# Marc Mauer

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American advocate for criminal justice reform

Marc Mauer Alma mater Stony Brook University University of Michigan School of Social Work Occupation Executive director of the Sentencing Project

**Marc Mauer** was the executive director of the [Sentencing Project](/source/Sentencing_Project), a group that advocates for [criminal justice reform](/source/Criminal_justice_reform) and addressing [racial disparities in the United States criminal-justice system](/source/Race_in_the_United_States_criminal_justice_system).[1][2]

## Education

Mauer received his bachelor's degree from [Stony Brook University](/source/Stony_Brook_University) and his [Master of Social Work](/source/Master_of_Social_Work) from the [University of Michigan](/source/University_of_Michigan).[3]

## Career

Mauer's career in [criminal justice](/source/Criminal_justice) began with the [American Friends Service Committee](/source/American_Friends_Service_Committee) in 1975, where he served as the National Justice Communications Coordinator before joining the Sentencing Project in 1987. He became the Project's executive director in 2005.[3]

## Views

Mauer has been highly critical of the very high rate at which America incarcerates both violent and nonviolent offenders in recent decades, and that "we're well past the point of diminishing returns for public safety."[2] He has also encouraged Congress to pass sentencing reform to combat what he says are the adverse effects of the [war on drugs](/source/War_on_drugs).[4]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Cohen, Andrew (12 August 2015). ["How White Users Made Heroin a Public-Health Problem"](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/08/crack-heroin-and-race/401015/). *The Atlantic*. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-wapo_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-wapo_2-1) Hermann, Peter (22 August 2015). ["Police say repeat offenders driving crime rise in District and elsewhere"](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/police-say-repeat-offenders-driving-crime-rise-in-district-and-elsewhere/2015/08/22/d95daee8-473a-11e5-8ab4-c73967a143d3_story.html). *Washington Post*. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-sp_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-sp_3-1) ["Marc Mauer"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160115232208/http://www.sentencingproject.org/detail/person.cfm?person_id=3). *Sentencing Project website*. Archived from [the original](http://www.sentencingproject.org/detail/person.cfm?person_id=3) on 15 January 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Johnson, Carrie (14 May 2015). ["After Baltimore And Ferguson, Major Momentum For Criminal Justice System Reform"](https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/05/14/406768355/after-baltimore-and-ferguson-major-momentum-for-criminal-justice-system-reform). *NPR*. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

## External links

- [Marc Mauer](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8mFrDu8AAAAJ) publications indexed by [Google Scholar](/source/Google_Scholar)

- [Appearances](https://www.c-span.org/person/?16394) on [C-SPAN](/source/C-SPAN)

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