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Photography Exhibit Explores Criminal Justice, Urban Violence, and Systemic Inequality
May 8, 2025

A new photography exhibit in Bernstein Gallery showcases the work of Carlos Javier Ortiz, a multidisciplinary artist whose visual storytelling critically explores themes of criminal justice, urban violence, and systemic inequality.

The exhibit, “

Laurence Ralph | When Calls for Vengeance Go Online
April 7, 2025

Co-Director of CTP and Professor of Anthropology and Public Affairs Laurence Ralph recently published an op-ed in Sapiens, titled "When Calls for Vengeance Go Online."

The op-ed focuses on an anthropologist's perspective on how digital media…

Writing Social Problems Through the Personal: A Roundtable Discussion
March 28, 2025

On February 28, 2025, the Center on Transnational Policing hosted a roundtable discussion event, “Writing Social Problems Through the Personal,” co-sponsored by Criminal Justice @ SPIA and the Department of Anthropology. Moderated by …

“A fair shake: Grief, murder, and the contradictions of juvenile crime” by Laurence Ralph
March 9, 2025

“A fair shake: Grief, murder, and the contradictions of juvenile crime” by Professor of Anthropology and Public Affairs Laurence Ralph

American Anthropologist, 

CTP project featured during the “UTokyo Day”
March 3, 2025

CTP co-director Laurence Ralph gave a presentation on CTP’s Princeton–UTokyo Strategic Partnership Project “Policing, Public Space, and Democracy” at the “

Black History Month keynote lecture discusses excited delirium
Feb. 20, 2025

“Black History Month keynote lecture discusses excited delirium: Term refers to fake medical cause of death associated with police brutality” by Daniel Frank, February 20, 2025, Massachusetts Daily Collegian

“On Wednesday, Feb. 19, Dr.…

Justice Without Vengeance: A Princeton SPIA Researcher Seeks Answers When His Work Turns Personal
Feb. 14, 2025

“Justice Without Vengeance: A Princeton SPIA Researcher Seeks Answers When His Work Turns Personal” by Tom Durso (Princeton School of Public and International Affairs)

William D. Zabel ’58 Professor of Human Rights; Professor of Anthropology and Public Affairs Laurence Ralph…

The Anthropology of White Supremacy: A Reader
Jan. 28, 2025

The Anthropology of White Supremacy: A Reader (January 2025, Princeton University Press), edited by CTP Co-Director Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús,…