@dpyrooz and I have a new publication! It is a qualitative study on the impact COVID (as a disruptive shock to the system) had on the Gang Reduction Initiative of Denver (GRID). https://t.co/PoJzUJeJOK
Episode 106 out NOW. In this week's episode, we speak with Professor Laura DeMarco (@lo_demarco; @NCState) about her work on neighborhood disadvantage & contact with the criminal justice system, including her paper, "No room to fall" in Social Problems.
https://t.co/OSA2GmzC4z
@UNOSCCJ is hiring!
Assistant professor. Specialization is OPEN but preference will be given to expertise in policing and/or demonstrate potential to secure extramural funding.
2/2 teaching load.
Review of applicants will begin on 10/4.
For nearly a decade James Densley and I have been weighing the evidence on police gang databases. We share our thoughts in this new opinion editorial in @GOVERNING
https://t.co/EOxU0n6NIy
Episode 105 is here! In this week's episode, we chat with Professor José Miguel Cruz (@josemiguecruz;@FIUDeptCCJ) about:
- Gangs in Central America,
- Gang governance, and
- Gang disengagement!
Check it out today!
https://t.co/I9ey7kyKt5
What's a gang? In a new vignette study, JDensley @dpyrooz & @jsanchez318 asked a US YouGov sample, describing a teen group and varying its features. They find that group names, violent activity, and structure all shape what the public considers a gang.
https://t.co/cjYFDmnNFS
EPISODE 104 OUT NOW.
In this episode, we speak with Professor Megan Denver (@megandenver;
@NU_SCCJ) about criminal record stigma, person-first language, and employment credentials!
Check it out today on your favorite podcast player!
https://t.co/0YgGCxzAYx
How large are the demographic disparities in law enforcement gang databases?
James Densley and I provide new evidence from 222 law enforcement agencies in California
https://t.co/ZHBTYuwPrX
New paper in Justice Quarterly addresses the question:
What are the characteristics that lead the public to consider a collective of young people a gang?
https://t.co/I49JIRYqsk
Episode 103 is here -- and it's our first early career series episode!
It features our great friend & Professor @_AshleyAppleby (@EndicottCollege) and we chat about the summer transition from PhD student to assistant professor!
https://t.co/w49CuqzHaC
EPISODE 102 OUT NOW. This episode features Professor Terrie Moffitt! We speak with her about:
- Her career development,
- Her most well-known contribution to criminology, &
- Her thoughts on the discipline.
Check it out today!
https://t.co/gy2VEGl2jl
Ep. 101 is here! We spoke with @brielleebryan about:
-People returning to the community from prison
-Why they may or may not seek out social safety nets
https://t.co/n0D7jpBNzf
Great to spend last week in Boulder, Colorado at the @Euro_Gang program of research on gangs. Great to present with @drkate_gooch on our research on prison gangs in NZ and England. Big thanks to @dpyrooz and @jsanchez318 for organising. Rocky Mountain NP is stunning!
Episode 100 is here!! This is our final grad life series episode!
We discuss what success is to us and our advice to grad students on celebrating their successes!
https://t.co/XWXmpdDh7W
Before passing away in January, my dad worked in his hospital bed on the copy edits to his new book. (Never too late to show up his sons on the research productivity front.) That book, a short intro to U.S. crime trends, is now out and available FOR FREE: https://t.co/DPqQeJ2rhB