About Safer Cities

Professor Levinson is a leader in the field of implicit bias and the law and an expert in psychological decision-making in the legal system. His scholarship, which regularly employs experimental social science methodology, has appeared in the NYU Law Review, Yale Law Journal Forum, UCLA Law Review, and Duke Law Journal, among others, and has been cited by the United States Supreme Court.

Jonathan Chavez has emerged as one of the most talented analytical minds in America. His statistical models have been used to predict everything from political elections to the efficiency of NBA players, to success on the PGA Tour and box office openings.

Tracy Schmaler is owner and principal of Oxbow, a strategic communications consultancy specializing in advocacy and crisis communications. Building on her decades of experience at the highest levels of journalism, business and government, Tracy works with organizations and individuals to help change the criminal justice system for the better.

Matt Ferner is a journalist whose work on crime, justice, prosecutors, and police has influenced policy and been cited in academic journals and legal briefs.