“We keep the nightmares in their cages”: Correctional culture, identity, and the warped badge of honor*
“We keep the nightmares in their cages”: Correctional culture, identity, and the warped badge of honor* Abstract Correctional scholarship has demonstrated concern over the dehumanizing implications of the carceral state…
Social order and social justice: Moral intuitions, systemic racism beliefs, and Americans’ divergent attitudes toward Black Lives Matter and police
Social order and social justice: Moral intuitions, systemic racism beliefs, and Americans’ divergent attitudes toward Black Lives Matter and police Abstract We examine the influence of moral intuitions on Americans’…
Collective efficacy and the built environment*
Collective efficacy and the built environment* Abstract Collective efficacy is a prominent explanation for neighborhood crime concentrations. Just as crime is concentrated in particular neighborhoods, within-neighborhoods crime is concentrated in…
Unraveling mass incarceration: Criminology’s role in the policy process*
Unraveling mass incarceration: Criminology's role in the policy process* Abstract In this address I argue that large reductions in unproductive and unjust uses of imprisonment requires curtailment of the over…
When guardians become offenders: Understanding guardian capability through the lens of corporate crime*
When guardians become offenders: Understanding guardian capability through the lens of corporate crime* Abstract Recent developments in routine activities theory have sought to conceptualize the notion of capable guardianship, as…
Marketization and crime in contemporary China: Puzzles for criminological theorizing*
Marketization and crime in contemporary China: Puzzles for criminological theorizing* Abstract The purpose of my Sutherland Address is to explore the potential utility of elaborating and adapting the analytic framework…
The American racial divide in fear of the police
The American racial divide in fear of the police Abstract The mission of policing is “to protect and serve,” but recent events suggest that many Americans, and especially Black Americans,…
Sex, drugs, and coercive control: Gendered narratives of methamphetamine use, relationships, and violence
Sex, drugs, and coercive control: Gendered narratives of methamphetamine use, relationships, and violence Abstract While many of the motives people provide for using drugs transcend gender, there are also notable…
In the shadow of 9/11: How the study of political extremism has reshaped criminology*
In the shadow of 9/11: How the study of political extremism has reshaped criminology* Abstract White-collar crime and illegal political extremism share several characteristics with relevance to criminology. Neither is…
The price of a sex offense conviction: A comparative analysis of the costs of community supervision
The price of a sex offense conviction: A comparative analysis of the costs of community supervision Abstract Monetary sanctions can expand the scope and depth of punishment. Most research on…
“No idea whether he’s Black, White, or purple”: Colorblindness and cultural scripting in prosecution*
“No idea whether he's Black, White, or purple”: Colorblindness and cultural scripting in prosecution* Abstract Prosecutors maintain immense power over criminal case processing. Yet, they have not historically been a…
Police contact and future orientation from adolescence to young adulthood: Findings from the Pathways to Desistance Study
Police contact and future orientation from adolescence to young adulthood: Findings from the Pathways to Desistance Study Abstract In response to the changing nature of policing in the United States,…