Rafael A. Mangual is a senior fellow and head of research for policing and public safety at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research--the think tank renowned for its scholarship on the "Broken Windows" theory of policing in the 1980s and 90s, and for its role in the transformation of New York City into one of the world's safest and most attractive urban centers. He is also a contributing editor of the Institute's flagship quarterly magazine, City Journal.

Rafael began his career in policy journalism shortly after graduating from law school, and has since become a fixture in the nation's ongoing debates about crime, policing, and incarceration. He has published a number of policy papers and columns for broad public consumption in a wide variety of outlets, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post. Rafael regularly appears on national and local television and radio programs, and is a regular speaker at policy conferences and on college and law school campuses.

A graduate of the City University of New York's Baruch College and DePaul University's College of Law, Rafael lives in New York City with his wife and their children.