Events
Reform Brainstorming Session with Fred Hodges and Da’ee McKnight
April 26, 2022
The CCSPI was delighted to host Fred Hodges and Da’ee McKnight—two Hartford-area activists who have been campaigning against the state’s “pay-to-stay” law for the better part of a decade—to talk with affiliated students and faculty about upcoming avenues for criminal justice reform.
Insurance and Policing Roundtable
April 8, 2022
The CCSPI co-hosted a Policing and Insurance Workshop on April 8th, 2022 with the Insurance Law Center. The event invited guests—insurance brokers, municipal risk-pool managers, local police chiefs, and academic experts—to the UCONN Law campus to explore the potential regulatory effect municipal and professional liability insurance may have on police conduct.
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Gun Misinformation Panel
April 4, 2022
Along with the School of Public Policy, CCSPI convened a panel discussion on misinformation around gun-based violence and gun control. The panel brought together two lawyers, a journalist, and a computer scientist, to talk about the ways in which social media has exacerbated the “gun misinformation” problem—and what can be done in response.
Book Talk with Rueben Miller
March 22, 2022
On March 22nd, 2022, the CCSPI co-hosted a book talk with the School of Social Work. The talk was by Professor Rueben Miller from the University of Chicago, presenting portions of his book “Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration.” After the presentation, Prof. Miller fielded questions from students and faculty, with an emphasis on how the treatment of previously-incarcerated people might be reformed.
Inaugural Lecture with Bennett Capers
The Center on Community Safety, Policing and Inequality hosted a virtual inaugural lecture on Nov. 16, 2021 with Professor Bennett Capers of Fordham Law. In his lecture and a subsequent Q&A with retired Connecticut Supreme Court Justice Richard Palmer and the center’s fellows, Capers discussed the potential for police reform and the role that technology might play in making policing more fair.
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