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The Sociogenomics of Social Stratification and General Theories of Inequality

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The field of the sociogenomics of inequalities would benefit from discussing what its findings and ambitions mean for core theories of social stratification and mobility. Do sociologists need to reconsider their critique to structural‐functionalist theory of stratification, and its neo‐classical economic allies, that emphasise efficient ...
Herman G. van de Werfhorst
wiley   +1 more source

Algorithmic crime prevention. From abstract police to precision policing. [PDF]

Policing Soc
Egbert S, Esposito E.
europepmc   +1 more source

Education, Skills, and Intergenerational Inequality in Status Attainment: Causal Mediation Analysis and Typology of 23 OECD Countries

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Scholars have long investigated intergenerational inequality, with attention to the associations among social origins, education, and socio‐economic destinations: the so‐called OED triangle. Meanwhile, recent research highlights distinct roles of education and skills in status attainment.
Satoshi Araki
wiley   +1 more source

Political diversity in U.S. police agencies. [PDF]

Am J Pol Sci
Ba B, Ge H, Kaplan J, Knox D, Komisarchik M, Lanzalotto G, Mariman R, Mummolo J, Rivera R, Torres M.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Criminal Records as Classification Situations

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Marion Fourcade and Kieran Healy developed the notion of “classification situations” to describe how ordinal schema that sort and rank individuals, like credit scores, are used to differentiate opportunities, prices, and services in ways that structure life chances while masking inequality as meritocratic.
Lindsay Bing, Sarah Esther Lageson
wiley   +1 more source

Association Between Criminal Legal System Involvement and HIV Prevention and Care Among Transgender Women of Color: The TURNNT Cohort Study. [PDF]

LGBT Health
Furuya A, Whalen A, Radix A, Park SH, Contreras J, Scheinmann R, Herrera C, Watson K, Callander D, Brown KA, Schneider JA, Lim S, Trinh-Shevrin C, Duncan DT.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Democracy From Within: A Democratic Cultural Schema in the US Public

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Are members of the public still committed to democracy? Existing studies often ask whether members of the public sanction political actors who break institutional or procedural norms. In contrast, we study a shared cultural horizon, which grounds democracy as a way of living.
Johan Gøtzsche‐Astrup, Oluf Gøtzsche‐Astrup   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

"I am a Black man in Canada! I wish I could say differently!": exploring the impact of direct and indirect encounters with the police and welfare system on anxiety and depression among Black youth in Toronto, Canada. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Agbe EA, Kwarteng A, Tetteh T, Regragui S, Williams K, Dlamini N, Boateng GO.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Self‐Description and the Agro‐Industry's Response to Environmental Crises

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores how self‐descriptions can orient organisations towards trajectories that sustain activities that contribute to environmental crises while simultaneously acknowledging both the crises themselves and the need for transformative responses.
Sharon Kishik, Morten Knudsen
wiley   +1 more source