Matthew Clair

Matthew Clair is an assistant professor of sociology at Stanford University. He is the author of Privilege and Punishment: How Race and Class Matter in Criminal Court.

Police and Law EnforcementMarch 9, 2022

The Practical Politics of Police Abolition

In Becoming an Abolitionist, Derecka Purnell examines how one cannot separate putting an end to policing from broader struggles for freedom.

Matthew Clair
Criminal JusticeDecember 14, 2020

How Did We End Up With Our Current Public Defender System?

Sara Mayeux’s new history highlights how without a more fundamental transformation of criminal law, public defenders often provide only a limited form of equality and fairness before the law.

Matthew Clair

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Matthew Clair

Police and Law EnforcementMarch 9, 2022

The Practical Politics of Police Abolition

In Becoming an Abolitionist, Derecka Purnell examines how one cannot separate putting an end to policing from broader struggles for freedom.

Matthew Clair

Criminal JusticeDecember 14, 2020

How Did We End Up With Our Current Public Defender System?

Sara Mayeux’s new history highlights how without a more fundamental transformation of criminal law, public defenders often provide only a limited form of equality and fairness before the law.

Matthew Clair