MARYLAND TODAY
interview in “Study shows background checks don’t always check out.” 2/24/24
RU-N REPORT
feature in “Criminal justice professor gets law degree to fight digital punishment.” 1/18/24
DERECHO Y SOCIEDAD Podcast
interview in “T3. Capítulo 8. Tecnología y vigilancia en la justicia penal.” 11/15/23
ARIRANG TV (SOUTH KOREA)
interview in “Should we release more mugshots of people in Korea?” 9/12/23
MARKETWATCH
interview in “An estimated 78 million people in the U.S. have a criminal record, restricting their employment and housing opportunities long after an arrest or conviction.” 7/27/23
THE APPEAL
interview in “Background check industry profits off ‘Digital Punishment,’ despite flawed data.” 4/17/23
THE MARKUP
interview in “Special Database 18.” 3/18/23.
SLATE
research featured in “The relentless mental toll of public defense.” 1/4/23
OKLAHOMA WATCH
interview in “OKC Police’s Crowd-Sourced Effort Exploits Accused.” 12/7/22
VOX
interview in “California could give more than a million people with criminal records a fresh start.” 9/9/22
TALK JUSTICE PODCAST
guest on “Modern Approaches to Expungement.” 7/12/22
APPLE NEWS TODAY
interview in “Doorbell cameras are becoming more ubiquitous, raising tough questions about the privacy rights of the people they record. Wired breaks the issue down.” 6/9/22
PBS ARIZONA
interview in “New Arizona law on sealing criminal records may help some renters, but there are limitations.” 5/23/22
HUFFINGTON POST
interview in “Facebook Is Still Allowing Mug Shots Even Though They Can Ruin Lives.” 5/14/22
YAHOO NEWS 360
quoted in “Experts say sex offender registries don’t work. Can they be fixed?” 3/24/22
TECH TARGET
interview in “Employment background checks shift to continuous.” 3/21/22
MARKETPLACE
interview in “The complications of adding background checks to dating apps.” 3/15/22
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE (AFP)
interview in “Tinder lets users run background checks before dates.” 3/10/22
WALL STREET JOURNAL
interview in “Tinder adds background checks to its dating app.” 3/9/22
SCIENCE
interview in “‘Staggering’ study reveals nearly half of unemployed U.S. men have criminal convictions.” 2/18/22
RUTGERS NEWS
featured in “SCJ Associate Professor Sarah Lageson honored with prestigious award.” 1/7/22
THE MARSHALL PROJECT
interview in “Mugshots Stay Online Forever. Some Say the Police Should Stop Making Them Public.” 11/11/21
THE SAN FRANCISCO STANDARD
interview in “Data Offer Clues on San Francisco’s Crime Paradox. Police Chief and Academics Have Some Ideas Too.” 11/4/21
NORTH JERSEY NEWS
interview in “Newark police department says it will no longer publish mugshots for minor offenses.” 10/25/21
DESERET NEWS
interview in “Neighborhood, watched.” 8/31/21
LOS ANGELES TIMES
interview in “Police take ‘wanted’ posters onto social media, nabbing suspects and ruining lives.” 6/29/21
LEGAL TALK TODAY
interview in “Citizen Sleuths: What happens when amateur online crime investigators go too far?” 6/11/21
USA TODAY
interview in “Death threats to vitriol: New England families pay a price in public fights for justice” 6/10/21
CNN
interview in “Helicopters, a patrol car and virtual bodyguards: Inside Citizen's scattered push to upend public safety” 6/3/21
MILFORD DAILY NEWS
interview in “Public pressure is influencing Mikayla Miller’s death investigation. Should it have to?” 6/3/21
THE SUNDAY TIMES
interview in “US Confidential: Live crime apps fuel fear and vigilantism in New York City.” 5/28/21
THE MARSHALL PROJECT
interview in “Does Banning People With Felonies From Dating Apps Actually Make Anyone Safer?” 5/20/21
THE GUARDIAN
interview in “Citizen: crime app falsely accused a homeless man of starting a wildfire.” 5/19/21
THE CRIME REPORT
featured in “False Accusation by Citizen Crime App Highlights Dangers.” 5/19/21
CRIMINAL LEGAL NEWS
research featured in “Online Records Impose Digital Punishment for Millions.” 5/15/21
PEW STATELINE
interview in “Online, mug shots are forever. Some states want to change that.” 5/10/21
DIGITAL PRIVACY NEWS
interview in “Disclosing Criminal Records on the Internet Creates ‘Digital Punishment’”4/26/21
NJ.com
interview in “Why it’s still so hard to wipe away a criminal record despite promise of law Murphy signed.” 4/26/21
THE GUARDIAN
interview in “Tinder’s plan for criminal record checks raises fears of ‘lifelong punishment.’” 4/13/21
TECH POLICY PRESS
research featured in “Recommendations to End Virtual Stop and Frisk Policing on Social Media.”4/13/21
VICE
interview in Vice, “The Viral Story About an Amy Poehler Lookalike Is Fake and Harmful.” 4/7/21
THE CRIME REPORT
research featured in “Online Criminal Records Impose ‘Digital Punishment’ on Millions of Americans: Study.” 2/9/21.
LAW360
interview in “Virtual Courts Lead to Tension Between Access and Privacy.” 1/28/21
THE CRIME REPORT
research featured in “Public Defenders Suffer From the ‘Stress of Injustice’: Study".” 1/26/21
CINCINNATI.COM
THE APPEAL
interview in “Basically cyberbullying: How cops abuse social media to publicly humiliate.” 12/21/20
THE MARKUP
interview in “Locked Out: When zombie data costs you a home.” 10/6/20
STREET SENSE MEDIA
research featured in “From parole to pride: DC agency empowers individuals vulnerable to crime.” 9/9/20
MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE
interview in ”Troubled south Minneapolis block renews calls for help from police, City Hall.” 7/13/20
WNYC’s THE TAKEAWAY
interview in “Local news rethinks its use of mugshots.”2/26/20
CBS NEWS
interview in “‘Citizen’ App provides real-time crime alerts in your neighborhood.” 2/24/20
THE APPEAL
research featured in “The US has no ‘right to be forgotten.’ But one news outlet has been weighing the costs of the internet’s long memory.” 11/6/19
IPSE DIXIT LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP PODCAST
interview in “Corda and Lageson on the Disclosure of Criminal Records.” 11/5/19
QUARTZ
interview in “Are neighborhood watch apps making us safer?” 10/29/19
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION LEGAL REBELS PODCAST
interview in “Expunging records with new technology.” 10/16/19
CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS
research featured in “NeighborhoodStat: Strengthening public safety through community empowerment.” 10/2/19
SPRINGFIELD NEWS-LEADER
interview in “Facebook groups work to expose child predators in Ozarks. Are they doing harm or good?” 10/2/19
THE JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY OF CANADA BLOG
research featured in “Internet info on people and crime is damaging and often inaccurate: Lageson.” 9/21/19
TBS eFM RADIO, SEOUL.
interview in “News Focus 2 with Sarah Lageson: Impact of mug shots criminal justice system” 9/9/19
APEX ART GALLERY, NYC
panelist in “Digital Punishment and the Modern Mugshot.” 9/7/19
THE APPEAL
interview in “Pennsylvania county owes $67 million after man finds arrest records on mugshots.com.” 8/27/19
QUARTZ
interview in “There’s a global movement of Facebook vigilantes who hunt pedophiles.” 7/24/19
O ESTADÃO DE SAO PAOLO
interview in “EUA usam árvore genealógica para solucionar crimes.” 7/7/19
ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL
research featured in “Like diamonds, mugshots are forever - even for the innocent.” 3/23/19
NOOZHAWK SANTA BARBARA
research featured in “Mugshots live on - even for the not guilty.” 3/23/19
MASSACHUSETTS DAILY COLLEGIAN
interview in “Expunge all marijuana crimes automatically.” 3/21/19
SIRIUS XM RADIO. TOP OF MIND WITH JULIE ROSE
interview in ”Mugshots for Profit.” 3/14/19
POLITICO
research featured in “Green Light for Legal Weed?” 2/19/19
NEW JERSEY STAR LEDGER
interview in “N.J.’s governor promised to clear weed convictions. Here’s just how hard that will be.” 2/17/19
LAW360
interview in “Clean Slate: How ditching a criminal record is no easy task.” 2/10/19
NPR’s PLANET MONEY
interview in “Mugshots for Sale” 11/23/18
TAMPA BAY TIMES
interview in “Weighing access and fairness, Hillsboro Sheriff’s Office limits online jail records.” 11/5/18
TEAM HUMAN PODCAST
interview in Episode 103, “Giving each other some slack.” 9/19/18
THE GUARDIAN
interview in “Haunted by a mugshot: how predatory websites exploit the shame of arrest.” 6/12/18
NJ SPOTLIGHT
testimony in “Can NJ’s effort to legalize pot make it through the expungement maze?” 6/5/18
NJTV NEWS
research featured in "As legalization looms, how will NJ address marijuana convictions?" 6/4/18
SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
interview in "SFPD blasts alleged drug dealers online as critics decry 'public shaming.'" 4/29/18
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, ABA JOURNAL BLOG
research featured in "Use copyright law to battle mugshot extortion." 3/27/18
LAW POD, QUEENS UNIVERSITY BELFAST LAW PODCAST
interview in "Digital Punishment through Online Criminal Records." 3/1/18
MINC LAW
research featured in "Mugshot Websites: How They Work, And How You Can Protect Yourself From a Career-Ending Embarrassment." 12/10/17
AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN
interview in “Former RideAustin driver’s rape case reignites debate over ride-hailing background checks.” 11/10/17
NEW JERSEY SPOTLIGHT
interview in “Governor’s Race 2017: Candidates Sharply Divided on Crime, Social Justice.” 11/3/17
THE WEEK
research featured in "The Enduring Power of Mug Shots" 9/24/17
NEW YORK TIMES
research featured in "Innocent Until Your Mug Shot Is on the Internet" 6/3/17
THE MARSHALL PROJECT
research featured in "Mugged!" 6/3/17
THE SOCIETY PAGES
research featured in "Clippings: The Profits and Perils of Mug Shots in a Digital Age" 6/13/17
SALON
interview in "Murder on Facebook raises big censorship questions" 4/21/17
LAW & SOCIETY REVIEW BLOG
guest post "Online criminal records & legal consciousness theory" 3/2/17
NEW YORK TIMES
research featured in "Have You Ever Been Arrested? Check Here" 5/24/16
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY - NEWARK STORIES
profile "Dr. Lageson's Story" 2017