Law Experts

James Acker
School of Criminal Justice, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy
Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus
Areas of expertise: The death penalty, History of capital punishment in the United States and New York
David E. Guinn
Department of Public Administration & Policy, International Affairs, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy
Public Service Professor
Areas of expertise: International development in democracy and governance, International public law, Human Rights, Intellectual property, Human trafficking, Religion and violence, Post-conflict, Multicultural and religious pluralism
Richard Hamm portrait
Department of History
SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor & Collins Fellow
Areas of expertise: Temperance movement, Crime and trials, Civil liberties
Matthew C. Ingram
Department of Public Administration & Policy, Department of Political Science, International Affairs, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, Department of Latin American, Caribbean & U.S. Latino Studies, School of Criminal Justice
Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: Public Law, Comparative Law and Politics, Justice Reform, Violence, Latin American Law and Legal Institutions, Latin American Politics, Brazil, Mexico, Research Methods, Geo-Spatial Analysis, Network Analysis, Mixed-Methods Research
Justin Pickett
School of Criminal Justice, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy
Professor
Areas of expertise: Public opinion on crime and criminal justice, Social threat and social control, Juvenile justice and delinquency, Community influences on attitudes and behavior, Sociology of punishment
David Turetsky Headshot
College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity, Department of Cybersecurity
Professor of Practice
Areas of expertise: Cybersecurity, Policy, Market incentives, international norms, National security, Elections, Privacy, Emergency communications: 9-1-1 system, Wireless emergency alerts, Network reliability and resilience, FirstNet