Support seeking, system avoidance, and citizenship: Social safety net usage after incarceration
Support seeking, system avoidance, and citizenship: Social safety net usage after incarceration Abstract Scholars have long described the American penal state and welfare state as joined by a common logic…
The long arm of the gang: Disengagement under gang governance in Central America
The long arm of the gang: Disengagement under gang governance in Central America Abstract Institutionalized gangs are youth groups that have developed the ability to persist, expand, and restructure organizationally…
“The roughest form of social work:” How court officials justify bail decisions
“The roughest form of social work:” How court officials justify bail decisions Abstract Growing research has analyzed quantitative patterns of bail decisions and outcomes, but we know far less about…
“Even though we’re married, I’m single”: The meaning of jail incarceration in romantic relationships
“Even though we're married, I'm single”: The meaning of jail incarceration in romantic relationships Abstract Jail incarceration substantially transforms romantic relationships, and incarceration may alter the commitment between partners, thereby…
Labeling effects of initial juvenile justice system processing decision on youth interpersonal ties*
Labeling effects of initial juvenile justice system processing decision on youth interpersonal ties* Abstract The juvenile justice system can process youth in myriad ways. Youth who are formally processed, relative…
Criminal record stigma, race, and neighborhood inequality
Criminal record stigma, race, and neighborhood inequality Abstract Justice-involved people experience high levels of housing instability and residential mobility, making the housing search a recurrent part of life. Little is…
Correctional officers and the use of force as an organizational behavior
Correctional officers and the use of force as an organizational behavior Abstract During the past 30 years, bureaucratic managerialism has reshaped how prison staff maintain order. Policies and graduated disciplinary…
How to overcome the cost of a criminal record for getting hired
How to overcome the cost of a criminal record for getting hired Abstract Many theories emphasize how employment is protective against criminal recidivism, yet a criminal record is a major…
System management and compensatory parenting: Educational involvement after maternal incarceration
System management and compensatory parenting: Educational involvement after maternal incarceration Abstract Research has demonstrated that paternal incarceration is associated with lower levels of educational involvement among fathers and primary caregivers,…
Racial and ethnic differences in the consequences of school suspension for arrest
Racial and ethnic differences in the consequences of school suspension for arrest Abstract A growing body of literature has demonstrated that when schools suspend students, the suspension acts not as…
Revisiting the relationship between age, employment, and recidivism
Revisiting the relationship between age, employment, and recidivism Abstract Employment theoretically serves as a source of informal social control that can promote desistance from crime (Sampson & Laub, 1993). Findings…
Settling institutional uncertainty: Policing Chicago and New York, 1877–1923
Settling institutional uncertainty: Policing Chicago and New York, 1877–1923 Abstract We show how both the Chicago Police Department and the New York Police Department sought to settle uncertainty about their…