Who We Are

In the process of coming to understand his own problems, the author began to accumulate a substantial body of knowledge of college level material as well as clinical, field and statistical research in the various areas relevant to the situation in which he found himself. Through this effort, he in-turn developed an acute appreciation for the application of the scientific method and statistical analysis toward assessing the quality of research and the real-world impact of policies. His studies have largely focused on cognitive neuroscience, especially as it relates to neuroplasticity, addictions, destructive versus prosocial behaviors, mindfulness practices and emotional intelligence, but have also included elements of the social sciences, law, politics, history, and behavioral economics, as well as various aspects of business more central to the only formal college programs he has been able to access during this period. To date he has attained one undergraduate degree, graduating summa cum laude, in a community college program which will remain undisclosed here for the sake of maintaining anonymity. He continues to prepare to complete undergraduate studies and proceed into graduate level studies as opportunities arise. 

Alongside his research, the author began contemplating the possibility that what he was learning in his own recovery process might be generally helpful towards the larger questions of systemic reform. He observed as he traveled throughout the criminal justice system that, on the whole, the known best practices of research are being ignored, and that instead, the existing system seems to be designed to fail. In contemplating what sorts of intervention mechanisms might best have disrupted the destructive behavioral patterns which lead him to where he found himself, he began to imagine what a functional justice system might look like, one which might have helped prevent these circumstances, or better address the outcomes, or one which might in the future anyhow do as much for others.

The work contained here reflects the current state of the accumulation of research, observations and reflections the author has been building up over the years.