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Michelle S. Phelps
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Sociology
University of Minnesota (Twin Cities)
Email: phelps@umn.edu
Media & Other Writing
Misc. Blog Posts & Periodicals
The Crime Report (Jan. 2018) -- The Lessons of Meek Mill: A Probation System ‘Set Up to Fail’
Race, Politics, Justice (August 2017) -- The Struggle for Criminal Justice Reform
In Justice Today (July 2017) -- To Fix the Justice System, Shrink and Reform Community Supervision
American Probation and Parole Association's Perspectives (June 2017) -- American Exceptionalism in Community Supervision (with Alessandro Corda)
Punishment and Society Blog (May 2017) -- Can Criminology Be Neutral?
OUP Blog (May 2017) -- On Criminal Justice Reform, Keep Fighting
Gender Policy Report (March 2017) -- Rehabilitation in Prison? Educational Programs for Women Prisoners in 2014
The Society Pages (Feb. 2017) -- The Return of Rehabilitation? Educational Programs for Prisoners Remain Inadequate
Robina Institute (July 2016) -- Mass Probation Across the United States
Scatterplot (July 2016) -- Yes, There is Racial Bias in Police Shootings
LSE US Centre (Feb. 2016) -- Falling Violent Crime and Budget Deficits Set the Stage for Shrinking Prison Populations
Offender Supervision in Europe (March 2013) -- The Paradox of Probation: Understanding Probation Expansion during the Prison Boom
SocImages (June 2011) -- The Dangerous Trade-Off between Education and Imprisonment
TV Interviews
Kare 11 (July 2018) -- No Charges Against Mpls. Officers in Blevins Shooting
Radio Interviews
Access Minnesota (Feb. 2018) -- Rise of Probation
Access Minnesota (April 2017) -- Criminal Justice Reform
Access Minnesota (July 2016) -- Racial Bias in Policing
Media and Policy Reports' Coverage of Research
Columbia University Justice Lab (Jan. 2018) -- Too Big to Succeed: The Impact of the Growth of Community Corrections and What Should be Done About It
PBS (Jan 2018) -- Felony Conviction Rates are Up Nationwide
Crime Report (July 2017) -- Want to Shrink Our Prisons? Fix Probation and Parole
Star Tribune (April 2017) -- Yes, Minnesota Has a Low Prison Population, But That's Not the Whole Story
Robina Institute (March 2016) -- Data Brief: American Exceptionalism in Probation Supervision
The Economist (Sept. 2016) -- Think Before You Clink: Why a Rise in Community Punishment is Not Cutting Prison Rates
Prison Policy Initiative (June 2016) -- Correctional Control: Incarceration and Supervision by State
Robina Institute (Nov. 2013) -- Robina Funds Phelps’ Study of “Mass Probation” in the United States
Media Interviews
USA Today (May 2018) -- At Santa Fe High School, Police Had an Active-Shooter Plan
MN Daily (March 2018) -- Stadium Village Rally Calls for UMPD to Disarm
Star Tribune (April 2018) -- With Few Women in Top Spots, Minneapolis Police Face a Challenge Diversifying Force
Star Tribune (Feb. 2018) -- Maplewood Police Says Study Shows They are Unbiased
TC Daily Planet (Jan. 2018) -- Principles of Less Eligibility: The Human Cost of Prison Labor
Next City (Dec. 2017) -- Parole and Probation Reform Is Bigger Than Meek Mill
MN Daily (Oct. 2017) -- UMPD Expands Community Engagement Team
MN Daily (Oct. 2017) -- UMPD Joins Other Campus Police to Discuss College Free Speech Issues
Portland Tribune (July 2017) -- Probation Innovation Stymied by Lack of Data
MinnPost (June 2017) -- Why Tiny Polk County Sends So Many People to Prison
Star Tribune (April 2017) -- Female Police Officers' De-escalation Skills Changing Tone in Minneapolis
MN Daily (March 2017) -- Minneapolis Police Create New Division for Community Outreach
Yes! Magazine (March 2017) -- Defunding Police: How Antiracist Organizers Got Seattle to Listen
Star Tribune (Jan. 2017) -- Frustration Grows with Minneapolis Police Psychological Screening Process
MinnPost (Dec. 2016) -- Minneapolis is Hiring More Police Officers. Here's Why Some Advocates Argue That Won't Make the City Any Safer
MN Daily (Oct. 2016) -- Report: Total crimes Increased in Minneapolis Last Year
Chicago Reporter (Aug. 2016) -- Police Liability Insurance Measure Goes to Court in Minneapolis
FiveThirtyEight (July 2016) -- Why Are So Many Black Americans Killed By Police?
Pioneer Press (July 2016) -- St. Anthony Police Data Shows Disproportionate Arrests of Blacks
MN Daily (July 2016) -- Police Accountability Petition Advances
MN Daily (July 2016) -- Philando Castile Shooting Shows Reality of Racial Bias in Law Enforcement Says Obama, Gov. Dayton
MN Daily (June 2016) -- Dayton Backs Revised Police Body Cam Bill
MN Daily (February 2015) -- Mpls. Unveils Group for Police Conduct Oversight
Star Tribune (Dec. 2014) -- Twin Cities Forum Explore Racial Bias, Police Tactics
Star Tribune (Nov. 2014) -- Small-Time Arrests Down as Mpls. Police Shift Focus
Wake Mag (Nov 2014) -- Minneapolis Police Department Testing Officer Body Cameras
Wake Mag (Nov 2013) -- Alert: This is a Desensitizing, Vague Message about Crime
Book Reviews
Criminal Justice Policy Review (May 2018) -- Issa Kohler-Hausmann's Misdemeanorland
Theoretical Criminology (Oct. 2017) -- Schept's Progressive Punishment
Punishment & Society (Sept. 2015) -- Calavita & Jenness' Appealing to Justice
Punishment & Society (July 2013) -- Lisa Miller's The Perils of Federalism