First increase in the national prison population since 2013: .

Special skills: did not respond to Pettiway listserv email chain.

These authors are both right AND totally failing to recognize that sociology and political science — two disciplines *focused* on institutions and contextualizing individuals within systems — are social sciences.

RT @ASFleischman: I once asked a police officer what the standard for probable cause was and a prosecutor objected that he didn't know.

PSA: Doodle polls with more than 10 options are inhumane.

RT @markcoddington: If you are a college student who likes to nod intently at your professors while they're talking in class, just know tha….

RT @KristineHadeed: My sister was transferred to a prison work farm in VA, where she'll serve out her sentence. It's one of the nicer pris….

Doing Zumba in public is a level of un-self consciousness I doubt I’ll ever achieve. And I even used to do high school/college theater. Hats off public Zumba-ers.

RT @RiceSociology: Rice Soc Professor Sergio Chávez with great insights here about Mexican roofers who are heading to Florida to rebuild af….

Also here's a link to the full text of the article (just realized the original link is pay-walled):

…substantive implication for folks who wrestle with the challenge of housing previously incarcerated Americans. In short, we also need to think about housing challenges for the ~12 million Americans with felony records but no imprisonment history.

…by disaggregating those with felony convictions and no history of incarceration from previously incarcerated (and convicted) individuals. This methodological point is probably mostly just interesting for to criminology/sociology types, but there’s also an important….

I tend to be very bad at self promotion, but I am quite proud of this article. @Blaine_Stum does a great job of hitting the highlights. I’ll also note that I think I’ve hit on a clever way to try to measure stigma in this article….

*missing the rest of the Lucky13 and my ability to type/proofread.

LACC may be a super depressing venue, but it’s a huge serotonin boost to get to reunite with roughly half of my fantastic grad school cohort at #ASA2022. ⁦@BarbaraKiviat⁩ ⁦@HopeMHarvey⁩ ⁦@mathuclair⁩ ⁦@natewilmers⁩ (We missed the rest of the !)

FYI, he told me R’s good, too.

Uhhh, I just met the co-founder/former president of Stata while he was power walking in my neighborhood (wearing a @Stata shirt, of course).

RT @PatNolan4Justic: Study: Felony Convictions Impede Access to Stable Housing. This a major problem for those released from prison. There….

RT @5thCircAppeals: Today marks the end of what is surely one of the worst terms in #SCOTUS history. Guns and prayer and abortion got most….

RT @hvogell: Critics say the targeting of single-family rental homes by private equity and other corporate landlords has undermined homeown….