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Elise White

Deputy Director of Research

Leadership

Elise White is the deputy director of research at the Center for Justice Innovation. Dr. White’s work focuses on qualitative research and ethnography with hard-to-reach populations, exploring their experiences with interpersonal, social, and historical trauma; the relationship of these to violence and the criminal justice system; and methods of resistance, resilience, and healing.  Most recently, she has led participatory studies of sex trafficking and youth gun use, both focused on New York City. She is currently lead principal investigator of a five-city participatory action research study of the social and cultural contexts of youth gun use funded by the National Consortium on Gun Violence. Dr. White has worked on criminal justice reform and community organizing for the last 20 years. She is a member of the Center's Institutional Review board. She holds a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Publications

  • Legal Responses to Trafficking Evaluability Assessments
  • Guns, Safety, and the Edge of Adulthood in New York City
  • School Discipline, Safety, and Climate: A Comprehensive Study in New York City
  • Procedural Justice at the Manhattan Criminal Court
  • Up & Out: Toward an Evidence-Based Response to Misdemeanors
  • Navigating Force and Choice: Experiences in the New York City Sex Trade and the Criminal Justice System's Response
  • Changing the Frame: Practitioner Knowledge, Perceptions, and Practice in New York City's Young Adult Courts
  • Navigating the Bail Payment System in New York City: Findings and Recommendations
  • Drifting Between Worlds: Delinquency and Positive Engagement among Red Hook Youth
  • A Pilot Program on Youth Engagement: Lessons from Youth ECHO
  • Youth Culture in Red Hook, Brooklyn: Using Ethnographic Research to Enhance Youth Program Planning
Elise White

My Recent Work

Legal Responses to Trafficking Evaluability Assessments
Guns, Safety, and the Edge of Adulthood in New York City
School Discipline, Safety, and Climate: A Comprehensive Study in New York City
Procedural Justice at the Manhattan Criminal Court
Up & Out: Toward an Evidence-Based Response to Misdemeanors
Navigating Force and Choice: Experiences in the New York City Sex Trade and the Criminal Justice System's Response
Changing the Frame: Practitioner Knowledge, Perceptions, and Practice in New York City's Young Adult Courts
Navigating the Bail Payment System in New York City: Findings and Recommendations
Drifting Between Worlds: Delinquency and Positive Engagement among Red Hook Youth
A Pilot Program on Youth Engagement: Lessons from Youth ECHO
Youth Culture in Red Hook, Brooklyn: Using Ethnographic Research to Enhance Youth Program Planning
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