James Cullen is a Research and Program Associate in the Brennan Center’s Justice Program. As part of the program's law and economics research team, he performs economic, statistical, policy, and legal research and analysis on issues related to mass incarceration. Cullen joined the Justice Program in June 2015 after completing his B.A. in economics and political science at the University of Chicago. There, he researched redistribution policy, examining what factors drove public opinion and the responsiveness of the federal government to different income groups, and studied labor economics.

Previously, Cullen interned in the Office of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and for Westchester County Criminal Court Judge Barbara Zambelli. 

Publications: 

• How Many Americans Are Unnecessarily Incarcerated?, December 9, 2016
• Crime in 2016: A Preliminary Analysis, September 19, 2016
• Crime in 2015: A Preliminary Analysis, November 18, 2015

Blogs:

• Fact Checking the White House on Crime, January 23, 2017
• The United States is (Very) Slowly Reducing Incarceration, January 18, 2017
• Fact Check: Trump on Crime in Georgia, January 17, 2017
• To Combat Hate Crimes, We First Need To Know How Many There Are, January 13, 2017
• Crime in 2016: Updated Analysis, December 20, 2016
• Four Things We Can Do to End Mass Incarceration, December 19, 2016
• Just Facts: Crime in Context — The Lessons of History, October 7, 2016
• Fact Sheet: Stop and Frisk’s Effect on Crime in New York City, October 7, 2016
• Just Facts: What Clearance Rates Say About Disparities in Crime and Prosecution, September 30, 2016
• Despite Progress, Prison Racial Disparities Persist, August 19, 2016
• Update: Changes in State Imprisonment Rates, June 7, 2016
• Crime in 2015: A Final Analysis, April 20, 2016
• Ending New York’s Stop-and-Frisk Did Not Increase Crime, April 11, 2016
• What the Data Tell Us About Crime and the ‘Ferguson Effect’, March 7, 2016
• NYC Can Still Boast Being Safest Big City, December 9, 2015