Matthew Valasik

ALT-RIGHT GANGS: A HAZY SHADE OF WHITE, @Mourningshannon and I's new book, from @ucpress is out on Sept. 22, 2020. Available for pre-order now: ucpress.edu/9780520300453 amazon.com/dp/0520300459

BREAKING NEWS: The 2026 winners of the Stockholm Prize in Criminology have been announced. Charis E. Kubrin (@UCIrvine 🇺🇸) and Mark W. Lipsey (@VanderbiltU 🇺🇸) will be awarded for their myth-busting research on crime rates and measures against crimes.🏅👏

While concerns around the rise in Canada’s fentanyl use have focused on a rise in deaths and drug-related disorders, new research by Associate Professors Dr Marta-Marika Urbanik (University of Alberta), Dr Katharina Maier (University of Winnipeg), Dr Matthew Valasik (University of Alabama), and Wilfrid Laurier University Assistant Professor Dr Carolyn Greene, has highlighted the issue of drug gangs exploiting vulnerable people’s homes in Thunder Bay, Ontario, driving up homelessness and violence. policinginsight.com/feature/analys… @UAlberta @uwinnipeg @UofAlabama @Laurier @UrbanikMarta @KathMaier @MattValasik

New piece in @ConversationCA w/ @UrbanikMarta looking at the "cuckooing" of drug trafficking gangs in the @CityThunderBay, Canada. First of many collaborations between @CJatUA and the @UAlberta! theconversation.com/drug-dealers-a… See the original study here: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Here's our newest piece from the Canadian Crime & Homelessness study illuminating the link between gang/drug dealer initiated "home takeovers" or "cuckooing" (UK term) in Canada and homelessness/victimization. ⁦@KathMaier⁩ ⁦@MattValasik⁩ theconversation.com/drug-dealers-a…

Don’t forget to register for the 2025 Annual Meeting at the Sheraton Sand Key in Clearwater Beach, FL, June 10-13!! Only a month away!! hrwg1991.org/annual-meeting…

Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal has already started selling merch after winning the 'Proud Boys' trademark. "People have asked will we negotiate with them and let them use [their name] and no, we will not. Not under any circumstance.” More: rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

Why the Jan. 6 Pardons Could Be Catastrophic for Public Safety. usnews.com/opinion/articl…

Jude Law’s “The Order” explores a real-life white supremacist group. #Criminology experts warn its themes aren’t just history—they echo rhetoric still spreading online and inspiring modern acts of terror. buff.ly/3De5SSD (@MattValasik @UofAlabama and Shannon Reid, University of North Carolina – Charlotte) #WhiteSupremacy #DomesticTerrorism #history

@WSJ theconversation.com/the-chilling-c…

Review: Jude Law plays an FBI agent in 1983 on the trail of a white-supremacist sect in “The Order,” Justin Kurzel’s crime film based on a true story trib.al/AtntxJ4

@washingtonpost theconversation.com/the-chilling-c…

Review by Jen Yamato: Nicholas Hoult co-stars as the leader of white supremacist rebels in Justin Kurzel’s latest interrogation of real-life horrors “The Order.” wapo.st/3Zen5mg

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Review by Jen Yamato: Nicholas Hoult co-stars as the leader of white supremacist rebels in Justin Kurzel’s latest interrogation of real-life horrors “The Order.” wapo.st/49A51HZ

@EclecticHutch theconversation.com/the-chilling-c…

Was glad to chat with director Justin Kurzel about his new film THE ORDER for the folks at the Seattle Met. While not actually shot here, it is a distinctly PNW story of violent white supremacy Kurzel sees as being chillingly relevant to our present moment seattlemet.com/arts-and-cultu…

@awinston @WIRED theconversation.com/the-chilling-c…

THE ORDER is a chilling, gripping piece of cinema that steeps readers in a forgotten chapter of the American Far Right. Here’s my look for @WIRED at how Justin Kurzel’s new film unearths a past that directly informs the contemporary Neo-Fascist revival wired.com/story/real-sto…

@latimesent theconversation.com/the-chilling-c…

Review: A real-life incident of white-power terrorism is told with chilling clarity in 'The Order' latimes.com/entertainment-…

@metaplexmovies theconversation.com/the-chilling-c…

THE ORDER is terrific. Kurzel going Mann-mode — highline heists, workaholic cops, elemental stare downs with wildlife — dramatizing how dangerously swift white supremacy turns militant. A mite too tropey, but this is elegant, bracing cop cinema. Best Actor to Jude Law’s mustache

@ReelTalker theconversation.com/the-chilling-c…

There are solid performances from Jurnee Smollett, Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult in The Order. But the movie is otherwise very hollow and has nothing interesting to say - about white supremacy, law enforcement or anything

@BilgeEbiri theconversation.com/the-chilling-c…

I know there are a lot of movies coming out right now, but don’t sleep on THE ORDER. It’s really great. vulture.com/article/review…

New article in @ConversationUS w/ @Mourningshannon discussing the Justin Kurzel's new film The Order, about the White Power gang & their lasting effect on white supremacist groups, starring @NicholasHoult and @judehlaw(instagram). @CJatUA @UNCC_CJUS theconversation.com/the-chilling-c…

Disneyland’s “social clubs”—packs of obsessed fans—once roamed the parks in biker-style denim vests. A strict reservation system and rising prices have driven them to bowling and mini golf instead. on.wsj.com/4ijOxYH

Some of the Canadian Crime & Homelessness Study crew! Our students did an exceptional job, so proud! ☺️ ⁦@KathMaier⁩ ⁦@CGreenePhD⁩ ⁦feat. ⁦@MattValasik⁩ #ASC2024