Clarissa Iliff is a program fellow with the Criminal Justice team at the Niskanen Center. Iliff’s research leverages administrative, spatial, and longitudinal data to inform evidence-based policy on homicide, violence prevention, policing, and community safety. She focuses on translating rigorous quantitative research into actionable insights for policymakers and practitioners. Iliff is a doctoral candidate in criminology, law, and society at the University of California, Irvine. She earned a master’s degree in public policy and a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles.