“I’ve seen injustice”: Challenging colorblindness in prosecution
“I've seen injustice”: Challenging colorblindness in prosecution Abstract Although substantial research has demonstrated that racial inequality persists across multiple spheres of daily life, many Americans, including prosecutors, deny or minimize…
The dynamics of criminal collaboration: Multiplex ties in mafia networks
The dynamics of criminal collaboration: Multiplex ties in mafia networks Abstract This study examines how social embeddedness and multiplex relationships shape criminal collaboration within organized crime networks. Drawing on data…
Correctional officers and drug smuggling: Boundary work, horizontal surveillance, and cultural responses to drug entry
Correctional officers and drug smuggling: Boundary work, horizontal surveillance, and cultural responses to drug entry Abstract Drug entry into prisons represents a serious issue for both incarcerated people and prison…
Flexibility in variable operationalization in social disorganization theory: A pilot study
Flexibility in variable operationalization in social disorganization theory: A pilot study Abstract Over the past decade, researchers have worked to uncover methodological and theoretical factors related to the replication crisis…
Navigating changing contexts: People, policy, and practice in tumultuous times
Navigating changing contexts: People, policy, and practice in tumultuous times Abstract American Society of Criminology (ASC) President Valerie Jenness delivered the 2024 Presidential Address on the theme of “Navigating Changing…
Defining and measuring homicide rates for birth cohorts: Methodological and theoretical challenges and solutions
Defining and measuring homicide rates for birth cohorts: Methodological and theoretical challenges and solutions Abstract Social scientists have long been interested in understanding how age, period, and cohort effects shape…
Noise in judicial decision‐making: A research note
Noise in judicial decision‐making: A research note Abstract Researchers suspect large unsystematic variation (noise) in criminal sentencing, but past attempts to quantify it have used short hypothetical vignettes administered in…
Does a rising tide lift all boats?: Evidence from a multicity randomized trial of procedural justice in hot spots policing
Does a rising tide lift all boats?: Evidence from a multicity randomized trial of procedural justice in hot spots policing Abstract A recent multicity procedural justice (PJ) training experiment at…
Evaluating the causal mechanisms from procedural justice to police legitimacy and compliance in the United States: An in‐depth mixed‐methods approach
Evaluating the causal mechanisms from procedural justice to police legitimacy and compliance in the United States: An in‐depth mixed‐methods approach Abstract Procedural justice theory states that when police treat people…
Why do people cooperate with the police and criminal courts? A test of procedural justice theory in 30 countries
Why do people cooperate with the police and criminal courts? A test of procedural justice theory in 30 countries Abstract This article presents a cross-national test of the portability of…
Market orientation and national homicide rates
Market orientation and national homicide rates Abstract We studied the influence of market orientation on national homicide rates. Multiple theoretical traditions equate the development and dominance of markets with higher…
Justice: word, idea, practice
Justice: word, idea, practice Abstract What do “justice,” “social justice,” and “injustice” mean? What is your idea of justice? This article analyzes macrolevel understandings of justice (distributive justice) in political…