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Using data from 2 year photo-ethnography with people who use meth (@jaredragland), we have published the 1st photo-ethnography in the journal Criminology! We show the importance of narratives in shaping behavior @FionaBrookman1 @BlakeDBeaton tinyurl.com/ycks2sfs

@CrimFerret @prisonbookprog Sounds like a paper for Deviant Behavior

RPG and D&D books remain some of the @prisonbookprog's most requested books. I think it's crazy that I haven't found a #Criminology article discussing how D&D and other RPGs could potentially boost rates of successful #Desistance, &/or reduce rates of #Prison misconduct, etc.

@naturally_crime @Catherineoscopy First ten years are free! After that Buffy will take payment in the form of playing with the babies.

Instead of a therapist… I want someone who will let me talk out my research ideas once a week, who will gently guide me to realizations, who will tell me “well it sounds like you’ve reached saturation.” And I want them to take my insurance.

@UAB_CJ Honor student Tatyana Martin (mentored by @jeffatuab) won the @SouthernCrim student poster award this year! She'll be entering the MSCJ program in the spring

@SJacques83 @PeterMoskos I'd probably be closer to Copes of the Suburb

@PeterMoskos @HeCopes lol, another typo. However, interesting coincidence: my book Code of the Suburb (singular) is often made plural by people.

In a report, I just accidentally spelled “Cops in the Hood” as “Copes in the Hood.” Could make for an interesting collaboration between @PeterMoskos and @HeCopes 👀

@SJacques83 I know some of the narrative criminologists in Europe were doing this, but I don't know if they still are. Also, there is the ethnographic cafe, where they invite ethnographers to discuss their work (but it's sociology in general not criminology).

Do qualitative criminologists have a public, semi-regular (e.g., bimonthly) meet-up to discuss their projects? Especially geared toward/for students? I’m assuming no. Partly because, not enough people would show up to make it worth doing. It’s just a guess, I’d like to be wrong. Thoughts?

@SJacques83 @CrimFerret I hate that I laughed at this but it is catchy

@CrimFerret I don’t believe this last bullet-point is an accurate description of the debate 😂🧡 So I wrote this song! It’s meant to be enjoyable by “both sides,” even the wrong one. udio.com/songs/tjj3a3vZ…

- Akers vs. Matsueda - Convict Criminology vs. Criminology - Walby vs. "Evidence-Based"-Policing scholars - @glennEmartin vs. "Research Karen" - Ghost Criminology vs. Criminologists that don't understand theory & struggle to read "big words"

I worked with @fabioimpoppi on this paper now in Critical Criminology. We use innovative data collection and theoretical framework (joint fantasizing) to look at identities and crime. link.springer.com/article/10.100… #qualcrim

I hope this gets the conversation started about the practical and ethical issues with making transcripts and other qualitative data public. The editors of Criminology @VolkanTopalli seem open to discuss. Would live to hear other people's thoughts on it. #Criminology #qualcrim

@4n6dave @naturally_crime @UAB_CJ @LindsayLeban Yes, Sloane did in fact change her mind on beards. It's how I was able to get such wonderful candid shots.

@naturally_crime @UAB_CJ @LindsayLeban @HeCopes Someone change their mind on beards??

@naturally_crime @UAB_CJ @LindsayLeban After the photo shoot, Sloane and I did a photo-elicitation interview to discuss identity issues. We are now buddies and she sees the beauty in the beard. It's really a heart-warming story.

@VolkanTopalli This would definitely push the otter limits of the discipline.

@LindsayLeban and I are designing an 8week journaling class with women who experienced violence. Each week will have a new journal technique and theme. e.g., we will use @TheHalfArtist 8-panel life story idea. We'd love to hear any other interesting journaling devices!

@nolan_monaghan @jaredragland I enjoyed my visit to ISU! The people were great.

@HeCopes @jaredragland I attended a lecture of yours at Iowa State a few years ago where you hinted at this project, excited to finally read about it!!!!

First paper from our (@jaredragland) photo-ethnography of peyote use #narrativecrim #psychedelics #qualcrim academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-ar…

@SJacques83 Alright, I'm willing to pay a one cheap drink to for you to show me how. That's the best I can do.

@HeCopes The secret to success is asking people to do nothing; paying them if you ask; scaring them if there’s no other choice

@SJacques83 At least you didn't tell me to do my own work! I tried it once and got confused so I quit

@HeCopes 🤦🏻‍♂️ this is progress (😂)

@SJacques83 You can walk me through it at ASC!

@HeCopes I’d love to see the photos! But they’re paywalled. Which is why I ask, is there green open access?

In case Dr. Leon Pettiway’s contribution to criminology gets lost in the sea of unsubscribe emails, his book Honey, Honey, Miss Thang is the earliest work in queer criminology that I am aware of. amazon.com/Honey-Miss-Tha…