Urban greenspace and neighborhood crime
Urban greenspace and neighborhood crime Abstract Urban greenspace (UGS) has been recently linked to public safety. Criminologists, however, have been largely absent from the discussion about this association, despite having…
Degrees of difference: Do college credentials earned behind bars improve labor market outcomes?
Degrees of difference: Do college credentials earned behind bars improve labor market outcomes? Abstract It is widely held that providing postsecondary education programs to incarcerated individuals will improve postrelease labor…
Homicides involving Black victims are less likely to be cleared in the United States
Homicides involving Black victims are less likely to be cleared in the United States Abstract Does a victim's race explain variation in the likelihood of homicide clearance? Attempts to address…
When police pull back: Neighborhood‐level effects of de‐policing on violent and property crime, a research note
When police pull back: Neighborhood‐level effects of de‐policing on violent and property crime, a research note Abstract Many cities witnessed both de-policing and increased crime in 2020, yet whether the…
Pacifying problem places: How problem property interventions increase guardianship and reduce disorder and crime
Pacifying problem places: How problem property interventions increase guardianship and reduce disorder and crime Abstract Crime is highly concentrated at places that lack capable place managers (, landlords and their…
The problem with criminal records: Discrepancies between state reports and private‐sector background checks
The problem with criminal records: Discrepancies between state reports and private‐sector background checks Abstract Criminal records are routinely used by employers and other institutional decision-makers who rely on their presumed…
Officer diversity may reduce Black Americans’ fear of the police
Officer diversity may reduce Black Americans’ fear of the police Abstract Would police racial and gender diversification reduce Black Americans’ fear of the police? The theory of representative bureaucracy indicates…
Autonomy: A study of social exchange in a carceral setting
Autonomy: A study of social exchange in a carceral setting Abstract Marshaling ethnographic data from a county jail, this study introduces “autonomy”—a novel concept and measurement of the degree to…
Labor markets and incarceration: The China shock to American punishment
Labor markets and incarceration: The China shock to American punishment Abstract Studies have failed to show a positive effect of unemployment on incarceration despite reasons to expect such a relationship.…
Updating, subtyping, and perceptions of the police: Implications of police contact for youths’ perceptions of procedural justice
Updating, subtyping, and perceptions of the police: Implications of police contact for youths’ perceptions of procedural justice Abstract Individuals enter police encounters with expectations about how these interactions will unfold.…
Transphobic discourse and moral panic convergence: A content analysis of my hate mail
Transphobic discourse and moral panic convergence: A content analysis of my hate mail Abstract Recently, new social anxieties about transgender people have begun to emerge, framed as an issue of…
Streetwork at the crossroads: An evaluation of a street gang outreach intervention and holistic appraisal of the research evidence
Streetwork at the crossroads: An evaluation of a street gang outreach intervention and holistic appraisal of the research evidence Abstract Spurred by the success of public health violence interventions, and…