Anthony Braga
Senior Research Fellow
Berkeley Center for Criminal Justice
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
2850 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 500
Berkeley, CA 94705-7220
Tel: 510-643-7025
Fax: 510-643-4533
Anthony Braga is Senior Research Fellow at the Berkeley Center for Criminal Justice and a Senior Research Associate and Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is also the Chief Policy Advisor to the Boston Police Commissioner. Braga's research focuses on developing problem-oriented policing strategies to prevent gang violence, disrupt illegal gun markets, and address violent crime hot spots. He has served as a consultant on these issues to police departments in numerous cities -- including Los Angeles, New York, Minneapolis and Baltimore -- as well as the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Braga was a Visiting Fellow at the U.S. National Institute of Justice and teaches in the Police Executive Research Forum’s Senior Management Institute for Police.
Education:
B.S., University of Massachusetts (1991)
M.A., Rutgers University (1993)
Ph.D., Rutgers University (1997)
M.P.A., Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2002)
