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Vélez, M. B., & Lyons, C. J. (2025). Latino Immigrant Disadvantage and the Neighborhood Context of Resident Perceptions of and Experiences with Crime and Safety. Justice Quarterly, 1–42. https://doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2025.2595673 Latino Immigrant Disadvantage and the Neighborhood Context of Resident Perceptions of and Experiences with Crime and Safety.pdf4.38 MB
Bersani, B. E., & Wy, G. “Assimilating into Crime? Explaining the Generational Disparity in Immigrant Offending.” Justice Quarterly, Forthcoming.
Brunson, R. K., Vélez, M. B., & Tapia, E. (2024). A race-centered critique of place-based research and policing. Aggression and Violent Behavior.
Lyons, C. J., Vélez, M. B., & Chen, X. (2023). Inheriting the Grade: HOLC “Redlining” Maps and Contemporary Neighborhood Crime. Socius, 9,
McGloin, J. M., & Augustyn, M. B. (2023). The Measurement Lens Matters: Considering the Sensitivity of the Gang Effect to Coding Across Samples. Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, 1-31.
Han, S., Piquero, A. R., & Bersani, B. E. (2023). Does Rational Choice Help to Explain Offending Differences Across Immigrant Generations? Focusing on Serious Adolescent Offenders. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, online first.
Ellis, R., & Inzana, V. (2023). Salvation Scripts: How Religion Matters for Women’s Desistance Narratives. Justice Quarterly, 1-28.
Branigan, A. R., Ellis, R., Jacobsen, W. C., & Haskins, A. R. (2023). System management and compensatory parenting: Educational involvement after maternal incarceration. Criminology.
Tinney, E. (2023). The “STICKINESS” of stigma: Guilt by association after a friend's arrest. Criminology. Criminology - 2023 - Tinney - The STICKINESS of stigma Guilt by association after a friend s arrest.pdf340.2 KB
Vélez, M. B., & Brunson, R. K. (2022). Centering Race in the Study of Crime and Criminal Justice. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. Velez and Brunson.pdf515.93 KB
Braithwaite, J. (2022). Beyond Predatory Peace. Annual Review of Criminology. Braithwaite_annualreview.pdf782.65 KB
Mitre‐Becerril, D., Tahamont, S., Lerner, J., & Chalfin, A. (2022). Can deterrence persist? Long‐term evidence from a randomized experiment in street lighting. Criminology & Public Policy.
Wellford, C. and Scott, T. (2021), "Guest editorial", Policing: An International Journal, Vol. 44 No. 4, pp. 541-547.https://doi.org/10.1108/PIJPSM-08-2021-198 10-1108_PIJPSM-08-2021-198.pdf88.38 KB
Jacobsen, Wade C., Garret T. Pace, and Nayan G. Ramirez. 2019. “Punishment and Inequality at an Early Age: Exclusionary Discipline in Elementary School.” Social Forces 97(3):973-98.
Chongmin Na, Raymond Paternoster, and Ronet Bachman. "Within Individual Change in Arrest in a Sample of Serious Offenders: The Role of Identity." Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology 1(4): 385-410. COMPLIANT-Chongmin Na, Raymond Paternoster, and Ronet Bachman. Within Individual Change in Arrest in a Sample of Serious Offenders The Role of Identity..pdf436.75 KB