Mary A. Eckert, his wife and life partner, has a M.A. and Ph.D. from New York University. Her B.A. is from the College of New Rochelle . Dr. Eckert has devoted an active career to applied research in criminal justice and program evaluation. She served as Research Director of the New York City Criminal Justice Agency, Inc., where she authored many research reports and guided that agency s diverse research agenda, including work on pretrial risk assessment, court-case processing, and evaluating alternative- to-incarceration programs. She then served in the New Jersey Office of the Attorney Gener...