College Admissions and Criminal Records: The Social Construction of Risk in the University Setting
College Admissions and Criminal Records: The Social Construction of Risk in the University Setting
Jordan MayerJustin Smitha Department of Sociology and Criminology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 S. College Road, Wilmington, NC, 28403b Department of Sociology and Criminology, Western Kentucky University, 1906 College Heights Blvd, Bowling Green, KY, 42101Jordan Mayer is a recent MA graduate from the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. She currently works as a Criminal Justice Planner with the North Carolina Governor’s Crime Commission. Her research focuses on policing and the collateral consequences of incarceration.Justin Smith is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at Western Kentucky University. His research focuses on the causes and consequences of mass incarceration and racial inequality, particularly as it relates to prisons, courts, and the war on drugs.