Doug's been working out! Happy Halloween from Luna, Tianhe, Sara, Tatum, Mallory, Chris, Dougie Balboa, Jake the Stormtrooper, and all your friends at @TheSocietyPages.

A key takeaway from Pawson & Kelly (2024): "In the absence of hemp specific policies, substantial variations in product potencies, insufficient dosing information, and unscrupulous product packaging practices may increase related risks."

Some important legal developments re: closing the "hemp loophole" for psychoactives such as delta-8 THC. Sociologists Mark Pawson & Brian Kelly gave an enlightening talk on use, risk, and regulation at the fall ASA meetings. [1/2]

Adam Smith's favorite Halloween costume.

Fleet dashcams for commercial vehicles. Full integration with telematics for video exceptions, driver coaching and accident video. Live view. In &/or Out recording.

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Another great issue from the @contextsmag crew! Check out Karina Ripley's review of @karen_ec_levy's Data Driven and Madison Van Oort's Worn Out! - https://t.co/oLF2mr8i2Y - I really appreciate the part on moving from an either/or to a both/and approach to organizing.

Jobs at @UM_CJARS -- U of Michigan's Crim. Justice Admin. Records System, a non-partisan, non-profit org building integrated data platforms on the US criminal legal system. https://t.co/72u8z0OVZl * Data Collection Liaison * Web Scraping Programmer * Research Associate

New! How prison social climate (esp. respectful and trusting relationships b/w residents and staff) can shape post-release socioemotional well-being (less unhappiness, more satisfying relationships, and more social acceptance). -Jason Schnittker in SSM-MH https://t.co/XwYRLxWScX

New in @JVocBeh: "Pathways to second chances: A multidisciplinary integrative review of 25 years of research on the employment of formerly incarcerated individuals," by @profallengorman, CA Gorman, SC Tucker, TK Patel, JR Himmler, TF Contreras. https://t.co/n8wWYExJAM

Jobs! ISRDI @minnpop seeks 2 full-time staff for a new National Institute on Aging Demography & Economics Coordinating Center (NIA DECC). 1 Coordinator, JO 370494 https://t.co/jjqRaHnPSU 2 Communications Manager, JO 370497 https://t.co/2R3nWlphdq DECC:

Last week I was honored to speak at the National Research Program on Crime meeting in Stockholm—and to rediscover family roots! The visit was a real career highlight. Tack så mycket to Hans Grönqvist, the Swedish Research Council & new friends and old (photo credit: PO Wikström).

Prison Labor and Affordable Housing “At minimum, incarcerated workers housed in county jails deserve a pay increase to cover the higher cost of living in a county jail… [and] Minnesotans need to wrestle with the language in our own state constitution.”

New! 2 assistant research professor positions now open with Jordan Hyatt & team at Drexel to help lead, manage, coordinate & support projects on prison conditions, Scandinavian justice, legal financial obligations, sentencing, autism, & housing. Details: https://t.co/pRyIfHOjxr

New @UMNews music scholarship is a fine way for @rockhall member @RHCPchad to honor his parents, musicians, and music teachers. Looking forward to the halftime show (& marching band drum-off?) on October 11. Music ed changed my life too. https://t.co/8E59ymZ6vD via @YouTube

“It was sometimes a tricky needle to thread … And some of Friday’s contestants couldn’t help slipping into sincerity.”

New! How time since conviction and exposure to "redemption research" on risk of reoffense affect employers' willingness to call back job applicants with criminal records. -@ChaeJaynes, @justifyjusticee, @RennoMateus & Katelyn Smith in J. of Crim Justice https://t.co/aEqdFpIgIA

A few more examples of "repeated forms with a single disruption" from the sociology of deviance and conformity bookshelf.

Anderson and @NCLC4consumers call to: * Eliminate medical fees; mandate free, adequate care * Stop collection & discharge outstanding medical debt * Bar contractors from profiting off carceral medical services/devices * Increase Medicaid and Medicare access in prisons and jails

New! Anna Anderson on Medical Debt Behind Bars Incarcerated people have a constitutional right to care but often lack access to insurance and must bear the costs (and debt) of copays, fees, medications, emergency charges, and ambulance & hospital bills.

Sharing a victim’s cherished memory brings a moment of comfort to the survivors — and the community. And reminds us that “the small interactions we have, that maybe we don’t even think twice about, can have a totally different impact on someone else.”