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Related Research

Katherine Beckett. 2018. “The Politics, Peril and Promise of Criminal Justice Reform in theContext of Mass Incarceration.” Annual Review of Criminology 1: 235-59.
Katherine Beckett and Kaitlyn Laibe, Left Behind: Juveniles and Emerging Adults Serving Long and Life Sentences in Washington State. The Seattle Clemency Project, 2025.
Spencer, Sydney. "Cycles of Abuse: Legal Strategies for Helping Victims of Sex Trafficking in the U.S." University of Washington. Department of Law, Societies, and Justice, 2025.
Katherine Beckett and Allison Goldberg. Prosecutor-Initiated Resentencing in Washington State. Seattle: University of Washington, 2024.
Gao, Elizabeth Lu. "Detention Corporations' Influence: Financial Contributions and Contracts Within Politics." University of Washington. Department of of Law, Societies, and Justice, 2023.
Jacobsen, Elise. "Racial Stereotypes and News Media: An Exploration of United States Drug History". University of Washington. Department of Law, Societies, and Justice, 2021.
Arzoo Osanloo. 2020. Forgiveness Work: Mercy, Law, and Victims' Rights in Iran. Princeton University Press.
“How States Justify Internment: The Case of Northern Ireland.” Sarah Dreier, Emily Gade, and Michael McCann. Funded by NSF grant. Planned submission to Law & Society Review, summer 2020.
Katherine Beckett and Marco Brydolf-Horwitz. 2020. “A Kinder, Gentler Drug War? Race, Drugs, and Punishment in 21st Century America.” Punishment and Society. DOI: 10.1177/1462474520925145
"Attitudes on the Gender of Rape Victims". Law, Societies, and Justice Honors Thesis, 2020.