James Forman Jr.

James Forman Jr., a law professor at Yale, is the author of the forthcoming “ Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America.” Follow The New  ...

James Forman, Jr. is a professor of law at Yale Law School. He has written for The New York Times, The Atlantic, numerous law reviews, and other publications .

James Forman Jr. divides his superb and shattering first book, “Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America,” into two parts: “Origins” and ...