#  Sandra Susan Smith 

Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Professor of Criminal Justice and Professor of Sociology

Carol K. Pforzheimer Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study

Director, Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management

 

 

 



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 laptop\_windows [Homepage](https://scholar.harvard.edu/sandrassmith) 

 

 



 

 *Research interests*: Sociologist. Urban poverty, racial inequality, and criminal justice. How the front-end of criminal case processing contributes to the reproduction of racial and class inequalities.



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Faculty department
    
     [Harvard Kennedy School](/faculty-department/hks) [Faculty of Arts and Sciences](/fas) [Sociology Department](/faculty-department/sociology)
- ## Roles
    
     [Faculty and staff](/facultyall)