5 things to know about Mike Mueller-Smith @Econ_Mike @UM_PSC @UM_CJARS ⬇️: 🐢 Comparing his circular migration to that of a rare turtle returning to its breeding grounds, Mike was conceived in Ann Arbor and settled here after living in Florida, Baltimore, and New York. 📊 Mike's @UM_CJARS database centralizes criminal justice administrative records to answer fundamental questions that could not previously be measured -- such as how many people in the US have ever been justice-involved, charged, or convicted, and what circumstances promote contact with the justice system. 🖱️@UM_CJARS launched the #JusticeOutcomesExplorer last spring-- a publicly available data dashboard that democratizes access to criminal justice data to show how the criminal justice system touches the lives of millions of Americans every year: joe.cjars.org 💵 Among the headline findings out of this research: Fines and fees in the criminal justice system have been described as both poverty traps and effective crime deterrents, but they may be neither; @Econ_Mike found they had virtually no impact. 🌼 @Econ_Mike's super-power is growing dahlias in his yard, with the help of his son. *Learn more about @UM_PSC faculty every month at our coffee chat events, where @sarahburgard conducts brief interviews that are never boring!* @umichECON @umisr @UM_SRC