“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…
How environmental features and perceptions influence the perceived risks and rewards of criminal opportunities
How environmental features and perceptions influence the perceived risks and rewards of criminal opportunities Abstract A central tenet of the criminal decision-making literature is that perceptions of the environment shape…
Criminal justice as racialized organizations: Evidence from ethnographies of police, courts, and jails
Criminal justice as racialized organizations: Evidence from ethnographies of police, courts, and jails Abstract Criminology has long grappled with the relationship between race/racism and the criminal justice system. In this…
Concentrated disadvantage and stress in daily life after prison
Concentrated disadvantage and stress in daily life after prison Abstract Reentry from prison is a stressful life transition, which has consequences for recidivism, health, and well-being. Navigating poor and highly…