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'''Craig Haney''' is an American social psychologist and a professor at the [[University of California, Santa Cruz]], noted for his work on the study of the psychological impact of solitary confinement and prison isolation from the 1970's on.<ref name=sychology.ucsc.edu>{{cite web|url=http://psychology.ucsc.edu/faculty/singleton.php?&singleton=true&cruz_id=psylaw|title= University of California faculty profile for Craig Haney|accessdate=November 7, 2016}}</ref>
[[File:Craig Haney.jpg|thumb|Haney at the University of California, Santa Cruz.]]
'''Craig Haney''' is an American social psychologist and a professor at the [[University of California, Santa Cruz]], noted for his work on the study of capital punishment and the psychological impact of imprisonment and prison isolation since the 1970s.<ref name=psychology.ucsc.edu>{{cite web|url=http://psychology.ucsc.edu/faculty/singleton.php?&singleton=true&cruz_id=psylaw|title= University of California faculty profile for Craig Haney|accessdate=November 7, 2016}}</ref> He was a researcher on [[The Stanford Prison Experiment]].
He obtained his B.A from the [[University of Pennsylvania]] and his M.A., Ph.D. in Psychology and J.D. in Law from [[Stanford University]].<ref>http://ucjusticehealth.com/uc-santa-cruz/#/craig-haney/</ref> He is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology, and Director of the program in Legal Studies and the UCSC Presidential Chair (for a three year term which runs from 2015 until 2018) at the aforementioned University of California Santa Cruz,<ref>http://socialsciences.ucsc.edu/news-events/news/presidential-chair.html</ref> where he has been a member the faculty for some 39 years.


==Education==
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In 1973, while at Stanford, Haney had the opportunity to work in support of his famed colleague, Dr. [[Philip Zimbardo]]. Their collaboration formed what is known today as [[The Stanford Prison Experiment]],<ref>http://www.prisonexp.org/escape</ref> for which Haney served as a principal researcher. This experience help to set in course Haney’s subsequent career and work with prison systems. The simultaneously staged and real time academic drama at Stanford ingrained in Haney that.... “context matters, prisoners are people, mistreatment has consequences”. This foundation perpetuated Haney’s passion regarding the psychological impact of incarceration (e.g., mental illness) and his advocacy for humanization and reform.<ref>http://www.fenichel.com/ZimSPE40.shtml</ref><ref name=New York Times>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/04/health/solitary-confinement-mental-illness.html?_r=2|title=Solitary Confinement Mental Illness|publisher=The New York Times|author=Erica Goode|date=August 9, 2015}}</ref>


Haney obtained his B.A from the [[University of Pennsylvania]] and his M.A., Ph.D. in Psychology and J.D. from [[Stanford Law School]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ucjusticehealth.com/uc-santa-cruz|title=UC Santa Cruz|website=University of California Criminal Justice & Health Consortium|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-30}}</ref>
During his professional career Haney has published a panalopy of works, including five books, numerous research articles and entries in law reviews.<ref>http://haney.socialpsychology.org/publications</ref> His 2006 book, Reforming Punishment: ''Psychological Limits to the Pains of Imprisonment'', published by the [[American Psychological Association]] in 2006, was nominated for a [[National Book Award]]. His latest book, ''Prisons Worldwide'' (coauthored with Lynne Haney) is forthcoming in December 2016.<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Prisons-Worldwide-volumes-Craig-Haney/dp/1440828822</ref> Haney has also written for the [[Huffington Post]].<ref>
http://m.huffpost.com/us/author/craig-haney</ref>


==Career==
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Haney has served as an [[expert witness]] in several influential [[United States Federal Court]] cases related to the prison environment and punishment, including; Toussaint v. McCarthy (1984), Madrid v. Gomez (1995), Coleman v. Brown (1995), and Ruiz v. Johnson (1999).<ref>http://studentorgs.law.unc.edu/crcge/conferences/2016/panelists/</ref> Moreover, Haney was influential in the [[United States Supreme Court]] 5-4 ruling of [[Brown v. Plata]] (2011), which upheld a lower court ruling that the California prison population be reduced.<ref name=Sant Cruz Sentinel>{{cite news|url=http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/article/ZZ/20141017/NEWS/141019110|publisher=Santa cruz Sentinel|date=October 17, 2014|accessdate=November 9, 2016</ref> Commenting on this last case, Haney stated: "When prisons are unduly painful, they become harmful and the system begins to break down and fail." He noted further, "Prisoners can carry the consequences of that harm back out into the free world once they're released. I was very gratified to see the Supreme Court embrace that concept”.


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In 1971, while at Stanford, Haney collaborated with [[Philip Zimbardo]] in conducting what is known today as [[The Stanford Prison Experiment]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.prisonexp.org/escape|title=7. Escape|website=Stanford Prison Experiment|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-30}}</ref> for which Haney served as a principal researcher. This experience help to set in course Haney's subsequent career and work with prison systems. It ingrained in Haney that “context matters, prisoners are people, mistreatment has consequences”, and perpetuated his passion about the psychological impact of incarceration, and his advocacy for humanization and reform.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fenichel.com/ZimSPE40.shtml|title=Fenichel's Current Topics in Psychology - Phillip Zimbardo: 40th Anniversary of the Stanford Prison Experiment - APA Convention 2011|website=www.fenichel.com|access-date=2019-10-30}}</ref><ref name="New York Times">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/04/health/solitary-confinement-mental-illness.html?_r=2|title=Solitary Confinement Mental Illness|work=The New York Times|author=Erica Goode|date=August 9, 2015}}</ref>
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In 2012, Haney testified before the [[Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights]] of the [[U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee]] at a hearing on “Reassessing [[Solitary Confinement]]”.<ref>http://solitarywatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/transcript-of-the-hearing.pdf</ref> In 2014, he spoke on the [[National Public Radio]] program, Fresh Air with [[Terry Gross]], about the impacts of solitary confinement.<ref>http://www.npr.org/2014/03/06/286794055/how-four-inmates-launched-a-statewide-hunger-strike-from-solitary</ref>


Haney is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology and the UCSC Presidential Chair (for a three-year term which runs from 2015 until 2018) at the [[University of California Santa Cruz]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://socialsciences.ucsc.edu/news-events/news/presidential-chair.html |title=Distinguished Professor Craig Haney appointed UCSC Presidential Chair |access-date=2016-11-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109021804/http://socialsciences.ucsc.edu/news-events/news/presidential-chair.html |archive-date=2016-11-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> where he has been a member the faculty for some 39 years.
At University of California, Santa Cruz, Haney was selected as the University’s Distinguished Faculty Research Lecturer in 2014. He has taught Psychology and Law I & II, Social Justice, Society, and Policy, and Graduate Research Methods, The Social Context. His work with students involves applied research on prisons with topics including: criminogenic social histories and the impact of pretrial publicity on legal decision making.
He was selected as the university's Distinguished Faculty Research Lecturer in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://socialsciences.ucsc.edu/news-events/news/haney-lecture-recap.html|title=Psychology and prisons expert Craig Haney talks about social injustices in U.S. prisons at Annual Faculty Research Lecture|website=socialsciences.ucsc.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-01-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109063922/https://socialsciences.ucsc.edu/news-events/news/haney-lecture-recap.html|archive-date=2018-01-09|url-status=dead}}</ref> He has taught Psychology and Law I & II, Social Justice, Society, and Policy, and Graduate Research Methods, and The Social Context. His work with graduate students involves applied research on criminal justice topics including: the effects of imprisonment, criminogenic social histories, the effects of death qualification, and the impact of pretrial publicity on legal decision making. Teaching awards include, in 2015, his second Excellence in Teaching award bestowed by the [[UC Santa Cruz]] faculty senate.


==References==
==Publications==

Haney has published five books, numerous research articles, and entries in law reviews, including:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://haney.socialpsychology.org/publications|title=Craig Haney|website=haney.socialpsychology.org|access-date=2019-10-30}}</ref>

* ''Death By Design: Capital Punishment as a Social Psychological System'' ([[Oxford University Press]], 2005), which received the Herbert Jacobs Prize from the Law and Society Association as “the most outstanding book on law and society” published that year.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/deathbydesigncap00hane|title=Death by Design: Capital Punishment As a Social Psychological System|date=2005-08-04|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780195182408|series=American Psychology-Law Society Series|location=Oxford, New York|url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lawandsociety.org/prizes/jacob_winners.htm |title=Herbert Jacob Book Prize Winners |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=Law and Society Association |access-date=20 January 2019}}</ref>
* ''Reforming Punishment: Psychological Limits to the Pains of Imprisonment'' ([[American Psychological Association]], 2006), which was nominated for a [[National Book Award]].
* ''The Growth of Incarceration in the United States: Exploring the Causes and Consequences'' ([[National Academies Press]], 2014), for which he was a co-author along with other members of the National Academies charged with studying the causes and consequences of high rates of incarceration in the United States.
* ''Prisons Worldwide'' ([[Greenwood Publishing Group|Praeger Publishers]], 2016),<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/900016401|title=Prisons worldwide.|last=Haney, Craig.|date=2016|publisher=Praeger|isbn=978-1440828829|location=[Place of publication not identified]|oclc=900016401}}</ref> three volumes co-authored with Lynne Haney.
*''Criminality in Context: The Psychological Foundations of Criminal Justice Reform'' ([[American Psychological Association]], 2020).

Haney has also written for the [[Huffington Post]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/craig-haney|title=Craig Haney {{!}} HuffPost|website=www.huffpost.com|access-date=2019-10-30}}</ref>

==Testimony and media==

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Haney has served as an [[expert witness]] in several influential [[United States Federal Court]] cases related to the prison environment and punishment, including: Toussaint v. McCarthy (1984), Madrid v. Gomez (1995), Coleman v. Brown (1995), and Ruiz v. Johnson (1999).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://studentorgs.law.unc.edu/crcge/conferences/2016/panelists/|title=Panelists' Biographies|website=studentorgs.law.unc.edu|access-date=2019-10-30}}</ref> Moreover, Haney's work was influential in the [[United States Supreme Court]] 5–4 ruling of [[Brown v. Plata]] (2011), which upheld a lower court ruling that the California prison population be reduced.<ref name="Sant Cruz Sentinel">{{cite news|url=http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/article/ZZ/20141017/NEWS/141019110|publisher=Santa cruz Sentinel|title=UCSC Professor Honored for Prison Research|author=Kara Guzman|date=October 17, 2014|accessdate=November 9, 2016}}</ref> Commenting on this last case, Haney stated: "When prisons are unduly painful, they become harmful and the system begins to break down and fail." He noted further, "Prisoners can carry the consequences of that harm back out into the free world once they're released. I was very gratified to see the Supreme Court embrace that concept”.

⚫
In 2012, Haney testified before the [[Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights]] of the [[U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary]] at a hearing on “Reassessing [[Solitary confinement|Solitary Confinement]]”.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://solitarywatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/transcript-of-the-hearing.pdf|title=Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights Holds Hearing on Reassessing Solitary Confinement, Panel 1|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120144049/https://solitarywatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/transcript-of-the-hearing.pdf |archive-date=2019-01-20 |access-date=2019-10-30}}</ref>

In 2014, he spoke on the [[National Public Radio]] program, Fresh Air with [[Terry Gross]], about the impacts of solitary confinement.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2014/03/06/286794055/how-four-inmates-launched-a-statewide-hunger-strike-from-solitary|title=How 4 Inmates Launched A Statewide Hunger Strike From Solitary|last=Haney|first=Craig|website=NPR.org|language=en|access-date=2019-10-30}}</ref>

In 2018, Haney was interviewed by [[Oprah Winfrey Network|Oprah Winfrey]] on a 60 Minutes segment that addressed the psychological consequences of long-term isolation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://psychology.ucsc.edu/news-events/news/haney-60minutes.html|title=Psychology professor Craig Haney discussed solitary confinement with Oprah Winfrey on "60 Minutes"|website=psychology.ucsc.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-01-08}}</ref>

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Latest revision as of 22:21, 19 March 2023

Haney at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Craig Haney is an American social psychologist and a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, noted for his work on the study of capital punishment and the psychological impact of imprisonment and prison isolation since the 1970s.[1] He was a researcher on The Stanford Prison Experiment.

Education[edit]

Haney obtained his B.A from the University of Pennsylvania and his M.A., Ph.D. in Psychology and J.D. from Stanford Law School.[2]

Career[edit]

In 1971, while at Stanford, Haney collaborated with Philip Zimbardo in conducting what is known today as The Stanford Prison Experiment,[3] for which Haney served as a principal researcher. This experience help to set in course Haney's subsequent career and work with prison systems. It ingrained in Haney that “context matters, prisoners are people, mistreatment has consequences”, and perpetuated his passion about the psychological impact of incarceration, and his advocacy for humanization and reform.[4][5]

Haney is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology and the UCSC Presidential Chair (for a three-year term which runs from 2015 until 2018) at the University of California Santa Cruz[6] where he has been a member the faculty for some 39 years. He was selected as the university's Distinguished Faculty Research Lecturer in 2014.[7] He has taught Psychology and Law I & II, Social Justice, Society, and Policy, and Graduate Research Methods, and The Social Context. His work with graduate students involves applied research on criminal justice topics including: the effects of imprisonment, criminogenic social histories, the effects of death qualification, and the impact of pretrial publicity on legal decision making. Teaching awards include, in 2015, his second Excellence in Teaching award bestowed by the UC Santa Cruz faculty senate.

Publications[edit]

Haney has published five books, numerous research articles, and entries in law reviews, including:[8]

  • Death By Design: Capital Punishment as a Social Psychological System (Oxford University Press, 2005), which received the Herbert Jacobs Prize from the Law and Society Association as “the most outstanding book on law and society” published that year.[9][10]
  • Reforming Punishment: Psychological Limits to the Pains of Imprisonment (American Psychological Association, 2006), which was nominated for a National Book Award.
  • The Growth of Incarceration in the United States: Exploring the Causes and Consequences (National Academies Press, 2014), for which he was a co-author along with other members of the National Academies charged with studying the causes and consequences of high rates of incarceration in the United States.
  • Prisons Worldwide (Praeger Publishers, 2016),[11] three volumes co-authored with Lynne Haney.
  • Criminality in Context: The Psychological Foundations of Criminal Justice Reform (American Psychological Association, 2020).

Haney has also written for the Huffington Post.[12]

Testimony and media[edit]

Haney has served as an expert witness in several influential United States Federal Court cases related to the prison environment and punishment, including: Toussaint v. McCarthy (1984), Madrid v. Gomez (1995), Coleman v. Brown (1995), and Ruiz v. Johnson (1999).[13] Moreover, Haney's work was influential in the United States Supreme Court 5–4 ruling of Brown v. Plata (2011), which upheld a lower court ruling that the California prison population be reduced.[14] Commenting on this last case, Haney stated: "When prisons are unduly painful, they become harmful and the system begins to break down and fail." He noted further, "Prisoners can carry the consequences of that harm back out into the free world once they're released. I was very gratified to see the Supreme Court embrace that concept”.

In 2012, Haney testified before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary at a hearing on “Reassessing Solitary Confinement”.[15]

In 2014, he spoke on the National Public Radio program, Fresh Air with Terry Gross, about the impacts of solitary confinement.[16]

In 2018, Haney was interviewed by Oprah Winfrey on a 60 Minutes segment that addressed the psychological consequences of long-term isolation.[17]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "University of California faculty profile for Craig Haney". Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  2. ^ "UC Santa Cruz". University of California Criminal Justice & Health Consortium. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  3. ^ "7. Escape". Stanford Prison Experiment. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  4. ^ "Fenichel's Current Topics in Psychology - Phillip Zimbardo: 40th Anniversary of the Stanford Prison Experiment - APA Convention 2011". www.fenichel.com. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  5. ^ Erica Goode (August 9, 2015). "Solitary Confinement Mental Illness". The New York Times.
  6. ^ "Distinguished Professor Craig Haney appointed UCSC Presidential Chair". Archived from the original on 2016-11-09. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
  7. ^ "Psychology and prisons expert Craig Haney talks about social injustices in U.S. prisons at Annual Faculty Research Lecture". socialsciences.ucsc.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-01-09. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  8. ^ "Craig Haney". haney.socialpsychology.org. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  9. ^ Death by Design: Capital Punishment As a Social Psychological System. American Psychology-Law Society Series. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 2005-08-04. ISBN 9780195182408.
  10. ^ "Herbert Jacob Book Prize Winners". Law and Society Association. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  11. ^ Haney, Craig. (2016). Prisons worldwide. [Place of publication not identified]: Praeger. ISBN 978-1440828829. OCLC 900016401.
  12. ^ "Craig Haney | HuffPost". www.huffpost.com. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  13. ^ "Panelists' Biographies". studentorgs.law.unc.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  14. ^ Kara Guzman (October 17, 2014). "UCSC Professor Honored for Prison Research". Santa cruz Sentinel. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  15. ^ "Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights Holds Hearing on Reassessing Solitary Confinement, Panel 1" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-01-20. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  16. ^ Haney, Craig. "How 4 Inmates Launched A Statewide Hunger Strike From Solitary". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  17. ^ "Psychology professor Craig Haney discussed solitary confinement with Oprah Winfrey on "60 Minutes"". psychology.ucsc.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
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