Research

Marisa Lin is a policy advocate and researcher who studies the impacts and policies of the US criminal legal system. Her work focuses on creating alternatives to policing, state surveillance, and carcerality, with topics ranging from policing, prisons, child welfare and juvenile justice systems, and reentry efforts.

Selected reports:

“AB 12 in San Francisco: Supporting Former Probation Youth in Extended Foster Care” (published by the San Francisco Juvenile Probation Department)

“Extended Foster Care: Creating Responsive Community Interventions for Probation Youth” (independently written and published)

“Re-entering Identified: Improving ID Access for Populations Leaving Incarceration” (funded by Arnold Ventures)