Charles C. Lanfear

Check out our new paper on gun carrying over the life course!

Twenty-five years’ worth of surveys in Chicago finds two distinct pathways for concealed gun carrying in adolescents and adults. scim.ag/4f86B4R

New in @ScienceAdvances from @PHDCN_Study: 2/3 of people who ever carried guns began in adulthood, and their patterns of carrying differ greatly from those who began carrying in adolescence. Open access at science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… #ScienceAdvancesResearch

Episode 111 is out NOW. This episode features Professor Andrew Papachristos (@AVPapachristos; @NUSociology). We talk about his work using network science to investigate gun violence and firearm availability, including his recent pub in Social Forces! thecriminologyacademy.com/episode-111-pa…

New preprint out! @raminaa_s and I look at the dynamics and functions of parental economic transfers in young adulthood in the U.S. Read it here doi.org/10.31235/osf.i…

I think most academics make a wrong cost-benefit analysis when deciding to publish their work as a book vs putting it online yourself for free. I predict that putting it online yourself will on average lead to higher returns on any metric you care about (prestige, money, impact).

It is time... well yes for the US Election... but also to apply to one of our fabulous Nuffield PPRF postdocs. Closing date is December 5th. nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/jo…

As part of a major new initiative in interdisciplinary data science, Princeton has an open rank faculty search. The Department of Sociology is participating. Application review begins Dec 1: puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/apply…

Job klaxon: We're hiring an Associate Professor in Sociology at @UCLSocRes. Position is open to any applied field, deadline 20 December. I'm chairing this search. ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…

On its present trajectory, the US firearm stock is forecast to grow from 393m firearms (2022) to 564m firearms by 2034. Modest efforts to retrieve unwanted firearms could drastically alter the number of firearms in circulation in years to come. ja.ma/3YDggeO

@FerhatTura19 @gmhales Huh, neat, had not seen that before. Definitely looks like some useful stuff in there. Surprised I missed it while hunting around a year ago. I'm exhausted on this topic for now, but someone ought to follow up on us using data like these.

@cclanfear @gmhales Try this link: digimap.edina.ac.uk/shibboleth-ds/… The data available from September 2014

Fascinating new paper by @cclanfear and David Kirk examines the 'impact of Airbnb lettings on crime' in London, finding whole-property Airbnb activity is positively related to robbery, burglary, theft, and violence. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

@FerhatTura19 @gmhales Yeah, for sure. I couldn't find suitable POI data in that time period but it has to be out there somewhere. If human mobility data were also available over the same time period, you could really get some leverage. I think the Airbnb data we used was recently extended to 2024 too.

@cclanfear @gmhales Methodology-wise, it’s really complicated :) But for the next steps, I think it would be great to look at POI data (restaurants, bus stops etc), as there might be some dramatic developmental changes in certain LSOAs over time increasing footfall and opportunities etc.

@gmhales Glad you liked it! It was a fun and slightly tricky one. Follow-up work using more recent data, on new regulations (e.g., Barcelona), and examining mechanisms at person or property level would be great next steps to really figure out what is going on.

Note, "These data span the period of November 2014 to May 2018."

@mark74brown @gmhales From aggregate data like these, it isn't possible to determine if properties are being used for criminal activity or even targeted for it. It'd be tough to do, but work examining if this is the case is definitely worthwhile.

@gmhales @cclanfear Very interesting to see this type of the accommodation sector being utilised by criminals and concerning at the same time…good piece of research here…we know hotels & even camp sites have been used in this regard…would like to see similar research applied to car rentals too

Are Airbnb rentals making cities less safe? 🏠 New research from @CCLanfear @CamCriminology finds a link between Airbnb listings and crime rates in London neighbourhoods👇 cam.ac.uk/research/news/…

Out now in Criminology @ASCRM41, @kirk_davids and I find Airbnb activity associated with crime in London neighborhoods. Results are more consistent with short-term lettings providing opportunities for crime than reducing collective efficacy over time. doi.org/10.1111/1745-9…

New #inequality paper! I find that rising inequality in the U.S. links with wider socio-economic gaps in what -and how much- economic support parents give to young adults 👵👴➡️👨‍🦱 Very happy to see this out in @SF_Journal: doi.org/10.1093/sf/soa… @uoessps @QStepEdinburgh

We have 2 open TT positions @uw_sociology! I’m on the search committee and happy to talk values, culture, etc. We begin our application review on October 14. PLEASE SHARE! Sex/Gender/Sexuality apply.interfolio.com/151038 Health/Inequality/Medical Sociology apply.interfolio.com/151028

Episode 107 out now! We speak with Professor Tim Barnum (@tim_barnum) about his work on: - Perceptions of risk and - Deterrence from crime. Specifically, we talk about his 2021 CRIM paper, "Sanction risk perceptions, coherence, and deterrence." thecriminologyacademy.com/episode-107-ba…

We have created a register of researchers willing to deliver presentations on open criminology at departmental meetings! You can get in contact with ⁦@Isabellevdv⁩ (NL), ⁦@cclanfear⁩ (UK), ⁦@grumpy_rn⁩ (NO) or ⁦@iainbrennan⁩ (UK) 👇🏻 esc-enoc.github.io/about.html