Great new article from @chiarapackard.bsky.social on prosecutorial discretion and the way that defendants are evaluated based on their informal performance. Excited to cite this!

Chiara Packard@chiarapackard.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Excited to share my new article in Criminology & Public Policy! While most research on prosecutors focuses on how case and defendant characteristics shape plea offers, I find that prosecutors also evaluate defendants' informal performances pretrial in making their plea bargaining decisions. 🧵1/6

What does “freedom” really look like before trial? Hear @scharschool.bsky.social Asst. Prof. @erineife.bsky.social unpack inequalities through hidden costs of bond reform and how pretrial surveillance shapes everyday life. 🗓️ FRI 4/17 🕑 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM📍Kerwin T3 👉 RSVP: bit.ly/4c0QUhL

Seeing a typo while grading in the age of ChatGPT

a baby is sitting in a crowd with a woman holding him and screaming yes .

ALT: a baby is sitting in a crowd with a woman holding him and screaming yes .

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Excited about this new pub! The first of many out of the Jail Justice Initiative :)

Dr. Kaitlyn M. Sims@kaitsims.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🚨New publication alert!🚨 Jails are a prominent piece of the US carceral state, yet we often lump them in with prisons and (falsely) assume that they follow similar trends for mass incarceration. In this piece, we unpack what we lose when we conflate jails and prisons and trace jails' unique role.

Of all the reasons people get sent to jail, forgetting an appointment has to be among the least justifiable. Yet, each year, 1 million jail bookings involve people facing failure to appear (FTA) charges. Shuffling people into the system for missing court does not keep us safe🧵

More caffeine is rarely the right answer, but it is always AN answer.

I know things are hectic right now. Just a reminder that you can subscribe to thurmanperryfoundation.org newsletter to get access to resources and relief. One more month until applications close for our scholarship and 2 weeks until rent/mortgage applications open for 2026

In the final stages of my book manuscript (!!) and seeking recommendations for a good academic copy-editor. I'd be very appreciative if folks pm'ed or emailed me (eeife@gmu.edu) recs. Thank you!

I really like how Zohran Mamdani has run a campaign that is so focused on making New York City a safe (including from the fascism of our current federal government) and affordable place for all its residents, and I am really appalled by how racist so much of the opposition to his candidacy has been.

My 🚨new pub🚨 in SS&M with Brian Tuohy argues that pretrial surveillance is a structural determinant of health, as it leads to stress, restricted medical access, and increased use of ER. Check it out here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The carceral state beyond bars: Pretrial surveillance as a structural determinant of health

The expanding reach of the carceral state has led to a rise in surveillance-based reforms marketed as humane alternatives to incarceration. Electronic…

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Thinking about a doctoral degree? Join us this fall to hear why we are the #1 criminology program in VA and a Top 10 program in the nation! Learn more about George Mason's Top 10 doctoral program in criminology and submit your application by December 1.

🚨new article🚨 We show how, even though rates of incarceration may decrease, bond reform can lead to an increase in release conditions (like EM), especially for Black people. We should consider these consequences when designing/implementing reform. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The hidden harms of bond reform: Examining the impact of bond reform on restrictive conditions of release

In recent years, jurisdictions across the US have implemented different versions of bond reform with the intent to eliminate certain inequalities asso…

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For ASC members, please consider signing onto our petition for a new Division of Courts and Pretrial Justice! This would create an intellectual home and supportive community for those of us that study courts and pretrial during the conference and throughout the year!

Happening today at 1p ET! Feel free to dm or email me (eeife@gmu.edu) for registration info.

Erin Eife@erineife.bsky.social · last yr.

Please just us on 5/13 @ 1pm ET for a panel on "How to Conference" sponsored by ASA's Section on Crime, Law, and Deviance! We have an amazing group of interdisciplinary scholars. Feel free to dm me for more info!

Please just us on 5/13 @ 1pm ET for a panel on "How to Conference" sponsored by ASA's Section on Crime, Law, and Deviance! We have an amazing group of interdisciplinary scholars. Feel free to dm me for more info!

🚨New article out in Punishment & Society🚨 We show how legally innocent people awaiting adjudication are translated into carceral citizens even before conviction. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Check out @chiarapackard.bsky.social's thread for info on how to sign up for our discussion tomorrow on this amazing book by @kelleyfong.bsky.social!

Chiara Packard@chiarapackard.bsky.social · last yr.

This book is powerful! It reveals the experiences of mothers who fear CPS will take their children away, while also exploring why people report to CPS and the process of investigation. Importantly, it highlights the problems with using CPS as a tool to address poverty. @kelleyfong.bsky.social

Join the Punishment & Society Reading Group this Friday, April 18th at 3 pm ET to discuss Investigating Families @kelleyfong.bsky.social ✨ We’re lucky that Dr. Fong will be joining the conversation! DM me to subscribe to our mailing list and receive the Zoom link to join 📥 @erineife.bsky.social

Excited for our next reading group *THIS FRIDAY*, April 18th!

Chiara Packard@chiarapackard.bsky.social · last yr.

Join the Punishment & Society Reading Group this Friday, April 18th at 3 pm ET to discuss Investigating Families @kelleyfong.bsky.social ✨ We’re lucky that Dr. Fong will be joining the conversation! DM me to subscribe to our mailing list and receive the Zoom link to join 📥 @erineife.bsky.social

If you're an academic job market candidate studying causal questions related to crime/CJ policy, and you're still looking for a job for next year, could you email me? I'm trying to keep track/would love to help if I can.

🚨New Predoc Posting Alert!🚨 @koenig-felix.bsky.social and I are looking to hire a full-time predoctoral fellow to work with us on projects about the economics of labor markets and the future work at @carnegiemellon.bsky.social Please share and/or apply! apply.interfolio.com/164383 #econ_ra

We're one week away from the first Punishment & Society Reading Group for this semester! On Friday 3/7 @ 3:00-4:30pm ET, we will be discussing Foucault's Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (1975). Please dm me if you'd like to be added to the listserv for Zoom info!

I am so pleased to announce a Palestinian Studies cluster hire at @huntercollege.bsky.social - we are hiring one person in the arts and another in the social sciences. This is an incredible source of pride for me as a faculty member & one of the many reasons that I feel so lucky to work here 1/

Submissions open today for the Keeley Schenwar Memorial Essay Prize. This prize uplifts the work of writers who are currently & formerly incarcerated. truthout.org/articles/kee... Spread the word! The prize honors my sister, who died five years ago after many years in and out of incarceration. 💔

Keeley Schenwar Memorial Essay Prize

The annual prize is awarded to two writers who are currently or formerly incarcerated.

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I'm very proud of an article I recently had published in Social Problems (one of my faves!!) that explores how people charged with felonies are conditioned into the treatment they should expect upon adjudication. academic.oup.com/socpro/advan...

Liminal Punishment and the Specter of Jail

ABSTRACT. Poverty governance literature details how systems of control loom over marginalized populations as a form of social management. In this paper, I

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Everyone concerned about data loss right now should learn about the End of Term Web Archive, which I believe has been working on preserving federal websites for the past 8 months. The dataset you fear has been lost may well be here Just an incredible project. Thank you to everyone involved

EOT End Of Term Web Archive@eotarchive.org · 2y ago

How to Access the EOT Web Archives Visit web.archive.org Scroll to 🔎Collection Search section Select "End Of Term (US Gov 2024)" from the menu Type in your query term and click search Or download bulk WARC files from eotarchive.org/data/ #EOT2024 #EOTArchive

With talk of ICE doing"collateral arrests," I've been thinking of how this is also true for broader criminal justice. When a person is in jail/prison, on electronic monitoring/parole, family/friends/neighbors can also end up in more contact with police, increasing chances of surveillance & arrest.

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I've been thinking a lot about uncertainty. Some studies show people experience more stress when there is an uncertain POSSIBILITY of pain, than when there is CERTAIN predictable pain. This week there were false alarms about ICE agents & anxiety was high. Maybe this is obvious, but.. (1/)

The #DATALab in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office is requesting proposals for research that meets the moment to support in 2025. Please read more via link below and consider applying or sharing in your networks: mailchi.mp/phila/resear... Defer no time... Email me with any Qs.