Reframing the debate on legal financial obligations and crime: How accruing monetary sanctions impacts recidivism

Reframing the debate on legal financial obligations and crime: How accruing monetary sanctions impacts recidivism Abstract Legal financial obligations (LFOs) associated with justice system involvement are increasingly a focus for…
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Macro‐historical influences, cohort dynamics, and the (in)stability of the age–crime distribution: The case of the Republic of Korea

Macro‐historical influences, cohort dynamics, and the (in)stability of the age–crime distribution: The case of the Republic of Korea Abstract Crime is often considered a behavior of teenagers and young adults,…
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Firearms, policy, and intimate partner homicide: A structural and disaggregated examination of Black, Latina, and White female victimization

Firearms, policy, and intimate partner homicide: A structural and disaggregated examination of Black, Latina, and White female victimization Abstract Intimate partner homicide (IPH) continues to be a form of violence…
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Creating a minority threat: Assessing the spillover effect of local immigrant detention on Hispanic arrests

Creating a minority threat: Assessing the spillover effect of local immigrant detention on Hispanic arrests Abstract Amid punitive shifts in crime and immigration control during the 1980s and 1990s, Hispanic…
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Pulling back the veil of darkness: A proposed road map to disentangle racial disparities in traffic stops, a research note

Pulling back the veil of darkness: A proposed road map to disentangle racial disparities in traffic stops, a research note Abstract The veil of darkness (VOD) is a practical and…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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