A leading expert.
An active media voice, Adam Benforado has been interviewed by Larry King, Al Sharpton, Melissa Harris-Perry, and Scott Simon and been featured on Fresh Air. His op-eds and essays have appeared in a variety of publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Time, and Rolling Stone.
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast
Episode 67: Shattering the Myth of Rational Justice. The American justice system is based on incorrect assumptions about the rationality and logic of human behavior. That’s according to Drexel University Law Professor Adam Benforado, the New York Times bestselling author of Unfair: The New Science of Criminal Injustice. Using the disciplines of psychology and social science upon which he based his book, Adam and host Matt Adams explore the systemic blind spots of the criminal justice system in the investigation, adjudication and punishment stages. They also examine the potential to rebuild and reform the system using a more realistic model set of human behavior.
Ideas
What if there was one thing we could do to significantly impact poverty, crime, and climate change. Law professor Adam Benforado believes there is a solution: prioritizing kids. The author of A Minor Revolution argues that if we centered children when enacting law and public policy, we would all benefit.
Family Proclamations
One hundred years ago, a bright new age for children was dawning in America. Child labor laws were being passed, public education was spreading, and more. But Adam Benforado says America stopped short in its revolution of children's rights.
Parenting & Politics
What would happen if we put children first in our country? What would happen if we empowered children at all ages and centered the law to protect our youngest citizens? In this episode Diana Limongi talks to Adam Benforado, a children's rights expert, an award winning author and law professor at Drexel University, about how prioritizing children's rights would benefit us all.
Stay Tuned with Preet
Adam speaks with Preet Bharara about Unfair, A Minor Revolution, law school, psychological biases, and other topics . . .
Speaking of Kids
Adam speaks with Bruce Lesley and Messellech Looby about cultivating a child-first mindset.
Booked Up with Jen Taub
Adam speaks with Jen Taub about A Minor Revolution.
C-SPAN
Adam is interviewed by journalist and author Anya Kamenetz about A Minor Revolution on C-SPAN’s After Words. Watch the complete hour-long interview here.
Think on KERA
Adam speaks with Krys Boyd about A Minor Revolution.
Life Examined on KCRW
Adam speaks with Jonathan Bastian about A Minor Revolution.
KATU
Adam appears on AM Northwest to talk about A Minor Revolution.
New York Magazine
Should Children Vote, Sit on Juries, and Serve in Office?
A law professor’s radical case for rethinking American democracy.
Read the article here.
Salon
The case to let children vote: Why law professor Adam Benforado calls for a “minor revolution”
“We need to notice the suffering of children, and rethink our approach to every field,” Benforado said.
Read the article here.
Harvard Gazette
Putting children first legally, politically, economically
Law professor says nation disregards their rights to protect them, create conditions so they can thrive
Read the article here.