web01.fireside.fm Sun, 08 Mar 2026 13:43:33 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Tatter - Episodes Tagged with “John Pfaff” https://tatter.fireside.fm/tags/john%20pfaff Wed, 20 Dec 2017 10:00:00 -0500 This is a podcast exploring issues in politics and policy. Each episode features conversation with at least one subject matter expert, with a goal of helping listeners better understand the topic. en-us episodic Politics and Policy Michael Sargent This is a podcast exploring issues in politics and policy. Each episode features conversation with at least one subject matter expert, with a goal of helping listeners better understand the topic. no politics, policy, law Michael Sargent profsargent@gmail.com Episode 5: Nonstandard https://tatter.fireside.fm/5 8e2860c4-5e1c-4d25-b3fd-8f958e0e55d6 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 10:00:00 -0500 Michael Sargent full Michael Sargent Extended excerpts from my conversation with John Pfaff, Professor of Law at Fordham University, and author of "Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration--and How To Achieve Real Reform." 38:33 no According to Fordham University law professor John Pfaff (https://www.fordham.edu/info/23171/john_pfaff), the U.S. has experienced substantial growth in incarceration rates over the past several decades, and now has a higher incarceration rate than all other industrialized countries, and virtually all countries in general. He says that there is a "standard story" that attempts to explain why incarceration is so prevalent in the U.S. That story points to such factors as longer sentences, the "War on Drugs," and private prisons. According to Pfaff, these are indeed problems, but they are relatively minor contributors to the high levels of U.S. incarceration. In this interview (and in his book (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01L6SLKK8/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1)) he describes the factors that his data indicate are actually central, and also describes possible reforms. (Special thanks to the Bates College Digital Media Studios, and especially Colin Kelley) Special Guest: John Pfaff. According to Fordham University law professor John Pfaff, the U.S. has experienced substantial growth in incarceration rates over the past several decades, and now has a higher incarceration rate than all other industrialized countries, and virtually all countries in general. He says that there is a "standard story" that attempts to explain why incarceration is so prevalent in the U.S. That story points to such factors as longer sentences, the "War on Drugs," and private prisons. According to Pfaff, these are indeed problems, but they are relatively minor contributors to the high levels of U.S. incarceration. In this interview (and in his book) he describes the factors that his data indicate are actually central, and also describes possible reforms.

(Special thanks to the Bates College Digital Media Studios, and especially Colin Kelley)

Special Guest: John Pfaff.

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(Special thanks to the Bates College Digital Media Studios, and especially Colin Kelley)

Special Guest: John Pfaff.

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