Dissertation
Adler, J. G. (2026). Whose restoration? Community, ownership, and power in restorative justice diversion. [Doctoral dissertation, City University of New York]. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. https://www.proquest.com/docview/3340417458.
Articles
Singh, S., Valenzuela, F. R., Jeter, J., Tsarkov, A., & Adler, J. G. (2026). The necessity of critical participatory research in working towards justice in sentencing: Values enacted, and lessons learned. In E. Ruhland, J. Baldwin, J. Lane, & A. Nellis, (Eds.), American Society of Criminology Division of Corrections and Sentencing Handbook Series, Collaborating Across Differences in Sentencing and Corrections: Process andOutcomes (Vol. 11).
Singh, S., Adler, J. G.,Valenzuela, F., Jeter, J, & Smith, T. R. (2026). Moving from manufactured ambivalence to building power: Recommendations for voter engagement interventions through a participatory project with formerly incarcerated people. American Journal of Community Psychology, 77(1), 133-148.
Stoudt, B., Linder, M., & Adler, J. G. (2026). “The police do not keep me safe”: Participatory action research exploring New Yorkers’ experiential understandings of police harm. In A. Devasundaram, S. Zografos, M. Mattos, & Z. Holman (Eds.), Urban violence and marginalized communities: Multidisciplinary investigations. UCL Press.
Singh, S., Nalani, A., Ibrahim, D. A., Adler, J. G., Godfrey, E., & Javdani, S. (2021). When diversity is not enough: An intersectional examination of how juvenile legal system actors of color experience the system’s welfare mandate for girls of color. American Journal of Community Psychology, 69(1), 71-85.
Reports
The Sentencing Commission
Reentry after a life behind bars: A participatory, multi-method approach to understanding the experiences of Public Act 15-84 beneficiaries in Connecticut after Miller v. Alabama. https://ctsentencingcommission.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Public-Act-15-84-Outcomes-Report-Final-Draft.pdf
Public Science Project and Communities United for Police Reform
We deserve to be safe: A study to explore how New Yorkers living in heavily policed neighborhoods understand and experience safety. https://deserve2bsafe.commons.gc.cuny.edu/report/
Public Science Project and the Drug Policy Alliance
Inequitable marijuana criminalization, COVID-19, and socioeconomic disparities: The case for community reinvestment in New York. http://smart-ny.com/mj-covid-report/