by Doug Hartmann and Chris Uggen on Aug. 5, 2022
at The Editors' Desk
Hey, hey, Everybody. Happy summer! We’re writing to you from Los Angeles, California, the site of the annual American Sociological Association meetings—the first in-person gathering of the post-Covid era. We’re not sure how many of you will be able to join us, but whether we see you face-to-face or not, we want all of you—our […]
by Chris Uggen and Doug Hartmann on May 19, 2021
at The Editors' Desk
Next week marks the anniversary of the tragic, now-world infamous police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. It has been a year of mourning, of anger, angst, and anxiety, of trauma, of uncertainty and fear. To mark this inauspicous milestone, the Minnesota Historical Society Press has produced a new book entitled Sparked: George Floyd, Racism, and […]
Just released: The 2019 National Crime Victimization Survey shows a small decline since 2018 and continuation of the longer-term crime drop that began in the mid-1990s.
by Doug Hartmann and Chris Uggen on July 25, 2019
at The Editors' Desk
We think of the Society Pages as a place for social scientists to connect with public issues and audiences. Sociology’s professional organization, the American Sociological Association, has a new initiative to connect sociologists to other organizations in an exciting way. The Sociology Action Network (or SAN ) will match ASA members who are interested in volunteering their sociological expertise […]
by Doug Hartmann and Chris Uggen on Jan. 25, 2017
at The Editors' Desk
Hello friends of TSP, This past Friday marked The Society Pages’ 5th anniversary, and we celebrated by eating cake with our awesome grad board. As we start a new semester and a new year, we wanted to give you, our friends, followers, and contributors, some highlights from the past year and some updates on what’s […]
Chris Uggen is a Distinguished McKnight Professor of sociology at the University of Minnesota. He studies crime, law, and deviance, believing that good science lights the way to a more just and safer world.
Chris blogs here and here. You can read his posts on The Society Pages’ Editors’ Desk here.