Calling all PhD students attending ASC: We invite applications for the Dr. Anat Kimchi Memorial Graduate Travel Scholarship. $540 travel stipends for research on racial inequality, recidivism, and/or social justice. Apply by 8/31 ASC Division on Corrections and Sentencing Amer Soc of Crim ascdcs.org/awards/

My live interview with 11Alive News discusses the police response during yesterday's tragic school shooting in Georgia. Council on Criminal Justice GSU Dept. of Criminal Justice and Criminology Andrew Young School Georgia State University youtube.com/watch?v=IBvGpu…

#Aysenur nytimes.com/2024/09/07/wor… via @NYTimes

😢😢😢 nytimes.com/2024/09/06/bus… via @NYTimes

I highly recommend this new piece from Vox about Thomas Abt’s terrific book, #BleedingOut. I’ve given copies of the book to decision-makers and stakeholders whenever I work with them on implementing violence reduction programs. Read the article, then pick up the book.

Disturbing

Claims about rising US crime are false or outdated: "At the national level and in most cities, crime—especially violent crime—will continue its multi-year decline by the end of 2024 and will likely be at a low not seen in over 50 years." -Alex Piquero thehill.com/opinion/immigr…

With crime likely to be on the agenda during today’s presidential debate, the CCJ team offers the following snapshot based on our latest analysis of trends in 39 American cities ⬇️

Crime is not up around the country — a criminologist

Some pretty cool stuff from Kat Albrecht !!!

👉 More brilliant work from our very own Kat Albrecht!! hit the link! #ComputationalSociology #ComputationalCriminology #ComputationalLaw scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/nulr/ Northwestern University Law Review @Aysps Georgia State University Research

This.

🎉‼️🎉Immensely honored to have won the European Society of Criminology 2024 Early Career Award. Yesterday’s ceremony has been special: this recognition means truly a lot. Thanks again to Gary LaFree for the nomination. More re the award and jury’s decision here: magazine.fbk.eu/en/news/fbk-re… #eurocrim2024

👉 GSU PhD alums get it done! Susannah Tapp (class of 2020) now works at the Bureau of Justice Statistics as a Statistician and Analyst, and produced this important report on Criminal Victimization (2023) in the US. #PantherPhD Georgia State University Research Andrew Young School CJGSA @ GSU Link ➡️ bjs.ojp.gov/document/cv23.…

Scary or cool? nytimes.com/2024/09/12/tec…

Well played.

“It’s always the guns.” — Gabby Giffords. nytimes.com/2024/09/16/opi…

This is a must-have for EVERY grad student out there. If you teach a pro-seminar course I would highly recommend assigning it.

The #Criminology listening tour continues. As we onboard new policies on data transparency, data sharing, pre-registration, new article formats, etc., we are collecting information from you about how these policies will be viewed and accepted. ACJS, Stockholm, ESC and next, #ASC!