This week on The Society Pages:
There’s Research on That!
“Curbing Police Profiteering,” by Ryan Larson. New policies put the brakes on civil forfeiture. With research from Eric Blumenson, Eva Nilsen, John L. Worrall, and others.
“Parents Prepping Kids for Racism,” by Lisa Gulya and Alex Manning. The NYTimes’ Charles Blow and NYC Mayor Bill deBlasio aren’t the only Americans who talk with their kids about expecting and reacting to discrimination. Research from Diane Hughes, Patricia Hill Collins, Cady Berkel, and Stephanie I. Coard.
The Reading List:
“The Social Costs of Punishment, from Prisoners to Pupils,” by Jacqui Frost. Brea Perry and Edward Morris show how school suspensions lower all students’ achievement, even those who aren’t suspended.
Citings & Sightings:
“2014: When Social Media Changed Sports Culture,” by Neeraj Rajasekar. Dave Zirin on public pressures to address concussions and crimes, citing Harry Edwards from UC-Berkeley.
“What Doulas Do,” by Sarah Catherine Billups. The social role and medical mediation work of doulas, citing Lisa Hall.
“The Political and Cultural Problem of Paid Leave,” by Jack Delahanty. The NYTimes’ Upshot blog looks to Ruth Milkman‘s research on policies for working parents.
Scholars Strategy Network:
“Learning about Commonalities Can Improve Student-Teacher Relationships and Boost Achievement,” by Hunter Gehlbach.
Council on Contemporary Families:
“The Gender Pay Gap by Race and Ethnicity,” by Sarah Jane Glynn and Jane Ferrell.
A Few from the Community Pages:
- Cyborgology on the tyranny of small-town Internet, creating a “data-us,” and the difficulty of recognizing—and liking—the aggregated social media self.
- Sociological Images on physiognomy, leotards, stereotypes about feminists, work under capitalism, and state and local taxes as penalties on the poor.
- Sociology Lens on the “nuclear taboo,” unqualified teachers, and whether the LGBTQ community will ever be ubiquitous.
- Feminist Reflections on life as a roller derby queen.
- Girl w/ Pen! on the fluidity of male sexuality.
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