John F. Pfaff

Fordham University School of Law

Professor of Law

140 West 62nd Street

New York, NY 10023

United States

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The Causes of Growth in Prison Admissions and Populations

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The Causes of Growth in Prison Admissions and Populations

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 15 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 28 Nov 2011
John F. Pfaff
Fordham University School of Law
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Prisons, Crime, Incarceration, Prosecutors

The Causes of Growth in Prison Admissions and Populations

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 24 Jan 2012
John F. Pfaff
Fordham University School of Law
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Prisons, Prison Growth, Prosecutors, Prosecutions

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Escaping from the Standard Story: Why the Conventional Wisdom on Prison Growth is Wrong, and Where We Can Go from Here

Federal Sentencing Reporter, Forthcoming, Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2414596
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 27 Mar 2014
John F. Pfaff
Fordham University School of Law
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Incarceration, Incarceration Rates, Sentencing, Criminal Justice, Crime, Crime and Punishment, Prosecutors

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The Micro and Macro Causes of Prison Growth

Georgia State University Law Review, Vol. 28, No. 4, 2012, Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2181062
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 27 Nov 2012
John F. Pfaff
Fordham University School of Law
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prison, incarceration, crime, arrests, prosecutors

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The Growth of Prisons: Toward a Second Generation Approach

Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 976373
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 27 Mar 2007
John F. Pfaff
Fordham University School of Law
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Federal Sentencing in the States: Some Thoughts on Federal Grants and State Imprisonment

Hastings Law Journal, Forthcoming, Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2634038
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 22 Jul 2015
John F. Pfaff
Fordham University School of Law
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prisons, incarceration, budgets, grants, federal government, state and local government

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The Myths and Realities of Correctional Severity: Evidence from the National Corrections Reporting Program on Sentencing Practices

Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1338365
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 06 Feb 2009
John F. Pfaff
Fordham University School of Law
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Incarceration, Sentence Length, Sentencing Policy, Prisons

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A Plea for More Aggregation: The Looming Threat to Empirical Legal Scholarship

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A Plea for More Aggregation: The Looming Threat to Empirical Legal Scholarship

Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1444410
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 05 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2009
John F. Pfaff
Fordham University School of Law
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Econometrics, Hypothesis Testing, Evidence-Based Policy, Quality Guidelines

A Plea for More Aggregation: The Looming Threat to Empirical Legal Scholarship

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 18 Jul 2010
John F. Pfaff
Fordham University School of Law
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Empirical Methodology, Systematic Reviews, Evidence Based Practices

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Evidence Based Policy

Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 976376
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 28 Mar 2007
John F. Pfaff and Christopher P. Guzelian
Fordham University School of Law and Texas State University School of Business
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The Continued Vitality of Structured Sentencing Following Blakely: The Effectiveness of Voluntary Guidelines

Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 102
Number of pages: 117 Posted: 13 Dec 2005
John F. Pfaff
Fordham University School of Law
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Waylaid by a Metaphor: A Deeply Problematic Account of Prison Growth (A Review of Ernest Drucker, A Plague of Prisons)

Michigan Law Review, Forthcoming, Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2181483
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 28 Nov 2012
John F. Pfaff
Fordham University School of Law
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prisons, incarceration, crime, prosecutors, drugs