Todd Clear

Dr. Todd Clear is University Professor at Rutgers School of Criminal Justice, formerly serving as Provost and Dean. His research examines the societal impacts of mass incarceration and alternatives to punitive justice models.

Key research areas include prison population effects on communities, justice reinvestment strategies, sentencing policy reforms, and decarceration challenges. Work emphasizes the 'coercive mobility' concept where incarceration disrupts community stability.

Publications include influential works like 'The Punishment Imperative', 'Imprisoning Communities', and 'Community Justice'. Research informs policy discussions on reducing incarceration while maintaining public safety.

Clear has served as president of the American Society of Criminology and founded the journal 'Criminology & Public Policy'.