The countervailing impacts of significant 2020 events on youth delinquency
The countervailing impacts of significant 2020 events on youth delinquency Abstract We test hypotheses that three significant events in the year 2020 impacted youths’ involvement in crime: (H1) less delinquency…
Examining disparity in police behavior during the 2020 social and political protests
Examining disparity in police behavior during the 2020 social and political protests Abstract In 2020, the United States was gripped by three parallel social movements: an outrush of support for…
Mixed signals from prison? Postsecondary vocational credentials, race, and postrelease employment
Mixed signals from prison? Postsecondary vocational credentials, race, and postrelease employment Abstract Drawing on signaling theory, this study examines whether postsecondary correctional education (PSCE) credentials—particularly vocational certificates that comprise the…
“My shot caller was the one who snitched on me”: Symbolic interactionism, identity, and motives for gang exit among Hmong gang members
“My shot caller was the one who snitched on me”: Symbolic interactionism, identity, and motives for gang exit among Hmong gang members Abstract Research on gang disengagement has grown significantly…
Home but not free: Rule‐breaking, withdrawal, and dignity in reentry
Home but not free: Rule‐breaking, withdrawal, and dignity in reentry Abstract Research on reentry has documented how material hardship, network dynamics, and carceral governance impede reintegration after prison, but existing…
Flawed research on the impact of law reform: The case of legal prostitution and sex trafficking, a research note
Flawed research on the impact of law reform: The case of legal prostitution and sex trafficking, a research note Abstract This research note examines a finding that contradicts previously well-established…
LGBTQ+ perspectives on police reform: An examination of support for defunding, reallocating, and disbanding, a research note
LGBTQ+ perspectives on police reform: An examination of support for defunding, reallocating, and disbanding, a research note Abstract The murder of George Floyd in 2020 catalyzed a national discussion about…
Corrigendum to “The code of the street and inmate violence: Investigating the salience of imported belief systems”
Corrigendum to “The code of the street and inmate violence: Investigating the salience of imported belief systems” Criminology, EarlyView. Read the syndicated article here
Seeing the state in action: Public preferences about and judgments of common police–civilian interactions
Seeing the state in action: Public preferences about and judgments of common police–civilian interactions Abstract New technologies allow unprecedented public visibility of routine police–civilian interactions, but we know little about…
The mark or trace of a criminal record: A survey experiment of race and criminal record signaling
The mark or trace of a criminal record: A survey experiment of race and criminal record signaling Abstract Employment discrimination from a criminal record is a salient social fact, evidenced…
Redeeming desistance: From individual journeys to a social movement
Redeeming desistance: From individual journeys to a social movement Abstract Early desistance research identified a key role for redemption scripts in the process of desisting from crime. This research emerged…
Anticipatory discrimination: How attorneys’ assumptions about fact triers’ biases sustain race and gender inequality in the civil legal system
Anticipatory discrimination: How attorneys’ assumptions about fact triers’ biases sustain race and gender inequality in the civil legal system Abstract Sociolegal research has shown that structural and interpersonal discrimination produce…