Ben Jones

Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute

Pennsylvania State University

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Ben Jones is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute at Penn State. His research explores what ethical principles should guide criminal justice policy and how to translate those principles into law and practice. He is co-editor with Eduardo Mendieta of The Ethics of Policing: New Perspectives on Law Enforcement (New York University Press). He is the cofounder and coordinator of the Policing, Policy, and Philosophy Initiative (3PI) supported by the American Philosophical Association. Before joining Penn State, he worked in the nonprofit sector on criminal justice, which included directing the campaign that repealed the death penalty in Connecticut.