a national U.S. study of lawyers (the American Bar Foundation’s After the JD study) to include two cities in Germany - Frankfurt and Berlin. This will be a…