Prior punishments and cumulative disadvantage: How supervision status impacts prison sentences*
Prior punishments and cumulative disadvantage: How supervision status impacts prison sentences* Abstract This article explores one way prior punishments may contribute to cumulative disadvantage: through more severe sentencing of those…
Are guns the new dog whistle? Gun control, racial resentment, and vote choice*
Are guns the new dog whistle? Gun control, racial resentment, and vote choice* Abstract Two principal movers of American politics appear increasingly to be connected: racism and guns. The racial…
The accumulation of disadvantage: Criminal justice contact, credit, and debt in the transition to adulthood*
The accumulation of disadvantage: Criminal justice contact, credit, and debt in the transition to adulthood* Abstract Social exclusion of those with criminal justice experience increasingly includes a financial component, but…
Social media, socialization, and pursuing legitimation of police violence*
Social media, socialization, and pursuing legitimation of police violence* Abstract Every day, police departments across America are executing stops, summonses, arrests, and increasingly, tweeting. Although scholarship has focused on how…
Life lessons: Examining sources of racial and ethnic disparity in federal life without parole sentences*
Life lessons: Examining sources of racial and ethnic disparity in federal life without parole sentences* Abstract Alongside capital punishment, sentences to life without the possibility of parole are one of…
The ties that bribe: Corruption’s embeddedness in Chicago organized crime*
The ties that bribe: Corruption's embeddedness in Chicago organized crime* Abstract The crime of corruption ranges from politicians involved in high-profile scandals to low-level bureaucrats granting contracts and police officers…
Can the group disincentivize offending? Considering opt‐out thresholds and decision reversals*
Can the group disincentivize offending? Considering opt‐out thresholds and decision reversals* Abstract Scholars generally agree that offending decisions occur in social context, with some suggesting that choice models should explicitly…
Asymmetry in process‐based model relationships: A longitudinal study of adjudicated adolescents*
Asymmetry in process‐based model relationships: A longitudinal study of adjudicated adolescents* Abstract The asymmetry hypothesis predicts that negative police encounters matter more than positive ones for legitimacy, suggesting that officers…
“God is real”: Narratives of religiously motivated desistance*
“God is real”: Narratives of religiously motivated desistance* Abstract This study examines the role of Islam in shaping processes of criminal desistance among four men, each with extensive histories of…
Immigrant status, citizenship, and victimization risk in the United States: New findings from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)*
Immigrant status, citizenship, and victimization risk in the United States: New findings from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)* Abstract Until recently, national-level data on criminal victimization in the United…
Prosecutors, court communities, and policy change: The impact of internal DOJ reforms on federal prosecutorial practices*
Prosecutors, court communities, and policy change: The impact of internal DOJ reforms on federal prosecutorial practices* Abstract The current study examines how key internal Department of Justice (DOJ) policy changes…
The long arm of parenting: How parenting styles influence crime and the pathways that explain this effect*
The long arm of parenting: How parenting styles influence crime and the pathways that explain this effect* Abstract Although several criminological theories suggest that variations in parenting increase the probability…