Paul Ashton is Treasurer for the Rainbow Response Coalition and works as a Research Assistant at the Justice Policy Institute (JPI). Prior to joining JPI, Paul spent time as a sexual assault victim advocate and conducting research examining intimate partner violence in the LGBT community. Paul’s experience with victim issues led him to author JPI’s white paper: Moving Toward a Public Safety Paradigm: A Roundtable Discussion on Victims and Criminal Justice Reform.  He is also the author of Gaming the System: How the Political Strategies of Private Prison Companies Promote Ineffective Incarceration Policies. Paul has also served on the policy committee of the Delaware HIV Consortium – working to educate the Delaware State Legislature on the need for increased funding to address homelessness and HIV. Paul received his Bachelor's Degree in Criminology from The Ohio State University and a Master's Degree in Criminology from the University of Delaware.