Professor, sociologist, criminologist, TheSocietyPages editor. Nerdy but sturdy. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8c95RVAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Chris Uggen
Jesse Welles is on a heater.
youtu.be/B3hXHTww5qI?...
Chris Uggen
Sunday Serenity. I was a blissed out second-year grad student on top of the world. The wee lad soon grew to 6’6”.
Informative research-based thread from political scientist and voting rights expert Kevin Morris on Wednesday's US Supreme Court decision Louisiana v. Callais.
Meet NoMark, the Minnesota campus superhero whose power “lies less in his personally stopping or solving crimes than encouraging his fans to shrug off their bystander malaise and take more responsibility for their community’s well-being.” www.startribune.com/nomark-is-mi...
I'm not sayin' it's causal but class discussion was amazing after pre-lecture exposure to Angine de Poitrine. youtu.be/0Ssi-9wS1so?...
Psst— A.I. was secretly developed and funded by a cunning consortium of old-timey stationery suppliers, a/k/a Big Blue Book. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/u...
Q: Who Got the Guggenheims (and Other Prestigious Fellowships), 1925-2025?
A: Folks in "the highest-status and best-resourced colleges in the US."
-Dominique J. Baker & Christopher T. Bennett, new in @publicbooks.bsky.social www.publicbooks.org/who-gets-gug...
Headline of the Year www.cnn.com/2026/05/14/s...
New in Criminology! Punishment as a racialized package of confinement, cash, and surveillance. By @ryanplarson.bsky.social , @robertstewart.io , @veronicalhorowitz.bsky.social, and some old guy. This detailed thread by Ryan show ‘n tells the story.
How Prevention Reduced Crime and How To Get More of It. @johnkroman.bsky.social makes the case that an infusion of state and local COVID-19 recovery funds helped prevent crime by stabilizing social supports for youth at high risk of violence and victimization. www.vitalcitynyc.org/how-preventi...
I am unspeakably angry about this turnout gap figure, and it gives insight into the whole ballgame for gutting the VRA.
Alito points out that Black turnout exceeded White turnout twice in 5 elections.
The argument is garbage 1/x
Kevin Morris
New paper out in Criminology w/ @robertstewart.io, @veronicalhorowitz.bsky.social, & @chrisuggen.bsky.social
We model punishment more closely as it is experienced by defendants - a constitutive package of incarceration, probation, and monetary sanctions.
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Ryan Larson
Research on racial disparities in the criminal legal system generally examines isolated sentencing decisions, rather than the “package” of punishment that defendants experience. Using Minnesota court....
