Through the process of record clearance, individuals can have certain minor convictions removed from their criminal records or designated as expunged. This study analyzes data gathered from semi-structured interviews with... Learn More
The Hero’s Fight: African Americans in West Baltimore and the Shadow of the State. Patricia Fernandez‐Kelly. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2015. I am torn. For the past decade, I... Learn More
In recent years, Filmmaker and Actor, Tyler Perry has entertained families with movies depicting black families and particularly black women and the issues that they face. Drawing from intersectional theory,... Learn More
The literatures on violence among young men and young women have highlighted the importance of situational context. However, few studies have compared disputes that do not result in violence with... Learn More
The socializing power of the prison is routinely discussed as a prisonization process in which inmates learn to conform to life in the correctional facility. However, the impact that identities... Learn More
Building on the wealth of prisoner reentry scholarship focusing on the process of transitioning home, this article examines clothing and reentry, and the complex interplay of how clothing has meaning... Learn More
The rise of Jama’atu Ahlis Suna Lidda’awati Wal Jihad or Boko Haram continues to generate major concerns in the West African sub-region. In particular, the kidnap of 276 girls at... Learn More
Little research has explored whether social policies aimed at lessening economic hardship affect the prevalence of bullying, particularly after the Great Recession. This article investigates how the strains of neighborhood... Learn More
Extant research on youth in welfare systems has concentrated mostly on the so called “Deficit Model” which limits our understanding of the individual experiences, strengths, and capacities that are unique... Learn More
Objectives. Drawing on several interrelated lines of scholarship, we argue that cultural beliefs at individual and neighborhood levels may affect police and court decisions. We hypothesize that individuals who more... Learn More
