Ryan Larson

Graduate Student
University of Minnesota

TSP Tuesdays, October 1st, 2024

by jake on Oct. 1, 2024 at The Editors' Desk
New & Noteworthy Eleanor Nickel’s latest Discovery features research by Megan C. Kurlychek, Matthew C. Kijowski, and Alysha M. Gagnon, which investigates the long-term impacts of placing youth in adult criminal justice systems. This week’s Clippings includes Blake R. Silver in The Conversation on how public higher education creates uncertainty for students, Elizabeth Vaquera in […]

Clippings – September 30th, 2024 TSP Media Report

by Mallory Harrington on Sept. 30, 2024 at Clippings

What’s Trending? Towns Getting “Tanked”

by Ryan Larson on Nov. 13, 2019 at Sociological Images
Modern policing is often characterized by quasi-militaristic tendencies, from “wars” on drugs and crime to its use armored vehicles and automatic weapons. The Department of Defense 1033 Program, which provides military equipment slated for storage to law enforcement agencies, is a popular way that police and sheriff’s departments acquire military gear. According to data from […]

Is Your Town Getting Tanked?

by Ryan Larson on Oct. 21, 2019 at Discoveries
David Ramey and Trent Steidley, “Policing Through Subsidized Firepower: An Assessment of Rational Choice and Minority Threat Explanations of Police Participation in the 1033 Program,” Criminology, 2018 Modern policing is often characterized by its quasi-militaristic tendencies, from its stated “wars” on drugs and crime to its use of armored vehicles and automatic weapons. The Department […]

Avoidance and Activism in Response to Policing

by Ryan Larson on Oct. 18, 2018 at Discoveries
Brianna Remster and Rory Kramer, “Race, Space, and Surveillance: Understanding the Relationship between Criminal Justice Contact and Institutional Involvement,” Socius, 2018 Research shows that poor communities of color are policed more extensively than other areas, and heavy policing  can substantially alter people’s behavior and identities. Some research indicates that individuals avoid formal institutions (e.g., schools, […]
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Ryan is a current co-curator of the Crime page, and is a Ph.D. Student at the University of Minnesota. His research interests include crime & deviance, punishment, experimental methodology, quantitative methodology/statistics, sport, and media. His current collaborative projects examine the effects of immigration detention in deportation trials, felon disenfranchisement, and the organizational ecology of citizen journalism websites.