Dr. Samuel DeWitt

Senior Researcher @AIRinforms

Interested in employment, crime, criminal record stigma, and Calvin & Hobbes memes.

[Dr. Samuel DeWitt @sdewittiii]

Very excited to announce that, effective July 5th, I will be joining @AIRinforms as a Senior Researcher. I'll be working with their Justice Systems team and within the National Reentry Resource Center. Sad to leave my tenured position at UNC Charlotte, but excited for the future.

[UMD Criminology @UMDCriminology]

Assistant Prof. Robert Stewart (@_robstew_ ) is featured in Maryland Today for his inspiring journey from incarceration to academia. His work in criminology focuses on the impact of criminal records and voting rights. Read more here: https://t.co/Rh0C5t2xKB

[Peyman Milanfar @docmilanfar]

"Sorry I was late for dinner, I got stuck in a local minimum"

[Chris Uggen @chrisuggen]

New NLSY study finds high rates of entrepreneurship among formerly incarcerated people, who often have fewer labor market options. Entrepreneurship is also associated w/ income gains & reduced recidivism.
-@KylieJHwang & Damon Phillips @shapingjazz in AJS https://t.co/CwFMaP52aY

[John Roman @JohnKRoman]

In 2020, there was the largest one-year increase in homicide since 1960. This year, the US is experiencing the largest decrease. What's driving the spike and the decline? Gun crime. Here's a graphic of non-gun homicide to make that point.

[Dr. Janet Garcia-Hallett @JGarciaHallett]

📢Exciting News! Our pub “Cameras Help, but Hurt" about the role/use of prison cameras is out & Open Access! Congrats to @VictoriaInzana at @UMSL_CCJ -a brilliant lead author who’s making waves in CJ🌟 Hiring for topnotch talent? Tori is on the market!‼️ 🔗https://t.co/vOxahxSJym

[Dr. Samuel DeWitt @sdewittiii]

This is so cool! Not only do they provide a great example of Simpson’s paradox, but they throw in positive selection bias, too. If only I were still teaching stats and methods! Amazing work.

[Michael Clemens @m_clem]

🚨 New paper in the Journal of Development Econ.

Are migrants from poor countries relatively high or low productivity workers? What happens to migration as incomes rise?

@MariapiaMendola and I note: These are closely related questions with a counterintutive answer

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[The Criminology Academy @TheCrimAcademy]

Yesterday we sat down w/ Professor Laura DeMarco (@lo_demarco; @NCState) & chatted about:
- Mass incarceration,
- Criminal justice system contact and socioeconomic inequality, &
- Her paper, "No room to fall: Criminal justice contact and neighborhood disadvantage"

Coming soon!

[Jenn Tostlebe @JennTostlebe]

@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.

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

Microsoft Word: "Paste without matching formatting?"

Me: "What? No! Never."

Microsoft word: "TǒǑ bẩD"

[Chris Uggen @chrisuggen]

In Minneapolis, we've heard a lot about carjacking since 2020. Our new article shows how it rose and dispersed spatially after the George Floyd murder and ensuing unrest, more so than homicides.
-w/ Allison Lind @SMarshallMason & @ryanplarson in @socscimed
https://t.co/VsKh9Trv1A

[Martí Rovira @MRovira_]

Si estáis en Santiago de Chile y os interesan los efectos de los antecedentes penales en el empleo, el próximo 20/08/2024 10 am realizaré la presentació "el efecto de los antecedentes penales en la reinserción post-pena" en @JusticiaySocUC.

[Emma Scott @EmmaScott]

Happy International Left Handers Day to those that... celebrate.

[U.S. National Science Foundation @NSF]

🎮 The NSF Game Maker Awards for K-12 students have launched! We are looking for students to create a game imagining #LifeIn2100 and showcase their STEM skills! Learn more: https://t.co/q1ZRZBXilE

#GameMakerAwards #NSF75 #STEM

[Bianca Bersani @bebersani]

So excited to see this out @journalrcd! We looked at young adult arrest trajectories from 1960-2018 & found big changes over time - 👀 the figures esp. last decade. Adult role attainment was assoc w/ quicker declines but not level of arrests. Takeaway: historical context matters.

[The Criminology Academy @TheCrimAcademy]

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

[Ráchael Powers, PhD @RPowersCrim]

@LantzBrendan and I are guest editing a special issue in Justice Quarterly on hate crime and violent extremism.

Please consider submitting a manuscript and help spread the word!

Articles due: September 30th
Issue published: June 2025

Details below 👇

[Chris Uggen @chrisuggen]

No, it's not about the election! A rising share of people leaving prison are 55+. And @JessGrosholzPhD et al show how the jobs they can get are too demanding physically ("demolition, raking leaves, shoveling") or technically ("everything is a computer").
https://t.co/36NW8usDA0

[Luzi Shi @LuziShi]

New paper on stigma with Dr. Jason Silver @RutgersSCJ and Dr. Audrey Hickert @AopalHickert : https://t.co/dtEpshZtm1