Other Publications

Austin, J., Monahan, J., & Desmarais, S. L. (2020, December 7). Open letter to the Pretrial Justice Institute: Response to PJI's position on the abolition of pretrial risk assessment instruments.

Burnette, J. L., & Desmarais, S. L. (2019, October). Because it provides empirical answers to critical public health questions [blog post]. Why social science? Washington, DC: Consortium of Social Science Associations. https://www.whysocialscience.com/blog/2019/10/22/because-it-provides-empirical-answers-to-critical-public-health-questions 

Desmarais, S., Garrett, B., & Rudin, C. (2019, July). Risk assessment tools are not a failed ‘minority report’. Law360. https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/1180373/risk-assessment-tools-are-not-a-failed-minority-report- 

Desmarais, S. L., & *Lowder, E. M. (2019, February). Pretrial risk assessment tools: A primer for judges, prosecutors, and defense attorneys. Chicago, IL: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. http://www.safetyandjusticechallenge.org/resource/pretrial-risk-assessment-tools-a-primer-for-judges-prosecutors-and-defense-attorneys/ 

Desmarais, S. L. (2018, March 13). Op-Ed; Mental health treatment won’t stop most gun violence. News & Observer. http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/article204679904.html 

Desmarais, S. L. (2018, March 12). Why mental health treatment is not an easy solution to violence. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/why-mental-health-treatment-is-not-an-easy-solution-to-violence-92720

Desmarais, S. L., Simons-Rudolph, J., Brugh, C., Schilling, E., & Hoggan, C. (2017, October). Executive summary: The state of science regarding membership in terrorist organizations and perpetration of terrorist attacks. Homeland Security Affairs, 8. https://www.hsaj.org/articles/14138 

Desmarais, S. L., & Van Dorn, R. A. (2015, September 26). Op-Ed; How mental health care cuts in NC will cost more than they save. News & Observer. http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/article36603714.html