Jonathan Simon

Jonathan Simon is the Adrian A. Kragen Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of several books on emerging trends in crime control and the role of crime in contemporary governance. Among these books include Governing Through Crime: How the War on Crime Transformed American Democracy and Created a Culture of Fear (2006) and Mass Incarceration on Trial: A Remarkable Court Decision and the Future of Prisons in America (2014).

Jonathan Simon is the Adrian A. Kragen Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of several books on emerging trends in crime control and the role of crime in contemporary governance. Among these books include Governing Through Crime: How the War on Crime Transformed American Democracy and Created a Culture of Fear (2006) and Mass Incarceration on Trial: A Remarkable Court Decision and the Future of Prisons in America (2014). See less