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Illuminating Solutions: The Youth Violence Reduction Partnership [PDF]
, 2012 Over the last decade, P/PV has undertaken several studies of the Philadelphia-based Youth Violence Reduction Partnership (YVRP), an intensive collaboration that targets young people deemed at highest risk of being involved in a homicide.
Alice Elizabeth Manning +4 more
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Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This article draws on four years of ethnographic fieldwork in Los Angeles’ (LA) jail mental health facility to describe the interrelated crises of rising numbers of people declared incompetent to stand trial and the recurrent failure of managing madness in jail.
Jeremy Levenson
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State Sentencing Guidelines: Profiles and Continuum [PDF]
, 2008 Describes twenty-one state sentencing commissions; highlights key attributes of each state's sentencing guidelines and the composition of each commission; and compares guideline systems along a continuum from "more voluntary" to "more mandatory.
Brian J. Ostrom, Neal B. Kauder
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Does the stepping‐stone effect of temporary agency employment vary over the business cycle?
The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, EarlyView.Abstract We examine the cyclicality of the stepping‐stone effect of temporary agency work in Germany across three business cycles using administrative data and a timing‐of‐events model. We estimate in‐ and post‐treatment effects and their response to the unemployment rate.
Elke J. Jahn, Michael Rosholm
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“I Wish I Had Better Answers”: Organizational Ignorance in US Criminal Courts
Sociological Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Systems of monetary sanctions in US criminal courts present an opportunity for furthering the sociological understanding of complex and consequential organizations. We examine whether and how court actors across eight states understand the organizational processes supporting the fiscal logic of legal financial obligations (LFOs).
Sarah K. S. Shannon +3 more
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Exploring Probation Supervision Compliance in the Netherlands [PDF]
, 2019 Security and Global ...
Aarten, Pauline G.M.
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Where Now for Migration Studies? Problems, Purpose and Potential
Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.Abstract The 21st century has witnessed an explosion of academic research on migration. We now have a rich corpus of projects and publications, as well as academic posts, degree programmes, PhDs, conferences, journals, departments and other (often well‐funded) ventures dedicated to migration. In parallel, however, ultra‐nationalism, militarised borders
Melanie Griffiths
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Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Jails: Recommendations for Local Practice [PDF]
, 2015 People of color are overrepresented in our criminal justice system. One in three African American men born today will be incarcerated in his lifetime. In some cities, African Americans are ten times more likely to be arrested when stopped by police. With
Jessica Eaglin
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Diversity &Inclusion Research, Volume 3, Issue 2, April 2026.ABSTRACT This qualitative phenomenological study explores the lived experiences of disabled Black American activists to examine how systemic criminalization intersects with race and disability. Guided by Black Disability Threat Theory (BDTT; Templeton 2024) and scholarship on the school‐to‐prison nexus, this research conceptualizes schools and activist
Da'Shay Templeton +2 more
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Front‐Footed Defense: Leveraging Early Counsel Intervention for Expedited Justice
Law &Policy, Volume 48, Issue 2, April 2026.ABSTRACT Contemporary criminal justice systems have increasingly prioritized efficiency as a key guiding principle in their institutional processes. This research examines the role of defense counsel to analyze whether and how lawyers strategically adapt their advocacy methods as they balance the demands of procedural efficiency with their professional
Chengchen He, Enshen Li
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