Informed Justice

Summarizing the latest peer-reviewed research into everyday conversations about crime and criminal justice. Follow

[Informed Justice @informedjust_]

Be sure to follow us on Instagram to read in-depth article summaries of crime and justice research. Our summary contributors include professors, PhD students, and lawyers from various fields and departments! #publiccrim #AcademicTwitter #criminaljustice

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[Informed Justice @informedjust_]

Awesome!!

[John Roman @JohnKRoman]

Why our political debate on crime is terrible and unproductive, "You hear it at the top of the newscast: Weather. Traffic. Violence,” said @CaterinaGRoman. It is impossible to target solutions when people think violence is everywhere https://t.co/4jTEjaxSph

[Himanshu Gupta @hgupta84]

PhD, especially in a pandemic? #AcademicChatter

[Informed Justice @informedjust_]

Through a series of interviews, researchers examined school safety and the scale-up of school resource officers in two affluent, suburban school districts #crimcomm #policing #Police #schoolsafety

Click to read the full summary https://t.co/wpsO6CyNqu @kenziekushner1

[Informed Justice @informedjust_]

A systematic review finds childhood abuse and maltreatment to be one of the most commonly cited risk factors for vulnerability to child trafficking #Criminology #crimcomm #HumanTrafficking

Click to read the full summary https://t.co/RbU9GKFcGy

[Alex Piquero @DrAlexPiquero]

@informedjust_ @KafafianMatthew Can’t wait to read this.

[Northeastern Criminology & Criminal Justice @NU_SCCJ]

Another big congrats to our doctoral student Alexis Yohros on her new role at @ACLUFL! Alexis was featured in our last newsletter after she launched @informedjust_, a social media platform that aims to bridge the gap between research, public policy, and the general public.

[Informed Justice @informedjust_]

Special shout out to @KafafianMatthew on his important piece out in the Journal of Quantitative Criminology! #crimtwitter

[Informed Justice @informedjust_]

Congrats to Informed Justice creator and contributor Alexis on her new role at the ACLU!

[Informed Justice @informedjust_]

Families with higher incomes and closer relationships between parent and child were more likely to travel great distances to visit their incarcerated children, even when they were confined over 250 miles away #Crimcomm

Read the summary @kenziekushner1 https://t.co/kAkiZykB51

[Alex Piquero @DrAlexPiquero]

@NU_SCCJ @informedjust_ We need to do all we can to bring research to the public. Different people need different data and research in different ways for different purposes. That is something we can and should be doing.

[Northeastern Criminology & Criminal Justice @NU_SCCJ]

Check out @informedjust_ for easy-to-understand summaries of the latest #criminaljustice research. Created by one of our doctoral students. #AcademicTwitter

[John Roman @JohnKRoman]

“The truth knocks on the door and you say, "Go away, I'm looking for the truth," and so it goes away. Puzzling.” Robert Pirsig.

The truth about violence is right in front of us: COVID pandemic+Opioid epidemic+massive gun sales=more violence. Via @rmc031 https://t.co/dh313HnAH0

[Informed Justice @informedjust_]

Congrats to our contributor @kenziekushner1 for accepting a role as a Research Scientist at the loss prevention research council in Gainesville! #careersoutsideacademia

[Informed Justice @informedjust_]

Meet one of our contributors, Matt - currently a PhD student and graduate research assistant in the Institute of Race and Justice. His research has an applied focus studying institutional responses to human trafficking. @KafafianMatthew

Read his full bio https://t.co/XSsBkHylaA

[John Gramlich @johngramlich]

NEW: Americans are more likely to support the death penalty in self-administered online surveys than in phone surveys with a live interviewer. That's especially the case among Democrats and Black/Hispanic respondents. Full analysis here: https://t.co/QGX40tSXFN

[Informed Justice @informedjust_]

Interviewing trans young people located in the U.S., researchers explored how they developed a sense of resiliency amidst navigating transphobia and invalidations of their identities. #transrights #LQBTQIA

Read the full summary by @AlessandraEarly https://t.co/GLfcN33eYn

[Informed Justice @informedjust_]

The authors discuss three categories for Covid-19 related trafficking risks: family life, economic distress, and limits in assistance from professionals

Click to read the full summary https://t.co/PjBFKHoT8z #humantrafficking #publichealth #crimcomm #AcademicTwitter

[Informed Justice @informedjust_]

A report from the 2017-2018 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS) presents findings concerning crime and violence in 4,803 K-12 U.S. public schools. Scroll to see some of the findings! #schoolsafety #schools #crimcomm

Link to summary @kenziekushner1 https://t.co/snpxZuUR6b

[Informed Justice @informedjust_]

Congrats to our contributor @kafernandez_ on co-authoring this important book chapter in the Routledge International Handbook of Domestic Violence and Abuse