Expertise
Drug Policy and Drug Markets, Sentencing, Measurement
Bio
Eric Sevigny is a professor of criminal justice and criminology. He received his Ph.D. in Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh in 2006. His research interests lie at the intersection of drugs, crime and public policy, particularly around issues of sentencing and incarceration, the measurement of drug-related problems, the collateral consequences of mass incarceration, and the impact of medical marijuana laws on drugged driving and other outcomes. The Office of National Drug Control Policy currently supports Dr. Sevigny’s research on drug problem measurement. His work appears in a range of interdisciplinary journals, including Criminology and Public Policy, the International Journal of Drug Policy, the Journal of Quantitative Criminology, the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, and Social Indicators Research.