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Ethnography in the New Era: Advancing Science and Methodologies via the Sharing of the Stories behind the Findings

Nov 14 2019
This guest post is part of our ASC blog series published in conjunction with the meeting of the American Society of Criminology in San Francisco, CA, November 13-16.By Rashi K. Shukla, co author of Inside Ethnography: Researchers Reflect on the Challenges of Reaching Hidden Populations
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“Don’t complain like no little girl”: Experiencing physical abuse in one of Pennsylvania’s renowned juvenile justice facilities

Nov 14 2019
This guest post is part of our ASC blog series published in conjunction with the meeting of the American Society of Criminology in San Francisco, CA, November 13-16.By Michaela Soyer, author of Lost Childhoods: Poverty, Trauma, and Violent Crime in the Post-Welfare EraIn February 201
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The Normalization of Fatal Police Shootings

Nov 14 2019
This guest post is part of our ASC blog series published in conjunction with the meeting of the American Society of Criminology in San Francisco, CA, November 13-16.By Philip Matthew Stinson, Sr., author of Criminology Explains Police ViolenceUntil about five years ago, most people n
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Intimate Partner Violence, Criminalization, and Inequality

Nov 13 2019
This guest post is part of our ASC blog series published in conjunction with the meeting of the American Society of Criminology in San Francisco, CA, November 13-16.By Leigh Goodmark, author of Decriminalizing Domestic Violence: A Balanced Policy Approach to Intimate Partner Violence
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The Normalization of Alcohol and Cannabis: Lessons from the Repeal of Prohibition

Nov 13 2019
This guest post is part of our ASC blog series published in conjunction with the meeting of the American Society of Criminology in San Francisco, CA, November 13-16.By Joseph O. Baker and Christopher D. Bader, authors of Deviance Management: Insiders, Outsiders, Hiders, and DriftersChang
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White & Proud: Alt-Right Gangs in Today’s White Power Movement

Nov 13 2019
This guest post is part of our ASC blog series published in conjunction with the meeting of the American Society of Criminology in San Francisco, CA, November 13-16.By Shannon E. Reid and Matthew Valasik, authors of Alt-Right Gangs: A Hazy Shade of White (forthcoming, Fall 2020)The p
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Confronting Unequal and Unjust Pretrial “Justice” Systems

Nov 13 2019
This guest post is part of our ASC blog series published in conjunction with the meeting of the American Society of Criminology in San Francisco, CA, November 13-16.By Christine S. Scott-Hayward and Henry F. Fradella, authors of Punishing Poverty: How Bail and Pretrial Detention Fuel Inequalitie
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Resilience and Growth Following Adversity

Nov 12 2019
This guest post is reposted as part of our ASC blog series published in conjunction with the meeting of the American Society of Criminology in San Francisco, CA, November 13-16.By Susan L. Miller, author of Journeys: Resilience and Growth for Survivors of Intimate Partner AbuseMore t
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Drifting into Scholarly Activism

Nov 12 2019
This guest post is reposted as part of our ASC blog series published in conjunction with the meeting of the American Society of Criminology in San Francisco, CA, November 13-16.By Jeff Ferrell, author of Drift: Illicit Mobility and Uncertain KnowledgeOver some thirty-five years of resear
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Fixing a Broken System from the Inside Out

Nov 12 2019
This guest post is part of our ASC blog series published in conjunction with the meeting of the American Society of Criminology in San Francisco, CA, November 13-16.By Kitty Calavita and Valerie Jenness, authors of Appealing to Justice: Prisoner Grievances, Rights, and Carceral Logic
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