November 2025
Event Details
DATE: Tuesday, November 4, 2025
TIME: 12:50 p.m.–1:50 p.m.
Lunch will be provided.
LOCATION: W400
Join us for the first session in the Purposes of Incarceration series as we explore the historical and present-day framing of incarceration. We will examine how retribution and deterrence have shaped the criminal justice system through statistics, context, and discussion, and consider when punishment crosses the line from justice into systemic harm.
Professor Kirk D. Burkhalter ’04, Dean for Evening Division Engagement and Director of the 21st Century Policing Project, and Professor Anna G. Cominsky ’05, Director of the Criminal Defense Clinic and Managing Attorney of New York Law School Legal Services, Inc., will be leading the discussion.