Informed Justice

Be sure to follow us on Instagram to read in-depth article summaries of crime and justice research. Our summary contributors include professors, PhD students, and lawyers from various fields and departments! #publiccrim #AcademicTwitter #criminaljustice instagram.com/informedjustic…

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Why our political debate on crime is terrible and unproductive, "You hear it at the top of the newscast: Weather. Traffic. Violence,” said @CaterinaGRoman. It is impossible to target solutions when people think violence is everywhere sfchronicle.com/politics/joega…

PhD, especially in a pandemic? #AcademicChatter

Through a series of interviews, researchers examined school safety and the scale-up of school resource officers in two affluent, suburban school districts #crimcomm #policing #Police #schoolsafety Click to read the full summary instagram.com/p/CRwdMmDj5QG/… @kenziekushner1

A systematic review finds childhood abuse and maltreatment to be one of the most commonly cited risk factors for vulnerability to child trafficking #Criminology #crimcomm #HumanTrafficking Click to read the full summary instagram.com/p/CRpR7bijFAt/…

@informedjust_ @KafafianMatthew Can’t wait to read this.

Another big congrats to our doctoral student Alexis Yohros on her new role at @ACLUFL! Alexis was featured in our last newsletter after she launched @informedjust_, a social media platform that aims to bridge the gap between research, public policy, and the general public.

Special shout out to @KafafianMatthew on his important piece out in the Journal of Quantitative Criminology! #crimtwitter

Congrats to Informed Justice creator and contributor Alexis on her new role at the ACLU!

Families with higher incomes and closer relationships between parent and child were more likely to travel great distances to visit their incarcerated children, even when they were confined over 250 miles away #Crimcomm Read the summary @kenziekushner1 instagram.com/p/CQKdU8Hhljd/…

@NU_SCCJ @informedjust_ We need to do all we can to bring research to the public. Different people need different data and research in different ways for different purposes. That is something we can and should be doing.

Check out @informedjust_ for easy-to-understand summaries of the latest #criminaljustice research. Created by one of our doctoral students. #AcademicTwitter

“The truth knocks on the door and you say, "Go away, I'm looking for the truth," and so it goes away. Puzzling.” Robert Pirsig. The truth about violence is right in front of us: COVID pandemic+Opioid epidemic+massive gun sales=more violence. Via @rmc031 thedailybeast.com/fentanyl-guns-…

Congrats to our contributor @kenziekushner1 for accepting a role as a Research Scientist at the loss prevention research council in Gainesville! #careersoutsideacademia

Meet one of our contributors, Matt - currently a PhD student and graduate research assistant in the Institute of Race and Justice. His research has an applied focus studying institutional responses to human trafficking. @KafafianMatthew Read his full bio instagram.com/p/CPrAHdNhQnf/…

NEW: Americans are more likely to support the death penalty in self-administered online surveys than in phone surveys with a live interviewer. That's especially the case among Democrats and Black/Hispanic respondents. Full analysis here: pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021…

Interviewing trans young people located in the U.S., researchers explored how they developed a sense of resiliency amidst navigating transphobia and invalidations of their identities. #transrights #LQBTQIA Read the full summary by @AlessandraEarly instagram.com/p/CPntnfbhARd/…

The authors discuss three categories for Covid-19 related trafficking risks: family life, economic distress, and limits in assistance from professionals Click to read the full summary instagram.com/p/CPjXGJ8BqXh/… #humantrafficking #publichealth #crimcomm #AcademicTwitter

A report from the 2017-2018 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS) presents findings concerning crime and violence in 4,803 K-12 U.S. public schools. Scroll to see some of the findings! #schoolsafety #schools #crimcomm Link to summary @kenziekushner1 instagram.com/p/CPWT0k9BomQ/…

Congrats to our contributor @kafernandez_ on co-authoring this important book chapter in the Routledge International Handbook of Domestic Violence and Abuse