Michelle S. Phelps, H. N. Dickens, and De Andre’ T. Beadle, “Are Supervision Violations Filling Prisons? The Role of Probation, Parole, and New Offenses in Driving Mass Incarceration,” Socius: , 2023 Advocates for criminal justice reform have argued that supervisory punishments, such as parole and probation, are a key driver of  mass incarceration even though […]

Robert Courtney Smith, Andres Besserer Rayas, Daisy Flores, Angelo Cabrera, Guillermo Yrizar Barbosa, Karina Weinstein, Maria Xique, Michelle Bialeck, and Eduardo Torres, “Disrupting the Traffic Stop–to-Deportation Pipeline: The New York State Greenlight Law’s Intent and Implementation,” Journal on Migration and Human Security, 2021 Although many of us view traffic stops as a minor inconvenience, a […]

Ilya Slavinski and Becky Pettit, “Proliferation of Punishment: The Centrality of Legal Fines and Fees in the Landscape of Contemporary Penology ,” Social Problems, 2022 Court fines and fees are hardly new, however, their use has increased in recent years. New research from Ilya Slavinski and Becky Pettit shows how law enforcement agencies are using […]

Dylan Jackson, Alexander Testa, Jelena Todić, and Jonathan Leos-Martinez, “Exclusionary School Discipline during Childhood and Adolescent Police Encounters,” Deviant Behavior , 2022 Originally published October 25, 2022 Many argue that well behaved students do not deserve to have their learning disrupted by unruly behavior. But what happens to the students who are expelled or suspended  […]

Ilya Slavinski and Becky Pettit, “Proliferation of Punishment: The Centrality of Legal Fines and Fees in the Landscape of Contemporary Penology,” Social Problems, 2021 Court fines and fees  are hardly new, however, their use has increased in recent years. New research from Ilya Slavinski and Becky Pettit suggests that law enforcement agencies have resurrected these […]