By Jeffrey S. Adler, author of Bluecoated Terror: Jim Crow New Orleans and the Roots of Modern Police Brutality The horrific recent murders of Tyre Nichols, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Laquan McDonald, …
Read More >By Jesse Wozniak, author of Policing Iraq: Legitimacy, Democracy, and Empire in a Developing State During my first research trip to the Lead Police Training Academy on the outskirts of Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, …
Read More >Although the 2021 American Studies Association meeting is now virtual, it was originally set to take place in Puerto Rico with the theme “Creativity within Revolt.” According to ASA, “revolt expresses a will …
Read More >Days after taking the White House, Donald Trump signed three executive orders—these authorized the Muslim Ban, the border wall, and ICE raids. These orders would define his administration’s xenophobic, racist, ableist, and …
Read More >UC Press is proud to be part of the Association of University Press’s eighth annual University Press Week, whose overall theme this year is Read. Think. Act.“Through this positive theme AUPresses members worldwide seek …
Read More >UC Press is proud to be part of the Association of University Press’s seventh annual University Press Week, whose overall theme this year is #TurnItUP: The university press community amplifies voices, disciplines, and …
Read More >This post is published in conjunction with the American Anthropological Association conference in Washington D.C.. Check back regularly for new posts through the end of the conference on December 3rd. #AmAnth17 We are so glad to …
Read More >This guest post is published around the American Society of Criminology conference in Philadelphia, occurring November 15-18. #ASCPhilly By Robert E. Worden, co-author of Mirage of Police Reform: Procedural Justice and Police Legitimacy Officer-involved shootings …
Read More >This guest post is published during the American Society of Criminology conference in Philadelphia, occurring November 15-18, and in relation to this year’s ASC theme of Crime, Legitimacy and Reform: Fifty years since the President’s …
Read More >This guest post is published during the American Society of Criminology conference in Philadelphia, occurring November 15-18. #ASCPhilly By Patrick Lopez-Aguado, author of Stick Together and Come Back Home: Racial Sorting and the Spillover of …
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