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…
Bridging the gap between PETs in books and PETs in action: privacy‐enhancing techniques for criminological research
Bridging the gap between PETs in books and PETs in action: privacy‐enhancing techniques for criminological research Abstract The Big data turn and the increasing amount of information in criminological research…
Is updating racialized? Differential effects of (dis)respectful police contact on perceptions of police legitimacy
Is updating racialized? Differential effects of (dis)respectful police contact on perceptions of police legitimacy Abstract Understanding the updating process of police legitimacy in adolescence is crucial, as it is a…
“It’s such a terrible drug”: Narratives of fentanyl dealers amid the opioid overdose crisis
“It's such a terrible drug”: Narratives of fentanyl dealers amid the opioid overdose crisis Abstract The fentanyl-fueled overdose crisis is historically lethal, yet the voices of those who sell fentanyl…
Hard to Read, Harder to Access: US Disability Policy of State Correctional Departments
Hard to Read, Harder to Access: US Disability Policy of State Correctional Departments Abstract In the United States, people who are incarcerated average a fifth grade reading level, and approximately one…