New & Noteworthy TSP’s Jordyn Wald has a new StoryMap on Law Enforcement and Body-Cams. It covers research on body-cams and its increasing use by police, improved accountability and reduced complaints, but their impact on excessive force and arrests varies depending on activation policies and usage. Our latest Clippings by Mallory Harrington covers recent sociology […]
Laura K. Nelson, Alexandra Brewer, Anna S. Mueller, Daniel M. O’Connor, Arjun Dayal, and Vineet M. Arora, “Taking the Time: The Implications of Workplace Assessment for Organizational Gender Inequality,” American Sociological Review, 2023 An overwhelmed woman in gray scrubs resting on a gray couch. Image by Cedric Fauntleroy under Pexels license. In the United States, […]
New & Noteworthy This week we have a new Discovery from Mason Jones on Self-Help Books from work by Amber Gwynne. The research found that readers learned that the books were not a “quick fix” and they still needed “to do the heavy lifting”. Valentine’s Day was this past week and we reposted some pieces […]
Amber E Gwynne, “‘Up to you’: Self-help books, depression and the reconstruction of reading,” Media, Culture & Society, 2023 A dark silhouette of a man reading a book in a library. Image from Pixabay under Pexels license. Self-help books have continued to gain popularity in recent decades, but there is mixed evidence of how these […]
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Catherine Sirois, “Contested by the State: Institutional Offloading in the Case of Crossover Youth,” American Sociological Review, 2023 A woman in a suit arguing with a judge in robes outside a courtroom. Image by ekaterina-bolovtsova from Pexels is licensed under Pexels license. Both child welfare social workers and juvenile probation agents work in systems where […]
