Michael Jacobson

Michael Jacobson is the director of the CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance and a professor of sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

Contributions

What to Do About Closing Rikers

In our first special report, public safety veterans Elizabeth Glazer and Michael Jacobson provide a detailed, data-grounded roadmap to close Rikers Island.

Elizabeth Glazer and Michael Jacobson

Ideas in Action: More Non-Profits, Fewer Crimes

Translating policy into practice

Gerard Torrats-Espinosa and Michael Jacobson